Free Delivery news and trends

Retailers Find It’s Expensive to Be Like Amazon
Retail // July 13, 2023

Retailers are recognizing that offering free shipping may not be sustainable in the long run. However, rather than eliminating it, they are raising the criteria for customers to qualify for it and reassessing the ways they can make up for lost costs.  Several retailers, including...

Amazon Raises Monthly Prime Membership Fees By 18 Percent
Amazon // January 19, 2018

Two years after Amazon launched monthly Prime memberships, the eCommerce retailer is increasing its monthly membership fees by nearly 20 percent, Recode reported. The monthly fee for Amazon Prime will jump from $10.99 to $12.99 in the U.S., which works out to an increase of...

Apple Pay Users Get Free Postmates Deliveries
Apple // November 17, 2017

If you use Apple Pay to sign up for Postmates Unlimited, you can get free delivery through the end of the year on all orders over $20 without paying the $9.99 monthly fee. According to news from Mac Rumors, Apple announced the offer to its...

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Amazon Lowers Threshold for Free Grocery Delivery

October 05, 2023
Amazon has lowered the threshold for free grocery delivery about seven months after raising it. Shoppers with a Prime membership can now get free Amazon Fresh grocery delivery on orders over $100, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 5) press release. Amazon had raised the threshold for free grocery delivery to $150, effective Feb. 28, PYMNTS reported […]

Amazon Raises Monthly Prime Membership Fees By 18 Percent

January 19, 2018
Two years after Amazon launched monthly Prime memberships, the eCommerce retailer is increasing its monthly membership fees by nearly 20 percent, Recode reported. The monthly fee for Amazon Prime will...

Apple Pay Users Get Free Postmates Deliveries

November 17, 2017
If you use Apple Pay to sign up for Postmates Unlimited, you can get free delivery through the end of the year on all orders over $20 without paying the...