• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About Lindsay
  • Contact Me
  • Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy

See Mom Click

Where food, family, books and travel CLICK

  • Travel
  • Recipes
  • Books
  • Home and Family
  • Shopping
    • Top Amazon Picks
    • Online Deals
  • Entertainment
  • Giveaways

October 22, 2013

New Amazon Super Saver Shipping Minimum + My Holiday Advice

This post may contain affiliate links. View my disclosure policy for details.

amazon prime logo

If you’ve been shopping on Amazon in the last 24 hours you may have noticed that there’s been a significant change in their Super Saver Shipping guidelines. Until now it’s been that qualifying items will ship for free with a minimum of a $25 purchase. That minimum was just bumped up to $35.  *Sigh*  What’s an Amazon shopper to do?

Amazon’s minimum order size for free shipping has changed to $35. This is the first time in more than a decade that Amazon has altered the minimum order for free shipping in the US. During that time, we have expanded free shipping selection by millions of items across all 40 product categories. Look for “FREE Shipping” on product pages to discover eligible items.

You have three choices:

  • Pay shipping on orders less than $35.
  • Make sure every order you place is a minimum of $35 to avoid shipping fees.
  • Sign up for Amazon Prime at $79 a year.

If you’re a regular Amazon shopper as I am, my advice is to go with a Prime membership.  I’ve been a Prime member for nearly a year now and it will be time for me to renew soon and I definitely will. It’s been well worth it to me, especially over the holidays.

Amazon Prime membership

Here are my top 6 reasons why Amazon Prime is worth the cost:

  • If you’re a last minute shopper free 2-day shipping is priceless. This is totally me.  Amazon Prime gets you free 2-day shipping which I take full advantage of. I wait til the last minute to buy birthday and Christmas gifts so I rely on this quick ship time.
  • I actually spend less when I don’t have to put together a $35 order to get free shipping.  I can just order what I want and ONLY what I want without shopping for items to pad my order to avoid shipping charges.
  • You get tons of free Kindle books! There are over 350,000 books in the lending library that you can borrow for free. This is how I got hooked on Harry Potter!
  • Get unlimited instant streaming of over 41,000 videos instant videos.
  • I can take advantage of flash price drops as soon as I see them. Over the holidays especially Amazon can drop their prices like a rock and raise them back up just as quickly.  When I don’t have to spend the time to piece together a $35 order and can just grab that one item I see on sale it makes it easier to get a great deal.
  • If you’re new to Prime you can start with a FREE 30-day trial!

It’s a bummer that the Super Saver shipping cost has increased to $35, but if you were on the fence about a Prime membership this is the perfect time to take the leap. Not only can you not worry about making a bigger order now to get free shipping, but the holiday shopping season is upon us which is probably when you’ll be doing most of your Amazon shopping.

Read more about the benefits of a Prime membership and sign up!

 

signature

Filed Under: Amazon.com, Online Deals Tagged With: Amazon.com

About Lindsay Frank

Lindsay is the Owner/Editor and Content Creator at See Mom Click, a family travel and lifestyle blog based in Central Pennsylvania. She is a wife and mom of two kids and a handful of fur babies.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
About See Mom Click Writing about my favorite brands, recipes, & family travel. Learn more →

lindsay@seemomclick.com

Search

See Mom Click Newsletter

Get the good stuff, direct to your inbox.

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

blank

Footer

Family Travel Inspiration

blank

Here’s What’s New

  • 10 Free Kindle Books – Thursday
  • 10 Free Kindle Books – Wednesday
  • Amazon First Reads June 2022: One Free For Prime Members
  • 10 Free Kindle Books – Tuesday
  • 10 Free Kindle Books – Friday

Disclosure

See Mom Click is a participant in the Amazon.com Services, LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Please read my full Disclosure Policy here.

© 2022 See Mom Click® · Design by squishy