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Amazon ends Prime Invitee program Oct. 1

Prime benefits limited to household members via Amazon Family

Members can share perks with one adult, teens, and children

Change comes as Amazon expands delivery to smaller U.S. cities

Amazon is ending a program that allows members of its Prime membership subscription program to share their free shipping benefits with people who don’t have the same primary address.

In an update to the customer service section of its website, the online behemoth says it will eliminate the sharing on Oct. 1 and is encouraging users outside the household of the account holder to sign up for their own Prime subscription.

Amazon is replacing the so-called Prime Invitee program with Amazon Family, which lets account holders share the free tw

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