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Amazon AU Prime (inc FREE 2 Day Shipping) for $4.99/Mo until 31/01/2019 ($6.99 Thereafter) or $59/Year + FREE 30 Day Trial

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Its here guys. The Official Launch of Amazon Prime on Ozbargain.

Also cheaper than the US Prime which is $99 USD ($133)

Updated from Amazon:

  • FREE Two-Day Delivery -Items shipped by Amazon AU arrive in as fast as two days after they ship

    • Free domestic delivery, no minimum order threshold
    • 2 business day delivery is available to nearly 90% of Australians

  • FREE Standard International Delivery

    • Get free delivery on eligible orders over $49 shipped from Amazon US
    • Refers to items shipped and sold by Amazon US via AU Marketplace (Under the Amazon.com.au domain)

  • FREE Release-Date Delivery - Be among the first to get new video games, music & more

    • $2 discount on Priority Delivery for all eligible items shipped by Amazon AU. Delivered in as fast as 1 business day to select Metro areas (includes Saturday deliveries)

    • $10 discount on Priority International Delivery on eligible orders over $49 from Amazon US

  • Discounted Priority Delivery - Receive everyday discounts on Priority Delivery in as fast as one day

Amazon Prime Delivery Benefits
Cities Eligible for 2-business day Expedited Delivery
About the Amazon Prime Membership Charge

Start a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime to experience the membership program that over 100 million Prime members enjoy worldwide. After your free trial, Amazon Prime is just $6.99/month. Until 31 January 2019, take advantage of an introductory price of $4.99/month. Cancel anytime.

In addition to the free shipping benefits :

  • Enjoy instant access to video streaming - Prime includes popular movies and TV shows
  • Prime Reading - Free access to over 1,000 e-books with Prime Reading
  • Twitch Prime - Every month, free games, access to free in-game

Updated 9AM AEST 19th June

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      • neil aus on 20/06/2018 - 19:55

        Contact amazon support and let us know please

  • xinsnake on 18/06/2018 - 22:37

    Any idea where to manage the Prime membership? I spent 10 minutes in Amazon.com.au my account section and can't find it…

    • LlamaFarmer on 19/06/2018 - 07:05

      Not sure if there's an easier way but I found it through primevideo.com > account & settings (top right corner) > Your Membership - Edit on Amazon

      Edit: Can now access "Manage Prime membership" in the account settings on Amazon.com.au

    • macrocephalic on 19/06/2018 - 11:37
      +1

      This sounds like my experience of using Amazon. I signed up for prime US while I was over there in December and it took me months to cancel it because, when I went to my services and subscriptions it said I didn't have any.

  • doweyy on 18/06/2018 - 22:39
    +3

    Prime Shipping already works for me, the Minecraft XB1 console (That has the Prime Tick) has free expedited shipping for me.

    Wow it's working with no minimum spend! See Here

    • xinsnake on 18/06/2018 - 22:42

      Tried briefly it does seem to work… edit… should try to use a Incognito window to open the same product and see whether it's free delievery already.

    • scrimshaw on 18/06/2018 - 22:45

      I'm looking at B0773RFRRG right now. Is this what you see or does it say FREE Expedited delivery?

      https://i.imgur.com/JAiqPoK.png

      • doweyy on 18/06/2018 - 22:47

        Nope mine says Free Expedited Delivery, See Here

        I signed up using the link that I updated the OP to , whatever has the Prime Tick has free expedited delivery with no min spend!

        • scrimshaw on 18/06/2018 - 22:50

          Thanks, thats cool. I think that clears any doubts then.

        • xinsnake on 18/06/2018 - 22:51

          @scrimshaw: Sorry mate kept you busy for too long on this.

    • addict on 18/06/2018 - 22:48

      Can you test Amazon US seller to see if the $49+ free shipping is working? (on amazon.com.au)

      https://www.amazon.com.au/s/rh=n%3A4851683051%2Cp_6%3AA4XRJ8…

  • jordan23140 on 18/06/2018 - 22:40

    Prime Reading

  • cyrax83 on 18/06/2018 - 22:40

    No prime shipping no deal. What's the point?

