How to get a Prime Video free trial (and everything else it comes with)

If you’re looking to check out some of the top-shelf exclusives in Prime Video’s TV show and movie collection, you can try it out for 30 days without paying a cent. It’s an excellent offer for the Prime Video streaming service, but there’s a lot more to the trial and subscription than you might think if you only came here looking to stream Rings of Power for free.

Here's a step-by-step guide to getting an Amazon Prime Video trial, followed by more information on what else a Prime subscription will get you. 

Prime Video’s 30-day free trial includes access to the streaming service’s massive library of TV shows and movies, of course, but it also includes all the perks and benefits associated with a typical Amazon Prime subscription. Perks like free two-day shipping, exclusive early access to timed deals and shopping events (like Prime Day), e-books, comics and kids’ books included with Prime Reading, free monthly games and in-game loot with Prime Gaming, and over 2 million songs with Amazon’s Spotify competitor Amazon Music Prime. And if you choose to continue after the free trial for $9.99 per month, you’ll keep reaping those rewards

The main attraction, and probably the reason you’re here, is 30 days of Amazon Prime Video for free. When the Netflix competitor first launched in Australia, it was a long way behind the competition. Since then, the app’s user experience and content library have improved significantly, thanks mostly to quality exclusives like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Boys, Invincible, Reacher and its headline sci-fi epic, The Expanse.

In the same way Prime Video is a viable Netflix alternative, Amazon Music Prime (previously Prime Music), is a solid contender for your next music streaming service. Amazon Music Prime's library might not be quite as colossal as Spotify's, but it's a decent ad-free listening experience that also includes podcasts. 

Free two-day delivery is one of the reasons most regular Amazon Prime subscribers pay the $9.99 per month premium. It gives you free two-day delivery (with no minimum purchase) on a vast selection of eligible domestic products, and free international delivery on purchase over $49.

The other thing that lures standard Amazon Prime subscribers is early access to lightning deals and huge shopping events, like Prime Day. Amazon Prime subscribers get a 30-minute window to take advantage of the best deals before non-subscribers get the chance. It’s a huge perk, especially in times when stock is limited.

Prime Video subscribers get unbridled access to Amazon’s literary collection of e-books, short stories, comics, and kids’ books. It’s a lot like Amazon’s more popular Kindle Unlimited service with one key difference: Kindle Unlimited gives subscribers access to over 1 million titles at any time, whereas Prime Reading has a rotating list of over 1,000 titles. There’s still loads to read, but you can’t be sure that what you’re looking for will be available when you’re ready to read, unlike Kindle Unlimited is almost a sure thing.

One of the most underrated perks of being a Prime member is access to the monthly free games offered by Prime Gaming. 

Like PlayStation Plus and Xbox Games with Gold, Prime Gaming offers a selection of free PC games every month. For example, this month, Prime subscribers can download Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior, Bioshock Infinite Complete Edition, The Smurfs 2: The Prisoner of the Green Stone and many more on PC for nix.