What Is Amazon Digital Charge?

Amazon, the world's leading digital retailer, experienced a surge in net sales revenue in 2022, reaching $514 billion, compared to 2021's revenue of $32 billion.

With a global reach and diverse services, the platform giant offers a wide range of products and services to cater to its customers.

All of Amazon's platforms are part of Amazon Digital. This program enables users to subscribe to digital content seamlessly. You can watch movies, listen to music and audiobooks, read e-books, play video games, and more. 

Amazon Digital charges are the bills required for services corresponding to their respective services. These charges are easy to understand and similar to other digital transactions.

Read further as the article discusses what you need to know about it.

Understanding Amazon Digital Charges

Millions of American consumers spend vast amounts on subscription services. Recurring monthly charges are the standard payment method for such services.

Amazon Digital charges follow a similar trend; you pay monthly or yearly for your selected term. You can purchase and download anything with it, including music, movies, software, etc.

The digital content services that Amazon Digital covers are numerous. There is one for each type of audience, from kids to adults, no matter where you are.

Services Under Amazon Digital

During the COVID-19 pandemic, subscription companies surged, increasing demand for digital services. This service includes Amazon Prime, the world's largest subscription service.

Amazon Digital Services have varying charges, but some may be less when you have an Amazon Prime subscription.

For a clearer picture of Amazon Digital, here are its covered services:

Kindle Unlimited

Cost: $11.99 monthly

Amazon's Kindle is a popular handheld device for ebooks. Kindle Unlimited offers a monthly subscription to access millions of ebooks, comics, and magazines. Users can borrow titles without due dates. 

It also lets you access Amazon's Kindle Unlimited without needing a Kindle device, as it's available for iOS, Android, Mac, or PC.

Audiobooks are your best bet if you don’t have the time to read. Amazon also has another service you can try - Amazon Audible.

Audible

Cost: $7.95 monthly or $229.50 annually

Audiobooks are voice recordings of printed books. They aid kids who can’t read above their level yet, dyslexic individuals, or if you don’t have time to read.

Amazon's Audible offers a subscription-based platform for audiobooks, podcasts, and exclusive programming, providing a convenient alternative to traditional books.

Audiobooks are a long commitment, but one thing that isn't is music. You can get them at Amazon Music.

Amazon Music Prime and Unlimited

Cost: At least $10.99 monthly for non-Prime members

Amazon subscribers have endless options for music through the platform. Amazon Music (formerly Amazon MP3) has access to 100 million tracks. It also offers three subscription levels: 

• Amazon Music: This is the free version. You get an ad-supported selection of top playlists, no offline playback, and support for one device maximum.
• Amazon Music Prime: This is exclusive to Amazon Prime subscribers. You get no advertisements and enjoy offline playback.
• Amazon Music Unlimited: Ad-free, without an Amazon Prime membership, and includes HD, Ultra HD, and Spatial Audio playback. A family plan lets you use six devices at once.

If you appreciate music but are also a visual learner, you may be interested in Prime Video.

Prime Video

Cost: $14.99 monthly or $139 annually

Amazon Prime Video is a streaming service for on-demand TV shows, movies, and Amazon original content, available for both Prime members and non-Prime members. It allows access via TV, tablet, smartphone, and game system.

Popular shows include Deadloch, The Grand Tour: Eurocrash, and Almost Paradise. However, these shows might not be suitable for younger audiences. Amazon has a separate venue for younger children and educational content: Kids+.

Kids+

Cost: $4.99 monthly for Prime members, $7.99 a month for non-Prime members

Amazon's Kids+ offers unlimited access to books, movies, TV shows, and educational apps for kids aged 3 to 12. Kids like Blippi's Treehouse, ARPO Robot Babysitter, and LEGO Monkie Kid can enjoy popular content. 

The platform also offers exclusive original Disney, Nickelodeon, and PBS kid's content.

Now that Kids+ cares for your kids, it's time to consider your modern-day essential—a cloud storage service.

Amazon Drive 

Cost: 1.99 a month for 100GB

Amazon Drive is a cloud storage that lets you aggregate your digital content—photos, videos, documents, and more in one place. You can upload, download, view, edit, share, and create albums there.

It's an excellent substitute for its competitors, Google Drive and Dropbox. The question is, how much storage space do you need? Amazon Drive is available for 100GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, etc. until 30TB.

Unfortunately, Amazon Drive will discontinue by the end of 2023. Only photos and videos will automatically be transferred to Amazon Photos, but other file types will be deleted.

As Amazon Drive deprecates, the focus is now shifting to Amazon Photos.

Amazon Photos

Amazon Photos is Amazon's online photo storage service. You can store, view, and share your important photos and videos with the same features as Amazon Drive.

Prime members have an exclusive privilege on Amazon Photos. They get unlimited full-resolution photo storage and 5 GB of video. You can upload and download files in these formats: 

• GIF
• JPEG
• HEIF
• HEVC
• MP4
• PNG
• TIFF
• RAW
• AVI
• MTS
• AFS
• MPG
• OGG
• WAV

Speaking of files, Amazon offers a lot of software subscriptions you can use to create your files.

Software Subscriptions

Cost: Varies on the platform

Amazon Digital gives you access to all the latest software updates and features. You can choose among these software subscriptions:

• Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• McAfee Total Protection
• Norton 360
• Microsoft 365 personal
• Microsoft 365 family
• McAfee Total Protection

Purchasing software from Amazon Digital requires you to download the software.

Amazon also has the Amazon Appstore. It offers excellent selections of video games, consoles, and accessories.

To access or see new subscriptions, view them in Your Memberships & Subscriptions. This tab allows you to manage your software subscriptions. Most of them automatically renew at the end of the subscription.

There are ways to manage your Amazon subscriptions. Read further to learn them.

Finding Your Amazon Digital Charges

American consumers spend an average monthly spending of $219, according to a 2022 survey from C+R Research. Also, research indicates that monitoring recurring subscriptions is crucial due to increased satisfaction with subscription services.

If you’re a big spender on these services, tracking the services you subscribe to is a must.

Navigating your Amazon Digital charges is easy; here are two ways and places to find them:

Option 1: Look at your credit card statement. You can find these charges as codes:

• Amazon Digital Svcs
• AMZN DIGITAL
• AMZN MKTP US
• AMZN Digital 888-802

Option 2: You can also navigate Amazon’s website and app. Ensure you are logged in, and click Payment & Transaction. You’ll find your subscriptions and the amount you have to pay.

Wrap Up

Amazon has an ever-expanding list of features. You have Kindle, Audible, Amazon Music, Prime Video, Kids+, Amazon Drive, Amazon Photos, and various Software subscriptions, including Adobe and Microsoft.

Remember, Amazon Digital charges when using subscription-based services or products. Contact customer care immediately if you think you are being charged unfairly or if something is wrong with your bill.