Amazon Prime membership became expensive, the company increased the price by up to 67 percent

 

The prices of monthly and quarterly plans of Amazon Prime have increased in the country. However, the price of the annual subscription plan has not been increased. Customers will have to pay Rs 1,499 for the annual membership of Amazon Prime as before. However, the prices for the monthly and quarterly subscriptions have been increased by Rs 120 and Rs 140 respectively. The price of its monthly subscription plan has increased the most by 67 percent. Monthly subscription price for Amazon Prime, as per

Amazon 's support page299 and the price of the quarterly plan has increased to Rs 599. Earlier their cost was Rs 179 and Rs 459 respectively. This means that the monthly plan has become costlier by about 67 percent and the quarterly plan by about 31 percent. However, the company has not increased the cost of annual membership and will have to pay Rs 1,499 as before. The duration of these subscription plans will not affect the benefits available with them. Users will get delivery of products in one to two days without any minimum order value. 

Along with this, users will also get access to Prime Video, Prime Music and Prime Reading. Users will have exclusive access to the top deals on Amazon's site and 30-minute early access to Lightning Deals. Amazon introduced Prime membership in the country about seven years ago and then its annual membership was priced at Rs 499. The company started the monthly subscription plan two years later. A low cost Prime Lite membership is also offered by Amazon Prime. Its cost is Rs 999 per year. This includes benefits such as free two-day delivery with no minimum order value, lightning deals and early access to Amazon's 'Deals of the Day'. 

Prime Lite subscribers can also enjoy unlimited video content, which is similar to the benefits available with Amazon Prime. However, the content on Prime Lite will be available in Standard Definition (SD) quality and will be accompanied by advertisements. It can be streamed on two devices at once, one of which should be a mobile phone.