What can you get for $5 on Amazon? How about a set of unicorn-themed temporary tattoos, or a Cydni Lauper compilation CD, or a potholder that looks like a Russian nesting doll? Any of these fine treasures can be yours for free, if you can convince one of your friends to buy something using the Amazon Shopping app for Android. Oh, and they'll get $5 too, just for being invited. Russian nesting doll potholders for everyone!The latest update to the shopping app, version 5.9, says as much in the changelog.

Invite your friends to use the Amazon Shopping App. We will give your friends a $5 coupon to shop at Amazon. We will also give you a $5 coupon, when your friends make their first purchase in the app (currently in US only).

Here's how it works: open the Amazon Shopping app and log into your account. Open the side menu and scroll down to the "Personalized content" sub-section, then tap "Invite Friends." You can then invite people from your standard contact list, or just send them a code. They'll get $5 to use in their Amazon account, and if they download the Amazon app, then use it to make a purchase (as long as they haven't bought anything from the app in the last 12 months, per the terms and conditions of the promotion), you'll get $5 too. As noted above, the promotion is only good for users of the US version of the Amazon store. Sorry, international readers, it's not our fault.

Do you want $5 of Amazon credit, but you don't have any friends? Use Artem's code (above) and download the app. Here's the text for the refferal link: https://amazon.com/mpr?referralcode=ARTEM2179N&ref_=mpr_tr_ss. We promise he'll use any credit he gets for the good of the site, probably in the form of hard alcohol.

The download should be disseminating through the Play Store now, but if you can't get it for whatever reason, the latest version of the app has been uploaded to APK Mirror.

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