Amazon may owe you even more money now. See if you qualify for an expanded Prime settlement payout

In 2025, Amazon settled allegations brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it used deceptive practices to enroll customers in its Prime membership.

Although the e-commerce giant did not admit to any wrongdoing, Amazon agreed to pay affected customers a total of $1.5 billion, with each individual getting up to $51.

Now, however, the FTC has announced that additional monetary compensation will be coming to affected Prime subscribers, with each individual potentially entitled to as much as $200. Here’s what you need to know.

What’s happened?

Yesterday, the FTC announced additional payouts to affected individuals covered by its Amazon Prime settlement.

While the original settlement paid affected individuals up to $51 each, they may now be eligible for another payment of up to $149. In addition, more people are now entitled to receive a payout than were in the original settlement offer.

The reason for the potentially larger payout and larger pool of eligible individuals is that, under the original settlement, Amazon agreed to pay out $1.5 billion to affected Prime subscribers.

However, to date, the company has distributed only about $845 million of that pot.

That means there is roughly $665 million Amazon still needs to distribute. To ensure that it can, the original pool of individuals eligible for a refund is being enlarged.

Previously, payouts were capped to people who used 10 or fewer Prime benefits during a one-year period. Under the new criteria, eligibility increases to customers who used up to 20 Prime benefits in a one-year period.

Those individuals, like the previously eligible subscribers, will now see an initial payout of up to $51.

However, the amended settlement doesn’t stop there. If money remains in the settlement fund after the new cohorts are paid, the remaining funds will be used to issue an additional payment to customers who already received an initial payment.

These additional payments could be for as much as $149 per person, bringing the possible total payout to a single individual to $200.

We’ve reached out to Amazon for comment.

How do I get my payment?

There’s more good news. Under the original settlement, some individuals received their payments automatically, while others had to file a claim manually, but under the amended settlement, no individual will be required to file a manual claim.

“[All] future payments will be distributed automatically, eliminating the need for consumers to submit claims or additional paperwork to Amazon,” the FTC noted in its announcement.

That’s good news for people who may not even have known they were originally entitled to a payment.

Now, any payments from the settlement will go out automatically, and individuals will receive their payouts via PayPal, Venmo, or a physical check mailed directly to them.

When will the amended settlement payouts be distributed?

The FTC says that the payouts to the new cohort of subscribers who used between 11 and 20 Amazon Prime features in a one-year period will begin going out to customers in a few weeks, on October 1.

Then, if by February 2027 any funds remain in the $1.5 billion settlement pot after those newly eligible individuals have been paid, the remaining funds will be distributed among everyone who previously received payments (including those in the new cohort).

Those individuals will receive an additional payment of up to $149 each, bringing their total potential payments from the settlement up to a maximum of $200. This round of supplemental payments is expected to begin going out to individuals by April 2027.

You can find out more about the updated settlement refunds on the FTC’s Amazon Refunds FAQ here.