If you’re an Amazon shopaholic and also have major Christmas shopping (yes Christmas is just around the corner again), you may benefit from Amazon Prime.

If your Christmas shopping includes people who live elsewhere, the two day shipping of the program applies to other addresses. So you’re able to get all of the gifts out without shipping them yourself.

People may expect that they will lose money on the shipping itself but they can gain it all back by increasing the amount of shopping on Amazon. It's nice that your deals come in two days and a really good deal that you've been aching for can get to your door after a day at work for another $4, which works out to just pennies when you've just bought a big ticket item like a $700 DSLR.

For some it may be a love hate relationship. Overall it seems to be a great value if you are an Amazon shopaholic or if you shop there for Christmas and birthdays as you know it'll get there on time no matter how much you spend.

Amazon Prime is a membership program that gives you and your family "all-you-can-eat" fast shipping for eligible purchases. For an annual membership fee of $79, you will enjoy:

Fast Delivery

* Free Two-Day Shipping on more than one million in-stock items sold by Amazon.com.

* Upgrades to One-Day (Overnight) Shipping for just $3.99 per item.

* Two-Day and One-Day shipping usually apply across business days. Prime also offers special weekend and other shipping options for qualifying merchandise

* Free Standard Shipping for eligible items shipped to P.O. boxes in the continental United States (excluding Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories, possessions and protectorates) and APO/FPO addresses with U.S. zip codes.

Simple Shopping

* No minimum purchases required.

* Members-only 1-Click buttons on product pages.

* No need to think about shipping charges when you order.

Convenient Sharing

· Shared benefits with up to four family members living in the same household.

Be creative with Amazon Prime. Get roommates, or boyfriends, girlfriends, whatever to go in on one Prime membership since it's up to 4 people per household.