Every year around Amazon Prime Day, Amazon offers a few ways to earn Amazon credits (which you can use on Amazon purchases). Historically, these Prime Day promotional credit offers start the week before and run through the day before Prime Day.
That said, there are also a number of ways to earn Amazon Prime promotional credits throughout the year. But, thanks to specific terms and conditions, applying them to your account can be tricky. So, I went ahead and read the fine print so you don’t have to..
Here's how you can earn Amazon credits now and around Prime Day, coming July 9 - 10, 2024 (predicted).
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1. Get a $100 Amazon gift card when you’re approved for the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card.
If you're interested in applying for an Amazon credit card, Amazon will likely offer a $150 gift card on their Visa Signature card near Prime Day in July. Right now, they have a $100 gift card offer for this credit card that you can use on Amazon and anywhere Visa is accepted. Whether you apply now or later, you'll only get the gift card if you're approved for the credit card.
To apply, you must be a Prime member and logged into your Prime account. It only takes about 15 seconds to get a decision. Yes, seconds.
If you prefer the Amazon Store card (Amazon only purchases), you can get a $10 Amazon gift card (once approved). With their pre-qualified form, you can answer a few questions to see if you prequalify (without affecting your credit score).
Note, these offers only applies to new card members.
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2. Get $10 in Amazon credits when you add $100 to an existing Amazon gift card.
Watch for this offer in July as Prime Day approaches. Even if you're not an Amazon Prime member you can earn Prime Day credits when you reload your pre-existing Amazon gift card with at least $100.
Just note that it has to be your first time reloading your gift card in order to get the promotional credits. You can also only use this deal once so there’s no infinite money hack. (Though how cool would that be?).
Lastly, the most you can make is $10 from this deal. Even if you reload the gift card for more than $100, the promo credits are capped at $10. With that in mind, I recommend taking the gift card you purchased for yourself in our first tip and reloading it with no more than $100. That way, you get the maximum amount of Prime Day credits for the least investment, and you can spend all that money on your account.
TIP: Buy a $50 gift card, get the $5 promo credit (when available), and then once you’ve spent that, reload it with $100 to get the extra $10. You’d get $165 for just $150!
3. Shoppers who upload their first photo to the Amazon Photos app get a $20 Amazon credit.
If you're a Prime member (who has never uploaded photos to Amazon Photos), you can grab a $20 Amazon credit right now when you back up your photos to the Amazon Photos app for the first time. You can check your eligibility on the offer’s landing page.
What is the Amazon Photos app? It’s a cloud storage service for all your device’s photos. You can back up all your memories through the app so if something happens to your device, your pictures aren’t lost.
Here’s what you have to do to cash in.
Download the free Amazon Photos app to your desktop, iOS, or Android device.
Sign into your Amazon account and begin backing up your photos.
Watch for your promotional credits within four days.
You have to use the $20 credit on a purchase of at least $40, not including gift cards. As with the other deals in this post, this offer is a one-time use only.
4. Get $6 in Prime Video credit when you spend $30.
As Prime Day nears, look for Amazon to offer free Prime Video credit with a minimum spend. You can then use your credit on other digital content at Amazon.
Pay attention though, these credits have an expiration date.
Here are a few movies from a recent Prime Day promotional credit event:
Barbie (Rent $24.99) (Buy $29.99)
Elemental (Rent $5.99) (Buy $19.99)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (Rent $19.99) (Buy $29.99)
Blue Beetle (Rent $19.99) (Buy $24.99)
Retribution (Rent $19.99) (Buy $24.99)
5. You may get $5 in promotional credit when you buy a $50 Amazon gift card.
Around Prime Day (and the holidays), Amazon typically offers a deal where you can earn promotional credits when you buy certain gift cards. This is a Prime Member exclusive offer. You'll have to add the deal to your account, otherwise it won’t apply to your purchase.
The most you can earn is $5, even if you spend more than $50. And you can only redeem the offer once per account, so there's no way to double up on the deal.
My advice? If a similar deal pops up this July, send yourself a $50 Amazon e-gift card. That way you can use the gift card balance for your Prime Day purchases, while still getting that extra $5.
6. Check out other ways to get Amazon promotional credits.
There are definitely lots of ways to earn Amazon promotional credits outside of Prime Days deals.
And, of course, be sure to check out our post with even more evergreen ways to earn (and use) promotional credits. From opting for No-Rush Shipping to submitting receipts back to Amazon, there are plenty of easy hacks for free money.
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