  • SirFlibbled on 18/06/2018 - 22:40

    Yeah, no postage no deal..

    • doweyy on 18/06/2018 - 22:42
      +2

      Free postage works as of right now

  • rickyygee on 18/06/2018 - 22:45
    +4

    This is worth it if you're currently subscribed to someone on twitch which is $4.99USD($6.70AUD) already.

    • lyl on 18/06/2018 - 22:53
      +3

      Yeah just subbed and it works, feels good giving back to my favourite content creator from a free trial.

    • Crownie on 18/06/2018 - 23:47
      +2

      I'm subscribed to Amazon Prime Video for the Twitch benefits. Been paying $2.99 US per month for the last year.
      Will be switching to Amazon Prime Australia for $4.99 AUD when the $2.99 offer ends in July.

    • cacique on 20/06/2018 - 13:20
      +3

      people pay to watch people play video games? hahahahahahaha

  • moorey on 18/06/2018 - 22:47
    +1

    Am still using the free 6 months Prime account through Amazon FR. Would highly recommend The Terror (1 season). Transparent (4 seasons) and The Man In The High Castle (few seasons).

  • jordan23140 on 18/06/2018 - 22:49
    +1

    The free shipping for AU orders seems to be working. Pic

    • snvl on 18/06/2018 - 22:52

      Yep, working for me too

  • snvl on 18/06/2018 - 22:51

    The email i received after joining says free expedited is available now. And all item with prime comes free expedited shipment

    • ozy on 19/06/2018 - 00:38

      I hear it’s lots of fun..
      Did you know uno is number one
      UNO uno uno

    • easternculture on 18/06/2018 - 23:11
      +22

      We are in Australia now

      • [Deactivated] on 19/06/2018 - 02:44
        +6

        Don’t catch me slippin now

      • agam2104 on 19/06/2018 - 11:17

        Wow , I just woke up seeing so many -ve votes.I am only was saying price of India Amazon was this, I never said Amazon AU prime is expensive, $59 is very nice deal.

        • Turd on 19/06/2018 - 11:55
          +3

          The negs were for the India comment. Why compare it to India? Have you see the cost of housing in India it is cheap as peanuts, maybe tell that to first home Sydney property buyers

        • agam2104 on 19/06/2018 - 19:28

          @Turd: haha Who told buying a house where I live is cheap?.It is very expensive

    • Mixhael on 19/06/2018 - 02:09
      +7

      Considering the average annual income in India is 1670USD (around $2250), I think we've got the better deal for prime.

      Source

    • Ryanek on 19/06/2018 - 07:59
      -2

      I suggest you move to India.

    • Shwayne on 19/06/2018 - 16:38

      I don't think you can compare them… S:

  • auna on 18/06/2018 - 23:08
    +1

    Married with Children. Popeye. Highlander the TV series.

    Sold.

    • allenhori on 18/06/2018 - 23:40
      +1

      I love Popeye! Now it’s harder to resist!

  • Bkbk on 18/06/2018 - 23:24
    +1

    Does it mean I can read EBooks for free on kindle ?!

    • twocsies on 19/06/2018 - 01:34
      +1

      From the post above.

      Prime Reading - Free access to over 1,000 e-books with Prime Reading

      This means that Prime Reading titles are free. But not all of the EBooks on Amazon.

      • shakoo on 19/06/2018 - 12:30
        +1

        yeah, i misread and thought it was the same as kindle unlimited, but it's not :-(

  • follow on 18/06/2018 - 23:25
    +2

    Another good thing is access to deals 30 mins early

  • Big Dog on 19/06/2018 - 00:08
    +1

    What's the currency for the amounts being quoted? I'm assuming it's all USD like it is for Amazon Prime Video.

