Amazon has some great deals but here are 9 ways save even money cash from the online megastore that you need to know.

Share an Amazon prime membership

Prime membership costs £79 a year and gives you, amongst other benefits, free one day delivery. You can share these benefits with up to four others, meaning that it works out at just £16 each for the year, a relative bargain if you buy regularly from the website.

To share your Prime membership, when logged in, from the ‘Manage Prime Membership’, Click ‘Invite a household member.’

Get (sort-of) free delivery for cheap items

If you’re not a Prime member, you generally need to spend over £10 nowadays in order to get free delivery. However, sometimes the cost of shipping orders below a tenner means it makes sense to just buy something else to take your basket total just over the £10 mark.

If you’re only a few pence short, sim cards cost just a penny! Grab an O2 sim to get O2 Priority when not on O2.

Warehouse bargains

Amazon’s Warehouse deals page offers huge discounts on used, open-box, returned and slightly damaged products. The nature of the setup means that stock isn’t guaranteed and popular items will go fast, but it’s somewhere to check out when comparing prices.

Lightning deals

Amazon’s Lightning Deals have become a daily thing now, having first been introduced for Black Friday a few years back. They offer relatively big discounts on all sorts of items but only for a very limited time, while stocks last. The great thing is that the page shows you what products are about to be discounted, so take the time to visit as your purchase could become a lot cheaper if you wait just 10 minutes.

Ask for a refunds if the price drops after you buy

If you do miss out on a price reduction, you can ask Amazon for a refund of the difference. This policy dates from waaaay back in the early days and in recent years there’s been conflicting evidence of its success. However as of March this year (2015) many still reported that Amazon was fulfilling refund requests when a product dropped in price within seven days of being purchased.

Our view: If you don’t ask you don’t get! If a product you’ve brought drops in price, ask for a refund and the worst that will happen is a no.

Track Amazon prices

Website CamelCamelCamel is pretty awesome: It’ll track prices of Amazon’s products and notify you of any big drops, allowing you to swoop in and pick up a bargain.

Use lockers

If you’ve not got a prime membership, delivery to an Amazon locker is often a cheap delivery option with one-delivery and a guarantee that you won’t miss the parcel.

Get a student discount

NUS Extra card holders can get 5-10% off certain ranges on Amazon. The discount doesn’t apply to everything but it does include lines such as food, stationary, some electronics and clothing.

Use FluBit for a better offer

FluBit is a website that wants to beat Amazon and being Amazon. Basically put, you give them the Amazon URL of the product you want to buy and they’ll give you a better deal and deliver it to your door if you take up their offer. Many users have reported that the products still end up coming from Amazon anyway, so it’s an easy way to save cash without compromise.