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How Much Does Amazon Prime Cost (And Is It Worth It?)

There are two big reasons right now why you may want to consider an Amazon Prime membership: Amazon is about to unveil a two-day sale that’s like a second Amazon Prime Day for 2022. And the holiday shopping season, friends, is almost upon us. Really.

And we could give you myriad other reasons why this is a great time to buy an Amazon Prime membership. Among them: ongoing supply chain issues that continue to leave empty spots in store shelves and of course, inflation, food costs in particular. (Shopping online with Amazon can’t help you with the price of gas, at least for now, but it can get you Thursday Night Football.)

But Amazon had cost pressures of its own in 2022. For the first time since 2018, when Amazon Prime rose from $99 a year to $119, the cost of an Amazon Prime

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