Free Year of Amazon Prime with .edu email address

[biomajor]

I saw this at another site (I don't remember if we're allowed to say which site or not, but it was FW, if we are, and if we aren't, I'll delete that) and just made my daughter use her school email to sign up :) It worked and she has a year of Prime and was able to add me as a guest, too :)

 

Information/FAQ and Sign Up Link

[DylansMom]

Thanks!

[tdanette]

YAY! This is a great find.

[AndreaInNC]

dang .. DD19 is a college student, but her college email address doesn't have an .edu in it. Wonder if they'll still let her get in on this offer.

[biomajor]

I don't know. Try it and if it doesn't work automatically, then call? I told my cousin who is staff and has a .edu for work and it worked for her, too :)

[tdanette]

dang .. DD19 is a college student, but her college email address doesn't have an .edu in it. Wonder if they'll still let her get in on this offer.

Does her school have an enrollment verification system? I know JourneyEd can do this online for most schools. Maybe Amazon can do the same?

[richmond282]

So somehow I can link my account to someone with an .edu address?

[biomajor]

So somehow I can link my account to someone with an .edu address?

Yes, they are allowed to send the friend passes (or whatever they are called) just like a regular prime account :)

[freesia39]

I have a .edu email address, but I was wary to sign up due to this:

 

To sign up for and use Amazon Student, you must (1) have an Amazon.com account, (2) be a college student actively enrolled in at least one course at a college geographically located in one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, (3) be able to provide proof of enrollment upon request and (4) have a valid e-mail address that contains the domain suffix .edu.

 

The chances of them auditing it is probably thin, but if your email address is something like alumni.universityname.edu, it probably won't fly. I had my sister sign up and she added me on.

[setlok73]

I have to wait till the fall...I'm not enrolled in any summer courses.

[ShoppingChick13]

I also read on another site that if you do sign up with .edu and you are not a student and you use the Prime and then they find you aren't a student they will charge you for the services you used.

 

 

I had thought about signing up, but I'm not currently enrolled and I don't want to take any chances and end up owing money to Amazon.

[fulkersonm]

I wonder what happens if you cease to be a student before your year is up.

[dippin_dot]

OMG! Thanks so much. Amazon is my partner's top choice for school books, and she needs a ton of them. So, this is very cool.

[ShoppingChick13]

It looks like as long as you are a student when you sign up then there shouldn't be a problem even if you stop being a student during the year you have your Prime account.