Amazon is a multinational technology that focuses on e-commerce, founded by the second richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos on 25th July 1994. It offers different services like Amazon Prime, Amazon Business, Amazon Drive, and Amazon Student. Let’s know how you switch from Amazon Prime to Amazon Student.
What is Amazon Prime?
This is a paid subscription service from Amazon which is available in various countries and gives users premium services at a monthly or yearly subscription.
With either a monthly ($14.99) or yearly ($139) paid subscription Amazon Prime offers various services like Prime Video, Music, Gaming, Reading, Drive, Twitch, and Food delivery with;
- A free one or two-day delivery to an eligible address.
- free scheduled delivery to eligible address.
- same-day delivery to eligible addresses.
As of October 2021, Amazon Prime has members in 22 countries, namely North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
It also offers early access to lightning deals on Amazon and exclusive deals to lightning deals, and deals of the day for members in Amazon. in.
What is Amazon Student?
Also called Amazon Prime Student is a cheaper version of Amazon Prime created specifically for college or university students while still giving them the same privileges as Amazon Prime subscribers.
Unlike Amazon Prime, Amazon Student is cheaper ($6.49/month and $59/year) and still renders the same services as Amazon Prime but with a different audience.
This is only available strictly to students in college or university and not high, middle, or primary school.
To be eligible for the subscription, the following must be provided:
- A valid academic email (-.edu) address.
- A school ID card showing the current term or expiration date.
- A transcript or class list showing your name and the name of the school.
- A current tuition bill with your name and the school name.
- An official acceptance letter for the upcoming semester with your matriculation date.
Differences and Similarities between Amazon Prime and Amazon Student
There are not manys difference between Amazon Prime and Amazon Student but a few:
- Amazon Student offers unlimited music streaming via Amazon Music at a reduced price of $4.99/month instead of the normal price of $9/month.Unlike Amazon Prime which only provides its members 2 million songs without any advertisement.
- Unlike Amazon Prime, Amazon Student allows students to trade used books with the company and they earn back up to 80% of their value in the form of gift cards, purchase a new book, or pay their monthly subscription fee.
- Also, Amazon Student allows students to rent their books and Amazon Prime does not.
- Amazon Prime has unlimited space for photo storage while Amazon Prime doesn’t.
Similarities
They both provide the following services;
- Free 2-day shipping
- Access to unlimited movies and TV shows
- Access to reading on any device.
- Free same-day delivery in some areas.
Amazon Prime Versus Amazon Student
| Amazon Prime ( AP) | Amazon Student (AS) |
| Membership can be shared in a household | Membership can’t be shared (single user only) |
| Subscription is expensive unlike Amazon Student | Subscription is cheap and student friendly |
| Books can’t be open rented or sold back to the company | Books can be rented or sold back to the company |
| Amazon Prime doesn’t have any referral program | Amazon Student offer referral programs with payment ($5) |
| AP can be used by anyone | AS is strictly for college or university students |
| Subscription is unlimited | Subscription is limited for students (4years only) |
| AP has limited cloud space for photos and music | AS has unlimited space for photos and music |
| AP doesn’t provide discounts for any student tool purchase | AS provides discounts for student tools purchase |
| No documents required for a subscription | Documents are required for a subscription |
How to switch from Amazon Prime to Amazon Student
Steps
- Open a browser on your device.
- Open your email inbox association with your Amazon Prime account.
- Click on compose, to create a new mail
- Type Amazon Student verification mail address on the recipient field
- Attach any of the following transcript
- Tuition bill
- Letter of acceptance or and official document that proves your studentship in the email.
- Wait for a confirmatory message from Amazon.
Eligibility for a switch from Amazon Prime to Amazon Student
Terms and Conditions
- If you’re currently on a Amazon Prime member with a subscription and you’re a student, you are eligible.
- If your Amazon Prime membership is associated with any service benefit from a company, you are to terminate such benefits before signing up for Amazon Student.
- After the switch from Amazon Prime to Amazon Student is verified the amount charged on your Amazon Prime subscription will be refunded.
To answer the question “can you switch from Amazon Prime to Amazon Student?”, yes, it is possible to switch from Amazon Prime to Amazon Student.
In Conclusion…
It is obvious that both Amazon Prime and Amazon Student provide their customers with wonderful services but they both are intended for different audiences with different needs. The factors stated above show that it is necessary to consider what he/she needs before subscribing to either of them.
