Get up to $51 from Amazon by joining the $2.5 billion settlement. Here’s how
Amazon users can claim one-time payment from ‘historic’ Prime settlement
- Amazon has agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concerning its Prime membership program.
- The FTC alleged that Amazon misled millions of users into subscribing to Prime and deliberately made the cancellation process convoluted.
- The settlement includes a $1 billion civil penalty, the largest ever in a case involving an FTC rule violation, and $1.5 billion that will be paid out to eligible customers.
- Customers who signed up through Amazon's “Single Page Checkout” between June 23, 2019, and June 23, 2025 could be eligible for payment.
- Amazon, while admitting no wrongdoing, must now provide clear disclosures about Prime terms during enrollment and offer an easy method for users to cancel their subscriptions.