    • doweyy on 19/06/2018 - 00:39
      +3

      It's all in AUD on the Amazon.com.au domain

  • jhaley3180 on 19/06/2018 - 00:31
    +3

    I'm currently a Prime US customer. Is the Prime video catelogue much different between Aus and US? If I have a Prime Aus account and use a VPN can I access the US or UK catelogue?

    • wonderboy on 19/06/2018 - 14:37

      It's okay for older stuff but there's nothing recent from the last 5 years. It's also mostly padded out with Z grade stuff no one has ever heard and game shows from the '60s. I only have it because of the 6 months free trial and rarely use it.

      https://www.justwatch.com/au/provider/amazon-prime-video

  • AppleLime on 19/06/2018 - 00:38
    +2

    Can anyone let me know how to cancel the membership after the free trial? Thanks.

    • LlamaFarmer on 19/06/2018 - 07:12
      +2

      They have now enabled access to "Manage Prime membership" in the account settings on Amazon.com.au

  • maysilees on 19/06/2018 - 00:52
    +4

    Is there going to be a student discount?

    • Spazzwan on 19/06/2018 - 05:21

      I'd also like to know if theres gonna be prime student for au amazon prime. (For reference its 50% off for tertiary students on amazon.com)

  • eggboi on 19/06/2018 - 01:32
    +25

    It’s cheaper than US Prime because Amazon AU sucks ballz

  • THEMAN_AUS on 19/06/2018 - 01:38
    +10

    but Amazon AU has such little stuff on it. Its sort of a (profanity) big mehhhh?

  • greennick on 19/06/2018 - 01:49
    +19

    I am actively trying to avoid Amazon because the shit they're trying to pull with the US site geoblocking, under the guise of the GST being hard to comply with, however really being they want to scare other government's considering similar changes.

    They're a massive company with excellent international logistics that could ship stuff from the US for very little and provide some real competition here. They already comply with varied sales taxes in the US, VAT in Europe, and even the GST here, they have the ability to easily comply with the law.

    Instead they choose to force differential pricing which makes them uncompetitive for the vast majority of items, punishing us because our government has the gall to ask them to pay tax. They're ebay light here.

    • [Deactivated] on 19/06/2018 - 02:49
      +2

      You will still have access to Amazon Global. Really nothing much will change apart from the added GST and with this prime free international shipping we may actually end up better off.
      There is mass confusion only because our journalists are more bothered with clickbait headlines than actually understanding how Amazon works.

      • SickDmith on 19/06/2018 - 02:59
        +10

        For me Amazon Global on Amazon US is very different from Amazon Global on Amazon AU.

        • [Deactivated] on 19/06/2018 - 03:00
          +1

          It will be added.

        • t3chshopper on 19/06/2018 - 06:45

          @LoopyLou: Source?

        • bargainshooter on 19/06/2018 - 09:41
          +1

          Loopylou is right. I can see items from amazon.com that were unavailable last week on the au site are available today. You will still be able to buy off .com, just not ship directly to Australia as the au site will handle gst more efficiently.

        • deadpoet on 19/06/2018 - 11:07
          +2

          @LoopyLou:

          Amazon Global has a pitifully small selection at the moment, and often the stuff that is available is massively inflated in price by 3rd party scalpers. You're saying that the missing stuff will be added in future?

        • BargainKen on 19/06/2018 - 11:08
          +3

          @LoopyLou: Im looking up some stuff I purchased from Amazon US (that still ship to Australia) on the global site and I dont see them on global. I see a close match at almost 2x the price. At least for now Amazon AU Global is a crock of shit. Whether or not that changes in the future, we'll see but I'm not holding my breath.

        • easternculture on 19/06/2018 - 11:21

          @44sunsets:

          The ATO are probably monitoring Amazon for compliance with GST. Give them a few months and we should have a wide selection of items shipped and sold by Amazon USA.

        • ctemby on 19/06/2018 - 17:23
          +1

          @44sunsets: Exactly, Amazon.com has around 500 million items, Amazon.com.au has around 60 million items to which they are adding around 4 million 'Amazon US' items to Amazon.com.au.

