Although many retailers, such as Play.com, now include free delivery in their product prices, unfortunately the web's largest retailer Amazon still hasn't cottoned on to this craze. Standard first class delivery from Amazon can be expensive - for example an electronics such as an ipod item could cost up to £5.88 to be delivered (or for Royal Mail to lose it). Fortunately for a short period of time, Amazon is now offering all customers a month's worth of free next day deliveries, courtesy of their Amazon Prime service.

Amazon Prime is a subscription service from Amazon, a bit like a golf club, or paying to get into the House of Lords. You pay Amazon £49 a year, and get free stuff and preferential treatment in exchange for your hard earned cash. One of these treats is unlimited free next day delivery on all qualifying products, so if you're a serial Amazon shopper, this could be quite a worthwhile service to have under your belt. But that's not all - you can also get:

- Express delivery (before 1pm) for the discounted rate of £4.49 per item

- Evening delivery (same day) for the discounted rate of £7.49 per item, if you live in Birmingham or London

- The ability to share your benefits with up to four other people in your household

There's no minimum order value, meaning there's no more buying unnecessary stuff just to get up to the £15 free Super Saver Delivery threshold. If you want to buy the Now 18 CD and listen to it in the car on the way to work in a couple of days, you can.

Best of all, for a short periodncel the service by the end of the month, Amazon will automatically start to bil Amazon are offering Amazon customers who have not previously used Amazon Prime with a free month's trial of the service. If you're looking to buy a new TV or home furnishings from Amazon, it may be worth taking a look to see if you can start a trial and get quicker and free delivery. As with any freebie, there are a few catches and clauses - if you don't cal you for the service, although £49 a year works out at just about £4 per month, which isn't too bad, and you could probably spend that amount on delivery from Amazon already. Free delivery is only available on certain items, and you can't get free delivery if you live in some ridiculously remote offshore cave in the British Isles - but have a look at the Amazon website for details.

Click here for more information on free next day delivery with a month's free trial of Amazon Prime. Give it a go if you're shopping with Amazon, you've got nothing to lose!