The Brief

Amazon is replacing its Prime Invitee program with Amazon Family, ending its program that allows Prime members to share free shipping benefits with people outside their household.

The changes take effect Oct. 1.

Amazon is ending a perk that allows Prime members to share their free shipping benefits with people who don’t have the same primary address.

The online retail giant announced the change in an update to the customer service section of its website.

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Amazon’s free shipping changes

Big picture view:

Amazon is replacing its Prime Invitee program with Amazon Family, which lets account holders share the free two-day shipping perk as well as a broad range of other per

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