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Amazon will literally pay you to shop this Prime Day. No, really.
New for 2022, the retail giant is giving customers several ways to earn free credits, which they can spend during its massive annual sale (which is happening on July 12 and 13 this year). All offers but two are open to anyone with an Amazon account, so even non-Prime members(opens in a new tab) can score.
Amazon is planning on adding at least one more of these credit-earning promotions in the coming weeks, but here’s everything you can do as of June 27.
After downloading the free Amazon Photos(opens in a new tab) app and signing into your Amazon account, simply upload at least one picture and turn on the Auto-Save feature to automatically back it up. Amazon will follow up with you via email within four days to confirm that a free $20 credit has been applied to your account, and you’ll be able to put it toward any Prime Day order over $40 of products sold by Amazon.com or Amazon.com Services LLC. (Look for “sold by Amazon.com” or “sold by Amazon.com Services LLC” under the “Add to Cart” button in the right-hand column of product pages.)
Need to stock up on paper towels, laundry detergent, dish soap, diapers, or shampoo? You’ll secure a $20 Prime Day credit by spending $75 or more on Proctor & Gamble household and personal care essentials(opens in a new tab). Amazon will send you the reward confirmation email near the start of Prime Day, which you’ll be able to redeem the day(s) of.
Prime members who haven’t purchased or reloaded a gift card(opens in a new tab) before will receive a $12.50 credit in their account when they do so on Prime Day. (The only catch is that you have to spend at least $50.) Be sure to click the yellow “Apply code to your account” button or enter the promo code GCPRIME22 at checkout to make sure the offer goes through; you should get an email telling you that the money’s been applied to your account within two days.
As part of Amazon’s new virtual punchcard program, Prime members can earn a free $10 credit just for making use of their benefits at least once through July 13 — that includes streaming any movie or show on Prime Video(opens in a new tab), listening to any song on Prime Music(opens in a new tab), borrowing a Prime Reading(opens in a new tab) or Kindle Unlimited(opens in a new tab) book (or adding one to a library), and making a Prime shipping-eligible purchase of at least $5. The credit will automatically appear in your account within 24 hours of you completing those four tasks, and you’ll be able to spend it on any purchase within the next year.
Kind of random, but Amazon will give you a free $5 voucher for buying an Atom movie ticket(opens in a new tab) to Pixar’s Lightyear, a Toy Story prequel starring Chris Evans that recounts the origin story the beloved space ranger. (Mashable’s deputy entertainment editor Kristy Puchko called the intergalactic adventure “a rollicking good time,” for what it’s worth.) An email with instructions on how to redeem the credit will arrive soon after.
For an extra $5 you can use on Prime Day, grab some Lightyear(opens in a new tab) merch(opens in a new tab) off Amazon once you get back from the theater.
Baz Luhrmann’s flashy Elvis is… something, so if you’re going to put yourself through the arduous task of watching it, you might as well make some money off the experience. Buy at least one ticket to see it in theaters through Atom(opens in a new tab) using the promo code ELVIS at checkout, and you’ll get a $5 credit to put toward a Prime Day purchase sent to you via email.
Amazon says it’ll give you two whole dollars just for visiting its landing page for Affirm(opens in a new tab) (a “buy now, pay later” financing option) and taking a good, long scroll down the whole thing. This one isn’t available for everyone, FYI, but it’s so easy that it’s worth a shot.
