Tuesday, January 27, 2015

40 million U.S. subscribers to Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime was always designed to lure members into spending more. New research suggests just how much more members are spending.

Those who sign up for the retailer's free-shipping loyalty program spend an average of $1,500 per year buying stuff on Amazon, according to a new report from Chicago-based market research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners.

Amazon customers who aren't Prime members spend an average of $625 per year, CIRP found.

We're not talking about a small cult of shoppers who pay Prime's annual fee of $99, either. The researchers estimated that 40 million people in the U.S. have Prime memberships, up from a CIRP estimate of 29 million in September. Netflix, by comparison, said last week that it has 39 million subscribers in the U.S.

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