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***Updates: New Deal you don’t want to miss: Buy $25 in Amazon gift cards, get $5 credit on your account! Seriously. So buy yourself a gift card and use it later. And get your $5 credit.
If you haven’t heard of it before, you might be wondering “Why do I care that Amazon is having a sale?” Fair question. You should care because you can get Black Friday deals online NOW. Amazon is offering deals on home products, handmade products, toys, video games, and more. Since part of this site is saving money, I wanted to put together a quick guide to answer all of your questions! And let you know about some special deals!
Amazon Prime Day (<<<Click there to see the current top deals!) is in its fourth year. Last year, prime day surpassed both Black Friday 2016 and Cyber Monday 2016. Yes, seriously.
New deals start as often as every 5 minutes! And over one million items are on sale. This is one shopping event you don’t want to miss.
Below:
FAQ
Deals
Promo Codes
What if I don't have Prime membership?
You need to be a prime member to get the deal prices. But did you know Amazon has FREE TRIAL membership? Yes, you can try it out. If you don’t like it, then cancel. So you have nothing to lose. Go check out the great deals!
And if you’re a student, the membership is free for 6 months!
Prime membership isn’t just free 2-day shipping (though I take advantage of that).
• I watch a TON of TV on Amazon Prime Video (including Doctor Who and Downton Abbey).
• Listen to music via Prime Music (over 2 million songs).
• Read via Prime Reading.
• Unlimited photo storage!
• Prime Wardrobe. Try on before you buy! Comes with easy resealable box and return label for easy returns on what you don’t want to keep.
• That’s all included in your prime membership. No extra fees.
How long does the sale last?
The sale starts 3 PM (Eastern Time) on July 16th and lasts for 36 hours.
Where? Can I get these deals where I live?
If you live in the United States, UK, Australia, Canada, Spain, Mexican, Japan, India, Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, China, Singapore, Netherlands or Luxembourg, you can take advantage of Amazon Prime Day.
How Can I Tell If It's Really a Deal?
Check out competing retailers. They often do deals on Amazon Prime Day (realizing how much business Amazon is getting) so you might find a deal there!
Deals:
• The biggest deals are going to be on Amazon Devices. (<<<Click there). Everything from Echo & Alexa devices to tablets to Fire TV is going to be on sale! Honestly, I JUST bought a Fire TV stick a week ago. If I’d remembered Prime day was coming, I could have saved some major money.
• Amazon is focusing the biggest discounts in the following areas: home products, handmade products, toys, video games, software, sports and outdoors, and audio and accessories.
• Amazon Video is doing $1.99 movie rentals for those movies not already included in Prime.
• Download the Amazon App and sign-in for the first time and get $10 free! Yes, seriously.
• Shop at Whole Food and get $10 credit on Amazon. For free! Click here to see deal.
• Check out Lightening Deals! (<<<Click there). A certain number of items are available at a lowered price and when they’re gone, they’re gone.
• [This is always available]. Amazon Prime Samples. Pay for a box of samples. Get that exact same amount credited towards the purchase a full-size of anything in the sample box.
If you’ve been thinking about buying your kid a Fire tablet, NOW is the time! Why? Because they’re doing a 90% OFF Free Time Unlimited for the three-month pre-paid plan which accesses thousands of kid-friendly books, movies, TV shows, educational apps, and games.
Or they’re doing 40% off the year-long plan.
Parents…do you have teens? If they don’t already have Twitch, you’re going to want to get it. It’s free for your teens. And there is a new video game streaming everyday.
Or, if you’re like my husband, you can get it FREE for yourself.
Click on this link>>> $10 off $40 to see offer
30-day Prime Pantry Free Trial. And get $10 off a $40 order. Yep. $10. Can you turn down a $10 coupon? I know I can’t! I’m off to order now. (I haven’t tried pantry yet, so excited!) [To get the $10 off, enter the code PANTRY at checkout…click on the $10 off $10 link above for more details]
When people say Amazon has everything, they might be exaggerating. But they’re not exaggerating by much. Did you know Amazon has home services, such as cleaning, putting together your desk, bed assembly, & more.
On prime day, save up to $50!
If your area is covered by Amazon Fresh, start a FREE trial and get $30 off your first order. Use PROMO CODE: 30FRESH. Oh, yeah….existing customers can also use this code on prime day! I would be getting my $30 off…but my area isn’t covered. {Sad face}
If you’ve been thinking about trying out Amazon music, now is the time. Get 4 months for 99 cents. Yep, you read that right. 99 little cents.
You don’t need a Kindle to take advantage of this…iPad has a Kindle app!
There are two different deals going on:
You can get 3 months of unlimited reading for 99 cents.
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33% off 12-month prepaid/ 40% off 24-months
If you like audiobooks, now is the time to try Audible!
There are two different deals going on:
You can get 3 months of unlimited listening for 99 cents.
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Free 30-day trial of Audible Romance
Amazon Family is always available, but there are special deals for Prime Day. Click here>>>Prime Deals for Family.
Amazon Family includes:
• Up to 20% off diapers and other products.
• Free Baby Registry Welcome Box (I love freebies!)
• 15% completion discount on your baby registry.
If you haven’t heard of Amazon’s Baby Registry, you’re going to love this. Not only can you register for any of the world’s largest selection of products, but there is free 90-day returns on most items!
If you don’t need to register for your own baby, let a friend know! Who can turn down a free gift?
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