If you are a budgeter and an extremely frugal person like me, you always want to get the best product for the money you want to spend. Amazon is a good place to make that happen.

These Amazon hacks will squeeze more savings and benefits you can expect from Amazon.

In this post, you'll learn:

• The secret tips and tricks no one wants you to know
• The deals to make your shopping experience better
• And many more ways on how to save money

If you're ready, then, read on!

Amazon Hacks To Save Money

Here are some hacks you wish you knew sooner. Believe it or not, when I learned these things, I told myself that I wish I had known them before. Some of these have helped me learn how to stop overspending money.

1. Filter discounted products easily

Now, you can find the best possible discount with just a simple trick.

Let’s say you want to see discount range from 30% to 80% you can simply add this code at the end of the URL.

“&pct-off=30-80”

Simply copy paste the above code (without quotations) at the end of URL. This code will narrow down the result. This is one of the most simple but very effective money-saving hacks for amazon shoppers.

2. Abandon your purchase

There is a very nice trick to get a discount on amazon you probably do not know. If you want to buy something, add them to your cart but don’t buy them yet. If you can wait, leave your desired products in your cart for some time.

Since Amazon wants you to buy the products already in your cart, they will keep sending you an email with a reminder that you have those products in your cart. This is known as the “Abandonment of Shopping cart” in shopping industry.

In order to lure you into buying these products, Amazon will offer you amazing discounts and coupons that may not necessarily be always available to other people or to the public.Click to Tweet

So wait for the price discounts to appear before purchasing those products.

3. Shop on Amazon and get reimbursed

Do you know you can receive reimbursement or get rewarded for shopping on Amazon? There are websites that reimburse you a certain percentage of your purchase automatically.

If you access Amazon’s site through their sites, they will get paid and, sometimes, they will share their profits to you or give you a fixed reimbursement.

I highly recommend you use these sites to go to Amazon to get discounts and reimbursements:

• Ebates
• Swagbucks

4. Be smart. Go for the least popular items

If you are looking to purchase something and it has a range of different sizes and colors are offered, the best way to save money is to buy the least popular color, if color is not something you care much and if you want to save some bucks.

Be vigilant when shopping on Amazon as this money-saving trick might come in.

Let’s say you want to buy a baby cart. What are the most common colors people choose for their kids? Mostly pink and purple. In this case, choose a color that is less popular but fits in your room’s overall design. Less popular colors are sometimes sold cheaper as compared to the popular colors.

5. Receive compensations when the price drops

Amazon has this unique policy of refunding the price difference when the product price drops.

When you shop on Amazon and the price drops the following week, you can claim for a refund. The claim can be made by, email, online chat, or through phone call.

Prices changes with costumers demand and supply pattern, just like those in traditional markets. Amazon is no exception to these price changes.

Prices of products on Amazon do fluctuate with time. So whenever they do, make a claim.

6. Use Amazon store card and save money

This money-saving tip is applicable for all products on Amazon.

With Amazon store card you can save up to 5% of your total purchases on any product. You don’t need to wait for holidays and certain days to get such discount. It applies to all items.

One recommendation is to make sure you pay the store card on time and in full so you avoid paying the high-interest charge. The card is not free money. It is in your best interest if you use the store card wisely and responsibly.

7. Get a $20 Amazon gift card for free

If you consistently buy on Amazon, you may consider getting the Amazon store card. Not only will you get 5% every time you buy from Amazon, but you will also get a FREE $20 Amazon gift card instantly when you first open your Amazon store card.

8. Get Amazon gift cards for free

This is not a repeat of the previous tip.

You can get FREE Amazon gift cards from different websites. There are number of websites that give away gift cards to their users and followers.

The requirements of these websites vary. But, in general, these sites will require you to watch videos, read articles, take surveys, etc. so you can get paid. Some of these websites include:

• Swagbucks
• InboxDollars
• SendEarnings
• MintVine

9. Get the Amazon Prime

Now you can receive additional benefits by being an Amazon Prime member. Amazon often sends extra special discounts to its members.  Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial

My friend who is a Prime member told me that he got an offer up to 50% off for those products not available to the general public. These products included the Amazon Echo and Fire TV Stick.

You don’t have to buy new prime membership for your loved one or friend. Now, one membership can be used by more than person.

10. Get free Prime Membership

If you are a student, then, here is a really amazing Amazon trick for you.

By using your email account (.edu), you can receive up to 6 month Prime membership for free.  Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial

While it is not a full membership and doesn’t have the all benefits a full membership offers, it still offers you a free two-day shipping.

If you ever decide to get the full membership, you can get it for a 50% discount. That’s a sweet deal if you ask me. That’s not all. You can get a referral credit of $10 for every friend you refer to the Prime membership.

Other Hacks To Save Money on Amazon

Here are other hacks that never fail to provide savings.

11. Turn in old unused prepaid Visa gift card

You can buy Amazon gift card any time you want. But do you know if you have an old, unused prepaid visa gift card that you can convert this Visa card to Amazon gift card? You sure can but note that the minimum limit for conversion is $0.15.

Here are the details on how you can convert you old Visa gift card to Amazon gift card.