          Anyway you look at it, on 1 JULY we are losing access to almost 90% of items previously available via Amazon US/UK/DE/FR/IT/ES etc.

          References: Engadget, News

      • IDontWantToSignUpJu… on 19/06/2018 - 06:49

        Stupid question - how do you access Amazon Global in Amazon AU? Or do you just see some sort of 'Global' tag scattered around items in their normal Amazon AU catalogue?

        • doweyy on 19/06/2018 - 09:43

          Here's the Amazon Global Store link, Global Store listings say this on the page for reference:

          Amazon Global Store

          International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions.
          Manufacturer warranty may not apply but you may have other rights under law.
          Learn more about Amazon Global Store.

      • greennick on 19/06/2018 - 11:55
        +5

        Amazon global isn't at all the same. I was searching on the weekend for a wrapping paper holder, Amazon AU had it for AU$160 + almost $20 shipping (free with Prime), Amazon global almost AU$180 plus shipping (also free with prime), Amazon US had multiple sellers selling the same one for US$20 with US$13 shipping, all up about AU$45.

        I get how Amazon works. This is a rort to direct us to the Aussie site, which is a poor cousin of the US site and they know it. There is no way I am better off until this is fixed. Anyone who thinks otherwise has rocks in their head. How could less competition be a better thing?

        I ended up buying it from EBay for a similar price to the US Amazon one. I would have happily bought it from Amazon if they weren't trying to screw us over. I'll be using VPN to compare prices in Amazon US and refuse to buy anything that is overpriced from any Australian retailer, especially Amazon.

    • garage sale on 19/06/2018 - 09:29
      +1

      On amazon US you pay in US dollars, and they work with American tax laws, it's run by amazon US, and I can imagine they dont' want to convert to $AU and pay to an Australian tax office who they don't know and all the other compliance stuff for is probably a very small customer base of Australians…… hence Amazon.com.au ….Australian ABN, Australian presence, AU$ and if foreign sellers want to list stuff on it they can.

      Don't think of Amazon as one company, think of each country as being run as a separate business unit with currency, tax laws, incorporations, etc.

      We have yet to see how Aliexpress respond though we haven't seen their Australian presence do anything eg setup aliexpress.com.au
      Also gearbest, bangood, joybuy, etc I doubt we will see them collecting gst and paying it to the tax office …… they get an order, convert it to their currency, give a parcel to china post and move to the next order from who cares where …..imagine the tax office visiting gearbest in china and asking them to incorporeate an australin entity, get an abn, collect gst and convert to $AU and pay ….they would tell them to go away they are busy as they load the next truck with parcels to china post.

      • greennick on 19/06/2018 - 14:43
        -1

        Amazon already deals with exchange rates, I can't see how that is an issue. IMO, Amazon has a clear aversion to paying tax, they always have. They only just started paying sales tax in all states. They still use questionable methods to dodge tax internationally. There are similar taxation regimes being considered or implemented internationally (NZ is starting one, UK debating legislation), they are doing this as a feeble attempt to fight off these taxes, while having the added benefit of directing more people to the Australian website.

        We need to keep the pressure up on them so they know their efforts won't be successful.

        • netsurfer on 19/06/2018 - 16:04
          +1

          You mentioned tax / GST. Obviously, Amazon US knows about the advantage of not needing to pay GST and that was why they were happy to go through the trouble and sell to us. It's actually not just they now need to pay GST, it is because individual international sellers don't need to pay GST yet (it's hard to collect).

          If you protested on this change to GST (GST waiver to be abolished for international purchases under $1000 AUD), then you might have some ground to feel upset. Reality is, most of us knew this is coming for about a year, Amazon USA protested this profusely, so did eBay BUT most of us just kept quiet and now starting to get angry.

          We've taken what Amazon USA provided us for granted. No other USA online retailers provided that much international postage service before. Amazon AUS is not all bad for consumers anyway. Doesn't being able to get items quickly count for anything?

