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

There’s more to the Amazon Prime Video free trial than just movies and TV shows.

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Brodie Fogg
Feb 14, 2025
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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. 

How to get a free trial with Amazon Prime Video

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Before we get started, make sure you're not already a Prime subscriber. As this article details, there are many entry points to an Amazon Prime subscription and if you're already paying for 2-day delivery, or Prime Gaming, you might already have access to Prime Video without even knowing it.

If not, follow these steps:

1
Head to the Prime Video website

There are a few ways to sign up to Prime Video, including through your smartphone, smart TV app or compatible streaming device. Considering you'll be forced to enter a lot of personal information and payment details, we recommend doing it somewhere with a keyboard and mouse. 

If that's the way you go, simply head over to the Prime Video landing page on Amazon's website. 

If you already have a Prime login, click 'Prime Member? Sign in' and log in with your account details. That includes any login you've ever created on Amazon. Otherwise...

2
Create your account

On the Prime Video landing page, click the "Start your 30-day free trial" button. 

Amazon will ask you to sign in with your details. If you've never created an account, scroll down to 'New to Amazon?' and click 'Create your Amazon account'.

3
Enter your details
Enter your name, email address, and password (twice for confirmation), and click 'Create your Amazon account.' It's worth noting that password down somewhere, particularly if you use Prime for other shopping benefits.
4
Start streaming
Boom. You can now enjoy 30 days of Prime Video (and everything else) for 30 days without paying anything. If you're just here to take advantage of the free trial offer, it's worth noting in your calendar when the free trial ends and cancelling your subscription before the 30 days is up. If it rolls over, you will automatically be charged $9.99 for your first month.

What else does an Amazon Prime Video free trial offer?

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

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Thousands of TV shows and movies

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 BoysInvincible, Reacher and its headline sci-fi epic, The Expanse.

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Amazon Music Prime

Amazon’s Spotify alternative for music streaming.

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. 

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What is Amazon Music Unlimited?

Amazon Music Unlimited is a standalone subscription that offers High-Fidelity listening on over 100 million songs, with offline listening and unlimited skips. It costs $12.99 per month and comes with a 30-day free trial.

Prime Shopping

Free and expedited delivery

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.

Exclusive early-bird deals

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 Reading

Reading. It’s like television but with way more subtitles.

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.

Prime Gaming

Free games every month, and exclusive in-game loot

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 WarriorBioshock Infinite Complete Edition, The Smurfs 2: The Prisoner of the Green Stone and many more on PC for nix. 

Brodie Fogg
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Brodie Fogg is the Australian editorial lead at Reviews.org. He has covered consumer tech, telecommunications, video games, streaming and entertainment for over five years at websites like WhistleOut and Finder and can be found sharing streaming recommendations at 7NEWS every month.

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