Amazon Launches Dedicated Shopping App For Students — With Bonus Free Two-Day Shipping
August 15, 2011
Just in time for the beginning of the fall semester, Amazon just released a brand new shopping app dedicated to students.
Available free of charge, the Amazon Student app allows students to order textbooks, check prices, and even trade-in their old books for some extra cash right from their iPhone or iPod touch. Best of all, the app includes a bar-scanning mode to make finding books to order or trade-in even easier.
Of course, while focused on textbooks, the app can be used for any Amazon product and even offers a special bonus to students with a .edu email address. If you sign up for Amazon's Student program, you'll be given six months of free two-day shipping for everything you order through the app, with all the advantages of Amazon Prime apparently.
Here are all the details:
- Instant Price Checks: Scan a barcode—check a price: It’s that easy. Shop smarter and compare prices on textbooks and everything else you buy, no matter where you are. Access Amazon.com’s low prices and vast selection to buy books, music, DVDs, electronics, apparel, and just about anything else from your phone. - Sell Your Stuff: Turn your used stuff into Amazon.com Gift Cards. Just scan a textbook, game, movie, or gadget you no longer need and see the trade-in value for any eligible item. Ship it for free and get an Amazon.com Gift Card to spend on millions of items on Amazon.com. - FREE Two-Day Shipping: The Amazon Student program offers college students FREE Two-Day Shipping for six months with Amazon Prime shipping benefits.If you're a student, Amazon is without a doubt the best ressource out there to get textbooks on the cheap and their trade-in program offers decent deals, so make sure to check it out! Amazon Student is available for the iPhone on the US App Store, free of charge.
