Amazon is hiking the monthly fee it charges its U.S. customers for Prime membership, but the change won't impact Canadians who all pay by the year. The monthly fee for college students with rise to $6.49 US a month, up from $5.49 US currently. Instead of a monthly fee, Amazon also offers an annual fee of $99 Cdn for Prime membership, and there are no plans to change that. "We don't have anything to share with regard to pricing change for Prime membership in Canada," the company said. Amazon doesn't disclose how many Prime members it has, but it has had success with the program because Prime members tend to buy more things on the site, more often, because shipping is quick and inexpensive.

Source: CBC News January 19, 2018 20:37 UTC