How to get free delivery on any Prime Now order

While pulling out our holiday decorations, we realized we needed a lot of fresh batteries to power our Peanuts Christmas toys (similar to these). We knew Amazon had great prices for batteries, but sometimes waiting 2 days seems like an eternity.

Fortunately, Prime Now, Amazon's 2-hour delivery service, had plenty of options. However, there was one catch: we had to order $35 or more to avoid a $5 delivery fee.

After a little bit of experimenting, I found there's an easy way to avoid this Prime Now delivery fee, provided that you're likely to buy something again from Amazon in the future. Here's how:

1. Add your desired items in your Prime Now cart.
2. If the items total less than $35, search for an Amazon gift card in an amount that will bring your cart total to a total greater than $35.
3. Check out.
4. When your gift card arrives, simply add it to your account to pay for future purchases. 

This simple workaround makes it easy to use Prime Now to shop for small purchases where time is of the essence. Of course, you're paying Amazon for a future purchase, too. But if you're like me, it won't be hard to find a reason to spend that gift card amount.