Amazon Ends Shared Prime Shipping Program for People Who Don't Live Together

Amazon is discontinuing its Prime Invitee program, which allowed Prime members to share their shipping benefits with people who did not live in the same household. This change is part of Amazon's effort to drive more individual Prime subscriptions. The Prime Invitee program allowed Prime members to share their shipping benefits with up to four other people, regardless of whether they lived together. However, Amazon has decided to end this program, stating that it will now require Prime members to have the same residential address as anyone they wish to share their benefits with. This move is seen as a strategy to increase Amazon's Prime subscription numbers, as the company aims to have more individual Prime members rather than shared accounts. The change is expected to take effect in the coming months, and current Prime Invitees will no longer be able to use the shared benefits once the program ends.