The multinational e-commerce Amazon will raise its Amazon Prime service rates in Spain by 38.6% from September 15going from 36 euros per year to 49.90 euros per year, due “to the increase in inflation”.
In the case of the monthly fee, will increase by 25%, from 3.99 to 4.99 eurosas reported by Amazon to its subscribers this morning through an email.
“The reasons for this change are due to the general and material increase in spending levels due to the increase in inflation that affects the specific costs of the Prime service in Spain and are due to external circumstances that do not depend on Amazon,” he says. the company.
Amazon also refers to clause 5 of the terms and conditions of use, where it includes the possibility of executing these increases in subscriptions and reminds users that the new price will apply to renewals made after the next 15th of September.
This is Ithe second ascent of Amazon Prime in Spain since it began offering this service in the country, which in addition to fast and free shipping, includes a music service (Amazon Music), access to series and movies (Amazon Prime Video), books (Prime Reading), offers or a free subscription to Twitch, among others.
Amazon made its first increase in the Prime service in Spain in 2018, when it went from costing 19 euros per year to 36 euros per year.