Memberships

DashPass costs $96 a year. DoorDash says members save $4-5 an order. Here is the arithmetic on how many orders that actually takes.

Instacart+ costs $99 a year. The Peacock Premium subscription it includes lists at $129.99. Here is the arithmetic on when that actually works.

Prime Student is now Prime for Young Adults — about $70 a year, half of standard Prime. Here’s the break-even maths and who should skip it.

If you receive SNAP or Medicaid, Amazon Prime costs about half the standard rate. It’s barely advertised and widely unclaimed — here’s how it works.

Yes — but only if you do one thing on the day you sign up. Here’s the trick that makes a Prime trial genuinely free, and the trap that doesn’t.

Amazon Prime runs about $140 a year. Here’s the order-count math that decides whether it pays for itself — and who should cancel.