Amazon Prime, free shipping saved over $2B in shipping fees this holiday

SEATTLE — Amazon reported that its 20th holiday brought record growth for Amazon Prime and it saved customers more than $2 billion on free two-day shipping through Amazon Prime and other free shipping offers. In addition, 100 million more items shipped for free this holiday compared with last.



“Customers continue to save money shopping on Amazon,” said Jeff Wilke, SVP, Amazon.com. “This holiday season, Amazon shoppers saved billions through free shipping, and even more through our low prices. We are especially excited that 10 million new customers tried Amazon Prime for the first time.”



While Amazon customers can find millions of items available with free shipping on orders more than $35, over the last few years unlimited free two-day shipping with Prime has become the preferred shipping method among Amazon customers. In fact, Amazon stated that it now ships more than twice as many items with Prime than with free shipping.