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However, Amazon offers a few ways to ship your orders in addition to the standard two-day shipping, including free same-day shipping (which may be hard to come by during Black Friday), Amazon Day scheduled deliveries, and Amazon Hub Locker pickup, which offers a self-service delivery location, or locker, to pick up and return your orders. Unlike Target, Best Buy, and Walmart, Amazon shoppers are unable to shop at a store. Can I order online and pick up in a store?
No matter how you spin it, subscribing to Prime is the best way to make the most out of Amazon during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. (You're in the window where you can start now, shop Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and not have to pay for the subscription.) Amazon also offers discounted Prime memberships for a few select groups. Of course, you could sign up for a 30-day trial, or just pay for a month-long membership.
That said, if you're like most Americans and plan to do most of your holiday shopping during Black Friday, we strongly suggest you become a Prime member.Ī Prime membership costs $13 a month, or $119 for a full year, which may seem steep, but it's still completely worth it. However, shopping on Amazon costs more and takes longer without a Prime membership. Unlike Prime Day, which requires a Prime subscription, Amazon's Black Friday sale is open to everyone.
There are two deal types you should be aware of during Black Friday: daily deals and Lightning deals. Streaming sticks, voice assistants, headphones, and more.
Last year, we saw discounts of up to 50% on Tech, beauty, home and kitchen, fashion, and smart home are some of the categories to be on the lookout for. On top of that, the sale will encompass every product category Amazon offers, which is to say, everything. Plus, we expect to see several of Amazon's services dramatic markdowns like we saw on Prime Day, tweaked slightly. We're already seeing huge discounts on Amazon's in-house brands, Fire devices, Kindles, and Echo smart home gadgetry that matches what we saw during Prime Day. What should I buy from Amazon's Black Friday deals?Īmazon is the everything store - which means if something is on your shopping list, it will likely see a discount during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now, the official Black Friday Sale is live and will carry on through Cyber Monday.
This year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday land on November 26 and November 29, respectively.Īmazon began early Black Friday discounts in October with a series of Epic Daily Deals. Originally $36.00 Save 13% Amazon Black Friday FAQs When does Amazon's Black Friday sale start?īlack Friday is an annual sales event that traditionally happens at the end of November, after Thanksgiving, and it's followed closely byĬyber Monday.