For the past few years Amazon has been offering Kindle customers the option to trade-in an old Kindle to get an Amazon credit, plus they’ll give you 20% off the price of a new Kindle.
The Kindle trade-in program is a good way to upgrade to a newer Kindle at a lower price, and Amazon will even apply trade-in discounts to Kindles that are on sale so you can get an even lower price.
Even if your old Kindle is broken and no longer works Amazon will still give you $5 for it plus 20% off the purchase of a new Kindle.
It’s a good way to get rid of an old or broken Kindle that you no longer use anymore.
They used to offer 25% off but they lowered it to 20% earlier in the year. Compared to this list of Kindle Trade-in values from 2019 all the prices have remained exactly the same so at least the values haven’t decreased at all over the past year.
The trade-in values vary a lot from one model to the next. Some aren’t worth the time, like the Kindle DX that’s only valued at $5 whether it works or not, but some of the other models have held their value pretty well. You can still get $50 for a working Kindle Voyage and the older Kindle Paperwhites are worth $25. When you combine that with 20% off on a new Kindle you can upgrade for less than you might expect. You could upgrade from a Paperwhite 1 to a Paperwhite 4 for only like $35 when Amazon has the Paperwhite on sale for $79 like they did last month for Prime Day.
Below is the list of current Kindle trade-in values for Kindles that are still in good working order and don’t have a damaged screen. If your Kindle has a cracked screen or if it doesn’t work then it’s only worth $5.
Amazon also has a 20% off trade-in deal for Fire tablets.
Kindle Trade-in Values – Nov 2020
Kindle 1 – $5
Kindle 2 – $5
Kindle DX – $5
Kindle Keyboard (3rd Gen) – $5
Kindle Touch (4th Gen) – $5
Kindle (4th Gen) – $15
Kindle (5th Gen) – $15
Kindle (7th Gen) – $15
Kindle (8th Gen) – $15
Kindle Paperwhite (1-3) – $25
Kindle Paperwhite 4 – $30
Kindle Voyage (7th Gen) – $50
Kindle Oasis (8th Gen) – $60
Kindle Oasis (9th Gen) – $75
2019 Kindle – $20
I don’t have a comment, but I do have a question. What does Amazon due with the Kindles that are traded in?
Good question. I have no idea what they do with them. The newer models they probably test them and sell as refurbished or used, but who knows what they do with the older models—that’s probably why the value is so low on early Kindles because they can’t resell them.
They use them for hardware exchanges. I know because when I had a fault with my Oasis and they sent me a replacement it still had a screen protector on it.
Thanks for including the Amazon trade-in values. I am considering selling an old Kindle on Craigslist or EBay. The price I was going to offer it for sale turned out to be pretty close to its Amazon trade-in value.
I tried to trade in my Kindle (7th Gen) and it was rejected as damaged. I figured it was damaged in transit, but just got it back and there’s no damage. Now I’m confused, but the amount of the trade is not worth complaining about although I lost a few bucks on packaging. I’ll keep using it rather than upgrading as I had planned.
I have 5 gen4’s I would like to trade for Amazon credit. Who do I mail them to? Will I be given credit. I do not wish to purchase a new kindle.
You can still get a credit but it won’t be much. Just follow the directions on Amazon’s page. You could make more selling them.
This is a long shot… Is there any chance that I can retrieve my books from my old Kindle to a new one?
All your books are tied to your Amazon account, so if you got them from there then yes. If you sideloaded the books then you’d have to re-sideload them manually again.
I want to trade in my Kindle, but I want to wait until there is a sale to purchase a new one. Does the 20% off a new Kindle purchase have an expiration date? How long do I have to use the 20% off?
I don’t know how long it lasts. Just do the trade-in now. There’s a 100% chance Kindles will go on sale in November, unless you want the Scribe. It’ll probably be several months before it goes on sale. You can also do the trade-in when making the purchase so it doesn’t really matter. Some people think you have to wait for the trade-in to be processed, but I’ve always gotten the trade discount immediately.