Longer Days, Lower Prices Sale (2024)

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Do you really save money on Prime Day? ›

Bottom line. Amazon Prime Day can be a great time to hunt for some savings. At the same time, it's a good idea to check every nice-looking deal to make sure you're indeed getting a discount. Fortunately, you have plenty of convenient and free tools to choose from to help you with this process.

Both Prime Day and Black Friday offer steep discounts on big ticket items like Apple Watches and 4K TVs during the main sales days, and there isn't really a clear winner in terms of which sales event has deeper price cuts. The main advantage Black Friday has over Prime Day is how many retailers actually participate.

How long a Prime Day deal lasts differs between items, but in general, the best discounts will start during the event and end before the 48-hour holiday is over. Some will last the whole two days while others will only last one, so it's always wise to act on a good sale when you see it.

Amazon has yet to announce the exact dates for Prime Day 2024, only that it will take place in July. But we can make some educated guesses based on years past. Last year's 48-hour summer sale event spanned July 11 and 12, so there's a good chance this year's event will happen the first or second week of July.

What are the best products to buy on Prime Day? A little bit of everything is on sale during Prime Day, but the best products to buy are the same year after year: Amazon-owned devices and brands, like those part of the Echo, Fire TV and tablets, Kindle and Ring collections, as well as Alexa-enabled tech.

The majority of the best Prime Day deals are on Amazon products The retailer always discounts these products to their lowest prices during Prime Day – even cheaper than we see on Black Friday – which makes it a great time to buy a Fire TV, Kindle, Echo Dot, Fire Tablet and so on.

However, Julie Ramhold, a consumer analyst with DealNews.com, anticipates that shoppers will see lower prices on many items later in the season. "It'll vary depending on what you're shopping for, but in most cases Black Friday and Cyber Monday both will be better than Prime Day," she says.

What is Prime Big Deal Days? Prime Big Deal Days is Amazon's massive fall sale. Last year, the event started on Tuesday, October 10 and ran through Wednesday, October 11. Prime Big Deal Days offered discounts on popular brands like Dyson, SharkNinja, Peloton, Jabra, and more.

Prime Day is a shopping event with deals exclusively for Prime members. Anyone can participate in Prime Day by becoming a member of Amazon Prime.

Yes, Prime Day deals are exclusively for Amazon Prime members.

Does everything on Amazon go on sale during Prime Day? ›

Since Amazon sells pretty much everything, its Prime Day bonanza features deals on pretty much everything too. Whether you're shopping for tech, kitchen gear, outdoor furniture or everyday essentials, Prime Day will offer something in the way of savings for you.

Amazon.com Pre-sale Offers

Members can get an early look at Prime Day deals by going to Amazon's Prime members deals page. Prime members also have exclusive access on Prime Day to “Lightning Deals,” deep discounts that are time-sensitive — when they're gone, they're gone.

How often is Amazon Prime Day? Until 2022, Amazon Prime Day was once a year in the summer. In 2022, the retail giant added another Prime Day event in October.

Prime Day was created as a way to celebrate Prime members. The first Prime Day event came to life on Amazon's 20^th birthday on July 15, 2015.

Amazon Prime Day started in 2015 and has become an annual two-day sale. Aside from a few outliers tied to the pandemic, Prime Day usually takes place in mid-July. In 2022 Amazon added a second two-day sale in October to kick off the holiday shopping season.

Amazon Prime Day is a 48-hour sale event available exclusively to Amazon Prime Members and typically held in July. During the event, Amazon Prime members get access to hundreds of limited-time deals, some of which only last a few hours.

Amazon Prime Day is an annual sales event for Prime members. During the sale, you'll find significant discounts across a wide range of products, from electronics and home appliances to everyday home essentials.

Amazon Prime Day is one of the best times of year to snag big discounts on TVs from every major brand. This year's sale is set to kick off in July, and our tech experts will be rounding up all of the best Prime Day TV deals throughout the event.

How much did Amazon make on Prime Day? Digital Commerce 360 estimates Amazon's sales on Prime Day hit $12.90 billion globally during the manufactured retail holiday, which spanned July 11 and 12. That's up 6.7% year over year from the same shopping spree in 2022, which ran July 12 and 13.