5 Ways to Get Fast and Free Shipping Without Joining Amazon Prime

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t’s actually a rebranding of its Grocery Unlimited service. Walmart + costs $12.95 a month (or$ 98 a year) and offers free shipping on over 160,000 qualified items.</p><p id="ebf7">However, Walmart doesn’t specify that it will deliver your order in two days. In order to get two-day shipping, you have to order by 2 p.m. and you have to allow two business days. That means if you order after 2 p.m. on a Friday, you won’t get your order until the following Wednesday.</p><p id="4f9e">Also, only products that are sold by Walmart are eligible — not items sold by third parties on its marketplace.</p><h2 id="67d3">2. ShopRunner</h2><p id="4217">Members get free, two-day shipping from all participating retailers plus free shipping on eligible returns. The service costs $79 per year, but if you have an American Express card, a Chase credit card, n eligible World MasterCard or have a Paypal or Yahoo account, you can get ShopRunner for free.</p><p id="bd6f">The drawbacks: ShopRunner only has about 100 retailers — mostly clothing, shoes and home goods retailers.</p><p id="566a">Also, the free shipping is only guaranteed from the day the item ships, not the day the order is placed. That’s quite a difference. Finally, ShopRunner doesn’t have one overarching shipping and return policy. It’s up to the individual retailers. So one retailer may offer free shipping with no minimum purchase while another retailer might require a minimum purchase.</p><p id="7635">Still, if you qualify for a free membership, why not sign up?</p><h2 id="257b">3. Target</h2><p id="f4c9">All orders over$ 35 get free shipping, but RedCard holders get free shipping (plus a 5% discount) on (mostly) all orders. Very small-dollar orders may require a minimum purchase am

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ount. For example, if you’re a RedCard holder, and your order is for something that costs $2, it won’t ship for free.</p><p id="248b">Also, Target does not guarantee delivery times.</p><h2 id="a04c">4. Home Depot</h2><p id="3130">Home Depot offers free delivery on most orders over$ 45 (over 1 million items are eligible), but the shipping time varies.</p><p id="5b25">However, thousands of Home Depot items qualify for free two-day delivery. Look to see the shipping time when you get to checkout.</p><h2 id="4b3c">5. Overstock</h2><p id="46de">Overstock offers free shipping on all of its products, but doesn’t guarantee delivery times.</p><h2 id="ff46">Other Large Retailers</h2><p id="aee4">Many other retailers offer free shipping and fast delivery times, either with a certain purchase amount, your email address or a current promotion. Check out FreeShipping.org for the latest offers.</p><p id="45b0"><i>Like this story and want more? Sign up for my <a href="https://piper.substack.com/welcome">newsletter</a> now!</i></p><p id="25b8">You may also like:</p><div id="87b3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-get-better-at-negotiating-even-if-you-dont-like-it-eea948f3e88a"> <div> <div> <h2>How to Get Better at Negotiating Even If You Don’t Like It</h2> <div><h3>Five negotiation strategies you can use to get a great deal every time</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*6g9iayAusnWuVzD5r0bgtw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Prime still offers many benefits, but if free shipping is what you want, consider these Amazon alternatives

Once you try Amazon Prime, it’s hard to give up. It’s not just the rich suite of services, from video streaming to photo storage that Prime offers, but it’s the basic two-day free shipping that gets you.

Love it or hate it, Amazon offers an enormous array of products, from toilet paper to auto parts. And they can all be delivered to your home in two days or less.

It’s that convenience that had other retailers shaking in their boots long before COVID-19. But since the pandemic, free two-day shipping that’s truly reliable is even more prized.

Still, many people don’t want to pay the $12.99 a month (or $119 a year) to join Prime, and others don’t like Amazon’s business practices and don’t want to support the mega retailer. If either of those is the case for you, here are some alternatives.

Important: These options are simply for fast and free shipping — not for Amazon Prime’s other benefits.

1. Walmart +

This is Walmart’s latest attempt to compete with Amazon Prime. It’s actually a rebranding of its Grocery Unlimited service. Walmart + costs $12.95 a month (or $98 a year) and offers free shipping on over 160,000 qualified items.

However, Walmart doesn’t specify that it will deliver your order in two days. In order to get two-day shipping, you have to order by 2 p.m. and you have to allow two business days. That means if you order after 2 p.m. on a Friday, you won’t get your order until the following Wednesday.

Also, only products that are sold by Walmart are eligible — not items sold by third parties on its marketplace.

2. ShopRunner

Members get free, two-day shipping from all participating retailers plus free shipping on eligible returns. The service costs $79 per year, but if you have an American Express card, a Chase credit card, n eligible World MasterCard or have a Paypal or Yahoo account, you can get ShopRunner for free.

The drawbacks: ShopRunner only has about 100 retailers — mostly clothing, shoes and home goods retailers.

Also, the free shipping is only guaranteed from the day the item ships, not the day the order is placed. That’s quite a difference. Finally, ShopRunner doesn’t have one overarching shipping and return policy. It’s up to the individual retailers. So one retailer may offer free shipping with no minimum purchase while another retailer might require a minimum purchase.

Still, if you qualify for a free membership, why not sign up?

3. Target

All orders over $35 get free shipping, but RedCard holders get free shipping (plus a 5% discount) on (mostly) all orders. Very small-dollar orders may require a minimum purchase amount. For example, if you’re a RedCard holder, and your order is for something that costs $2, it won’t ship for free.

Also, Target does not guarantee delivery times.