Amazon.com extends order deadline for free shipping through Dec. 19

Cindy Allen

SEATTLE , December 14, 2011 (Business Wire) – -Amazon.com, Inc. today announced it extended the order deadline for FREE Super Saver Shipping through the last weekend before Christmas. Customers can place orders through Dec. 19 with delivery by Christmas on millions of items across electronics, toys, sporting goods, books, music, clothing, kitchen, tools and more.

For delivery by Christmas, the following ordering deadlines apply:

Dec. 19: FREE Super Saver Shipping

Dec. 19: Standard Shipping

Dec. 21: Two-Day Shipping (order as late as 8 p.m. PST; varies by item; free with Amazon Prime)

Dec. 22: One-Day Shipping (order as late as 4:30 p.m. PST; varies by item; $3.99/item with Amazon Prime)

Dec. 23: Last-Minute Christmas Delivery (for Amazon Prime members only; while available; select cities; varies by item; $9.99/item)

Dec. 24: Local Express Delivery (while available; select cities; varies by item; $3.99/item with Amazon Prime)

Dec. 25: Email and printable gift cards can be sent immediately, at any time

Some restrictions apply. Visit www.amazon.com/holiday-shipping for more details.

FREE Super Saver Shipping is available on eligible orders $25 and over.

Amazon Prime is a membership program that gives customers unlimited fast shipping, such as FREE Two-Day Shipping and discounted One-Day Shipping on all eligible purchases for an annual membership fee of $79. Additionally, members enjoy unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows through Prime Instant Video at no additional cost. Members who own Kindle devices can choose from thousands of books to borrow and read for free, as frequently as a book a month with no due dates, from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Visit www.amazon.com/prime to learn more about Amazon Prime and eligible customers can try out a membership by starting a free trial.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon’s new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.

Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, and www.amazon.es. As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com’s financial results is included in Amazon.com’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

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