Amazon slashes Prime membership price ahead of Black Friday 2015

Amazon is preparing for Black Friday by discounting its Prime membership for a limited time

AMAZON has slashed the price of its Prime subscription for a limited time only – ahead of its upcoming Black Friday 2015 deals.

 

Retail firm Amazon has cut the price of its Prime membership plan in the run up to Black Friday.

The US firm has knocked £20 off the price of its membership plan, which normally costs £79 per year.

Amazon Prime customers will get access to time-sensitive Black Friday deals up to 30 minutes before non-Prime customers.

 

Prime also includes a number of other benefits, such as on-demand films and TV shows, the Kindle lending library, ad-free music streaming and unlimited one-day delivery.

Amazon's Prime deal is set to expire on November 18th 2015. The discount is available through the Amazon website, here.

Black Friday bargains will kickstart on November 27th – traditionally the friday following Thanksgiving in the United States.

The sales are called Black Friday because it is the point when high street stores can turn a profit and get "back in the black".

 



The US firm has knocked £20 from the price of its membership plan



A number of retailers have already started their sales online, including Argos and Amazon.

Argos has already begun running weekend offers whilst Amazon's week of reductions begins on Monday 23rd November.

The US retail firm has said shoppers will be offered ‘Lightning Deals’ – products available at a discount, in limited quantities, for a short period of time.

 

Amazon Prime includes unlimited one-day delivery, on-demand films and TV shows

There will also be ‘Deals of the Day’ on selected products during the entire week.

Amazon has confirmed that a total of 7,000 deals will be offered in the run up to Christmas.