Amazon Prime subscription service; It offers many services on shopping, gaming with Prime Gaming and cinema with Prime Video. The company, which shares these services with its customers all over the world, has not made any changes in its prices for a long time. Under the latest economic conditions, Amazon has decided to raise Prime membership fees.
Amazon raises Prime subscription fees in Europe
Amazon has announced that it has increased the prices of its Prime subscription service in Europe. Accordingly, subscription fees increase by up to 43 percent in some markets. It is seen that the increase price in each market is different.
Will Amazon raise prices? Description has arrived!
Will Amazon raise its Prime subscription service? The first statement came from Turkey Country Manager Richard Marriott.
Accordingly, Amazon has increased its annual Prime subscription fees by 43 percent, which is 49 euros in France. The company increased its prices by 30 percent, which was 69 euros in Germany, which is its biggest market after the USA. In the UK, the annual subscription fee, which is 79 pounds, is updated to 95 pounds.
Amazon Prime’s new subscription fees will take effect from September 15, 2022. Amazon has started to send notification e-mails to its customers about the price renewal. In the light of the new pricing, it is stated that subscribers can terminate their memberships.
Amazon also hiked its prices in the US earlier this year. The company cited the expansion of member benefits and the increase in costs as the reason for this increase. With the price increase, annual subscription fees increased from $119 to $139 in the US.
Along with Prime membership, Amazon also offers various advantages in our country in terms of shopping, games and movies. Moreover, all of these have a monthly price of 7.90 TL in our country under a single Prime subscription service. No explanation has yet been made about the increase in this price, which is quite affordable compared to other countries and platforms.
Amazon Turkey Country Manager Richard Marriott stated that increasing the price of products or services is always the last option upon a question received in the past weeks. However, an update can be made on the prices in Turkey based on these latest developments.
So what do you think about Amazon Prime? Do you think a raise can be made in our country? You can share your views with us in the comments section.