Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) said Sunday that, on all items purchased this holiday season, its customers saved over $2 billion on free two-day shipping through Prime and other free shipping offers. It also said that 100 million more items shipped for free this holiday compared to last.
"Customers continue to save money shopping on Amazon. This holiday season, Amazon shoppers saved billions through free shipping, and even more through our low prices. We are especially excited that 10 million new customers tried Amazon Prime for the first time," said Jeff Wilke, Senior Vice President, Amazon.com.
Amazon noted that its customers can find millions of items available with Free Shipping on orders over $35. However, over the last few years, unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping with Prime has become the preferred shipping method among Amazon customers. In fact, the company now ships more than twice as many items with Prime than with Free Shipping.
According to the company, Tens of millions of members around the world already get benefit over Prime. In the US, membership includes unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on more than 20 million items, instant streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes through Prime Instant Video, one million songs and hundreds of playlists through Prime Music, free unlimited photo storage with Prime Photos, early access to select Lightning Deals and access to over 700,000 books to borrow through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library.
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