Are you automatically due a $51 payout from Amazon’s massive Prime settlement? Or do you need to file a claim?

A Seattle judge on Thursday approved a record-breaking $2.5 billion payout by Amazon to settle a lawsuit claiming that the world’s biggest online retailer tricked U.S. customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and then made it difficult for them to cancel.

As part of that, millions of Amazon Prime customers are eligible for payouts

According to the Federal Trade Commission, which brought the suit, Amazon will pay a $1 billion civil penalty, the most ever stemming from a commission violation. The online retailer also will pay $1.5 billion to customers, which is the second-highest restitution award secured by the Federal Trade Commission.

You may be wondering if you’re eligible for some of that cash, how much and what you need to do to get it. Here’s a guide to what’s known so far.


Who will get the money?

If you signed up for a Prime membership from June 23, 2019 to June 23, 2025 and enrolled in one of several ways, including a “Shipping Option Select Page” or “Single Page Checkout,” you might be eligible.


But there are other factors affecting whether you’ll get some cash. The money will be reserved first for customers who signed up for Prime memberships but rarely took advantage of the program. For instance, those who used Prime’s free shipping option three or less times in a year will get first dibs on the money.


The Federal Trade Commission estimates that 35 million U.S. customers are entitled to a slice of the settlement. That number is just a fraction of the 197 million estimated Prime members in the U.S, as of earlier this year.


The Prime membership program has become wildly popular over the years because it comes with multiple benefits, including free same-day, one-day or two-day s

hipping.


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