Bad news, Amazon customers: the cost of Amazon Prime goes up next week. After batting around the idea of increasing the annual cost of its Prime subscription service by as much as $40, Amazon finally settled on a slightly lower figure. As of next week, Amazon Prime will cost $99 per year instead of $79.
The company is encouraging customers to sign up for Prime within the next seven days in order to lock in their first year of service at the current $79 rate.
It's official: Amazon Prime price will be raised by 25% next week -- NO!!!