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How Much Does Amazon Prime Cost for a Membership 2022?

Shock-inducing price increases at supermarkets and gas stations have become the norm in the early going of 2022. So it comes as no surprise Amazon has increased the cost of Amazon Prime this year (and another membership-driven retailer, Costco, is due to raise its subscription price in 2022). For Amazon Prime, it’s the first subscription increase since 2018, when Prime rose from $99 a year to $119.

Seemingly no matter the price, for shoppers who are too busy to visit multiple brick-and-mortar stores to pick up everything on their shopping lists, from groceries and gadgets to books and apparel, the Amazon Prime subscription-based service has made buying these items online a whole lot easier.

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