          You are surprised that a big US corporation gave our government the middle finger?

        • greennick on 20/06/2018 - 17:04

          @netsurfer: I am not surprised at all by this. This is the Amazon way, they want absolute domination and they don't care about how they get it. This is why their employees hate them. Why the Washington Post staff is striking. Why the EU is constantly suing them. They're a bully.

          I am not sure why you think the only option is for this tax not to apply or the companies to stop servicing the country. Other companies say they will comply, so that is obviously an option, in fact all other big companies I have seen (EBay, Alibaba, Etsy, most of the UK fashion sites, etc) have said they will comply. Amazon is choosing not to do this to direct people to their flagging Australian website (primary goal) and to further their goal to avoid paying tax internationally (secondary).

          Everybody that works in online retail thinks they were going to do this eventually anyway, as more people were using the US site than the Australian one, which was seriously impacting the viability of the Australian site. For example, this is what the head of EBay Australia said:

          "This was a big deal for us because we've never previously intermediated payments, we're not a retailer," he said, drawing a distinction with Amazon, and adding to a view among retailers that Amazon was using the GST as an excuse for a geoblocking of its parent site that it would have eventually imposed anyway.

  • Viospeed on 19/06/2018 - 03:42
    +8

    I've now ordered a few things from Amazon AU and have noticed that they put orders on hold before they ship things out so people can buy their Prime service. I live about 20 minutes from the Dandenong South warehouse and my last order was put on hold for 4 days before being dispatched so I don't get the delivery too fast as it negates their Prime business model. I've had multiple instances of this so it takes 1 week to send something out that's 20 minutes away from me. Pretty shady if you ask me.

    • doweyy on 19/06/2018 - 07:30

      Ive made multiple orders so far and they usually get shipped out next day, or sometimes within hours.

      • syousef on 19/06/2018 - 07:38
        +1

        I've had the same experience as viospeed on the Minecraft Xbox deals. Both times.

        If it's fulfilled by them it's held up to arrive on the last day of the shipping window.

        In this regard Amazon AU can bite me. I bought from them because it was a bargain not because I love anything they do.

        • doweyy on 19/06/2018 - 07:44

          Lol so I got negged for sharing my experiences? Odd. My Minecraft console for example was ordered on 4th of June and shipped on the 6th, that is hardly a bit wait in my opinion.

        • syousef on 19/06/2018 - 07:45
          +2

          @doweyy:

          viospeed was negged for sharing his. Was it you that negged him?

          "It works for me" will always get you negged. That doesn't mean others haven't had a problem. You're effectively bragging about your good fortune in response to someone who's had it rough.

        • doweyy on 19/06/2018 - 07:47
          +1

          @syousef:

          Of course I didn't neg his comment. And I'm hardly bragging, some have luck and some others don't sometimes, I was just giving my side of it.

          If it's fulfilled by them it's held up to arrive on the last day of the shipping window.

          Companies take time to ship things, but it's not their prime goal to delay people's shipments.

        • syousef on 19/06/2018 - 09:14

          @doweyy:

          2 out of 2 for me were shipped at the last possible moment to meet the end date of delivery window IF Aus post didn't mess up.

        • Viospeed on 19/06/2018 - 09:17

          @doweyy:

          My order is one day overdue now and counting as I still haven't received it. It's less than a 20 minute drive from the Amazon warehouse to Endeavour Hills and I ordered it on the 11th of June. Quite unhappy, I will be giving them a call this morning.

          https://imgur.com/a/06O1WDy

        • easternculture on 19/06/2018 - 09:25
          +3

          @viospeed:

          Complain and they will apply a $20 goodwill credit on your account

          It's better to chat with them

        • ESEMCE on 19/06/2018 - 12:40

          @viospeed:

          You do understand that the parcel doesn't come direct from their warehouse to yours? (yet)
          It goes from their warehouse to a Third Party sorting centre, then to your nearest depot and then out on delivery in a van from that depot.

    • crazyboy on 19/06/2018 - 11:34

      This shady trick of theirs is already experienced by numerous people in the US.

