Let’s look at just some benefits that come with an .EDU email address.
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Amazon Student - This is one of the most desirable perks of a .EDU email address.
Amazon Prime allows you to get free two-day shipping on many products. Members also get access to Kindle books, music and movies as well as free photo storage. Ordinarily, Amazon Prime costs $99 per year, after a 30 day free trial. For a time, Amazon was giving students a whole year for free. It has recently been reduced to 6 months (and 50% off afterwards), but this still gives you a chance to enjoy quite a few benefits.
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Microsoft - The PC and software giant offers several attractive benefits to holders of .EDU email addresses. One perk is a substantial discount on operating systems such as Windows 7. Getting Office 365 for free is another. The
Microsoft Dreamspark program provides many types of free software to students and academic institutions.
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Spotify – The online music streaming service gives a 50% discount on the premium plan to students based in the US.
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Norton - Students can purchase some of the best known anti-virus software and other programs at a 50% discount.
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Adobe Creative Cloud - Adobe, one of the world’s leading software companies, provides a generous 60% discount to students and teachers on many programs and apps.
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Autodesk -This software company provides free engineering, animation and design software to students and people associated with academic institutions. Some of the software programs that are included in this program are Fusion 360, 3ds Max, Revit, Maya and AutoCAD.
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Apple -You may be able to get discounts on many desirable Apple products with a .EDU email account.
You can save up to $200 on Apple computers.
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Dell – Avail an exclusive discount to all Dell products for students with valid .EDU email accounts to enhance their education. Join their Member Purchase Program for University Students to enjoy these amazing deals.
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Newegg – First year of Newegg Premier is free once you provide your
name@school.edu email address, and 50% off afterwards. Premier benefits of this computer hardware and software retailer are similar to Prime benefits in Amazon.
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Best Buy – Best Buy offers exclusive deals for college students, once you sign up and confirm your .EDU email.
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Web Hosting – Many web hosting services provide a 50% discount to .EDU email account holders. Notable ones are Dreamhost, Bluehost, Inmotion Hosting and Siteground. Namecheap will give you a free .ME domain and other perks
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And many more!