We love Amazon for its convenience, variety, and prices.

Wealsolove tricks and tips that help us save money and reap more benefits when shopping the mega online store.

Here are ten of our favorite Amazon tricks.

There’salso a Chrome extensionthat keeps you from forgetting to start from the AmazonSmile page.

The solution:Buy an Amazon gift card with that custom amount.

It never expires and it prevents you from wasting the rest of the money on your prepaid card.

Buying Amazon gift cards helps me meet that requirement without feeling like I’m wasting that money.

Don’t tell my bank.

There might be a way for you toget both the fast shipping and the video credit.

Here’s the workaround:Add a preorder item to your cart at the same time.

Just another reason tomonitor Amazon priceson your purchases (perhaps viaCamelCamelCamelor your ownGoogle Docs-based price tracker).

Amazon Warehouse Deals offer marked down new and used (refurbished) items that could save you a bunch.

Your $99 yearly membership istotally worth itespecially if you share the benefits with others.

Split the ~$100 fee with four others, and Prime is even more attractive.

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