1. Login to your Amazon account.
2. Under Payments tab, click Purchase a gift card.
3. Choose to send via email. This way you will get a code instantly.
4. Enter your Visa gift card details and secret number on the back of your card. Make sure your Visa gift card is worth more than $0.15.
5. You will receive your code via email in few seconds.

Once you have it, you can simply click “Apply a gift card” to your Account.

12. Get a FREE book every month

If you are a Prime member, you can get one free book every month. These books are offered by Kindle Lending Library.

Access to Kindle Lending Library costs $10 per month. Only unlimited members are allowed access to Kindle Lending Library. But with your Prime membership, you can get 1 free book a month.Click to Tweet

There is a program known as Kindle First, where it features up to six books a month and you are allowed to download one book at a time.

13. Enjoy the benefits of being an Amazon Mom

Amazon offers a service known as Amazon Mom.

This is for those Prime members who are expecting within 2 months before their due date. What this benefit offers you is a discount of up to 15% for all baby items.

Subscribe and save program is another program for such members, where they can get 20% discount on baby products, like diapers.

There are multiple perks available just being an Amazon Mom. You gain access to exclusive offers and coupons/discount for baby-related items.

That’s not all. If an Amazon Mom enrolls another mom, that Amazon Mom will get $10 as referral fee.

14. Get free Amazon cloud storage

Here is another useful of those Amazon hacks for you.

Now you don’t have to worry about low storage on your PC, laptop or mobile phone. Amazon prime membership allows you to access the Amazon cloud so you can save a number of photos and videos on Amazon cloud storage for free.

Storage limit for Amazon cloud is 5GB. That’s still a lot of FREE storage where you can upload/download any file you want and share them with your friends.

15. Stream unlimited videos

Amazon allows instant access to videos for prime members, just like Netflix does.

You can choose any video or series you want to watch on Amazon Instant Video service. Amazon Instant Video has exclusive shows and it also provides access to other online videos and older shows.

You can watch these videos on your iPhone, iPhone Smart TV etc.

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16. Try the Subscribe and Save

You can save money by simply committing to buying products consistently (or regular intervals). Amazon will take 5% off of these products’ prices.

This is the gist behind the Amazon’s Subscribe and Save program. You can save money by using this amazing Amazon trick.

You will typically find this program available on grocery items, which is really what you really buy on a regular basis. All you need to do is quickly use the product and set schedule. Once you have more than 5 items on your subscription list, Amazon discount can go as high as 15% every time you do your shopping.

17. Save money using coupons

Every time you shop on Amazon for groceries, you may find clickable coupons on different product pages. Click on them. These coupons can help you to save money on the products you have in your cart.

These coupons can save you $0.25 to $5. You can also visit Amazon Coupons to see a list of available coupons.

18. Buy randomly to save money

You don’t have to stick to one country to buy items.

For example, when you buy a book, it is possible that same book in another country cost less.

A number of websites will make a search for you and will compare prices of the same books from different countries. There might be slight difference in content but the main content will be the same. One of the most prominent websites is Cheap River.

Cheap River searches on Amazon’s International sites and finds out the prices for the same book.

19. Contact Amazon for overdue shipment

Last month, I ordered a particular product on Amazon. Normally, as a Prime member, I get 2-day FREE shipping, which was what I supposed to have when I bought that specific product.

Unfortunately, it took a week to get such product. I contacted Amazon support center. They sent me another product and paid me compensation for my distresses.

20. Become an Amazon associate

You can become an Amazon associate by sending links to your friends and family. When your friends and family or whoever ever uses your link to purchase products on Amazon, you will get up to 8% commission every month.

21. Write a review and get a discount

This is one of the most interesting Amazon hacks I’ve seen so far.

There are a number of websites that offer heavy discounts if you write a review of their products. As you may know, buyers tend to read reviews before buying products.

So whenever companies want to launch a product, they want people to write product reviews. In exchange, those reviewers may get free products and other discounts.

22. Take advantage of your birthday

If you have a birthday coming, you can send a present wish list to all your friends and relatives. This is called Amazon Birthday.

Amazon also recommends you to add gifts in the list before you send list to friends and others.

23. Get FREE shipping without Prime Membership

In general, free shipping is only for prime members. According to Amazon policy, if you make purchases worth more than $35, you can get FREE shipping.

It is possible that you find what you need but you may not have the $35 minimum for FREE shipping.Click to Tweet

Here is one of those Amazon hacks you need to be aware of. Use Amazon’s service called the Amazon Filler. What this does is it recommends you some other products you may want to buy to reach that $35 minimum for FREE shipping.

24. Use CamelCamelCamel

We all have this reasoning of wanting to buy something but don’t want to pay the price. Here’s a trick. Visit CamelCamelCamel.com and set an alert.

It will notify you when the prices of the products you want fall.

25. Buy used products

Just because products are used doesn’t mean that they are worn out and can no longer function the way new products can.

Some of the used products on Amazon are in perfect condition but cost less than the new ones. If you want to save money, then, buying used on Amazon is one of the ways you can save money.

Final Thoughts: How To Save Money On Amazon

Saving money on Amazon doesn't have to be hard.

Believe it or not, they are as easy as turning your computer and checking your email. There aren't any surprises or hidden tricks to get some savings out from shopping on Amazon.

Start now and get the savings going.

These are some of my Amazon hacks. Are you ready to try any one of them? Which ones have you tried and will try in the near future? 

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