  • PainToad on 19/06/2018 - 05:21
    +2

    Man in the High Castle is the greatest series in a long time.

  • TightAssDude on 19/06/2018 - 06:28
    +2

    Can't chromecast from the Amazon Prime app… So its pretty much useless.

    • TonyRancid on 19/06/2018 - 07:44

      They want you to buy a tv fire stick

      • 0FoxGiven on 19/06/2018 - 09:34

        Or an nVidia Shield TV

    • nickj on 19/06/2018 - 12:30

      Just googled, and it looks like it's not available as an app on Telstra TV either. Wow. Chromecast + Telstra TV are my ways of watching streaming content, and if neither of those work, it really is useless. If they want to include a free Fire TV stick with a Prime subscription then that's fine, but until then I'm not buying more hardware because of their refusal to work with anything else.

  • EightImmortals on 19/06/2018 - 07:52
    +11

    What a joke, just for funsies I had a look on Amazon AU for some products I use regularly.

    Doctor's Best magnesium on Amazon AU: $84 (aud)
    Same product on the U.S. site: $26 (aud)
    Same product on IHerb: $23 (aud)

    Similar mark-ups on everything else I looked at.

    I think the Prime deal itself is a good deal, but if I can't buy anything from Amazon AU then it's kinda pointless at this point in time. They want a 'global economy' and use that as a justification whenever they want to screw us over in some regard (both government and corporations) but at the same time they want to keep everything 'regional' in terms of variety and pricing. (cue Twisted Sister "We're not gonna take it anymore"…dammit. )

    • twocsies on 19/06/2018 - 10:26
      +2

      Amazon is a marketplace. Thus, if a seller notices that no other sellers are offering a low price for Doctor's Best magnesium, they (in this case the store is called Glendora) might post it on the off chance that someone buys it at outrageous mark-up. That's not Amazon but the opportunistic third party price gouger. I'm not sure how Amazon as a marketplace can prevent such chicanery, other than to start selling those items themselves, which they do already. There are plenty of other brands of magnesium at reasonable prices.

      • EightImmortals on 19/06/2018 - 11:02
        +4

        Cheers, yep I understand all that. My point was that Amazon AU is pretty useless unless they intend to start selling a lot more of these products locally. Supplements are just one example but there are tons of things sold on Amazon U.S. that we do not have access to here. :)

  • ESEMCE on 19/06/2018 - 07:52

    Are there any Kindle benefits to Prime?

    • altitudinous on 19/06/2018 - 08:08
      +1

      Yes, check out Prime Reading.

      • Scalding Coffee Cup on 19/06/2018 - 12:34

        It's asking me to change device location from US to AU — worth it? Is it possible to change back later? I found more free Kindle offerings on the US store in the past.

  • 11112007 on 19/06/2018 - 07:55
    +1

    About time they launched this locally. Local sales volumes are no where close to what Amazon predicted for Australia.

    Maybe this might stimulate an increase.

  • Scumbag on 19/06/2018 - 07:58

    Maybe they should offer discounted Prime Video without free shipping from amazon.com.au, well at least until the Australian store is half decent.

  • bluedufflecoat on 19/06/2018 - 08:18

    Does the $20 Amazon voucher given for the changeover at Amazon US work for Amazon Prime here?

  • nagel on 19/06/2018 - 08:36

    Is there much content on Amazon prime (video streaming) her in Australia?

  • JuryWheel on 19/06/2018 - 09:19
    +1

    Can you get the Amazon prime video app through Android TV at all or does it have to be chromecasted via a phone?

    • auindie on 19/06/2018 - 10:07
      -2

      Amazon prime video is not available on Android TV

      • theguyrules on 19/06/2018 - 10:38
        +1

        It’s on both my Sony TV and my Nvidia Shield TV.
        It works well, I literally used it 1 hour ago.

        • Scumbag on 19/06/2018 - 18:38

          Does not support Nexus Player, possibly because it's x86.

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