Amazon is ending its Prime Invitee program, which let Amazon Prime members share their free shipping with others, on Oct. 1.

Amazon is pivoting to Amazon Family, which lets a Prime member share benefits with other members of their household. This includes one other adult in the household and up to four profiles for children. People who joined Amazon Family plans with teen profiles, which Amazon stopped accepting after April 7, are also eligible and grandfathered in.

To be eligible, the people in the Amazon Family plan have to share the same primary residential address, the retail giant says on its website.

As opposed to Amazon Family, the Prime Invitee program that launched in 2009 let people share Prime’s free shipping with anyone, including people outside their households, according to Fox Business.

People with Amazon Family access can use a Prime member’s free delivery on eligible items, get access to Prime events and deals, watch Amazon Prime Video with ads, access Prime Reading, access digital content associated with the main Prime account including e-books and games, and can get Prime-related third party benefits such as Grubhub+ and fuel savings at BP, ampm and Amoco gas stations.

Prime members can also use Amazon Family to share Prime Music with one other adult in their household, letting both people listen on shuffle without ads, Amazon said.

Some Prime members are ineligible for Amazon Family — members on free trial plans, people who are “Student and Young Adult Prime members (18-22)” and people whose memberships include only Prime Video, Amazon said.

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