After the success of the first Amazon Prime Day earlier this year, it’s no surprise that Amazon wants to help its Prime subscribers get the best deals before the holiday season. And, if you’re like us and start shopping now, we have good news: Amazon Prime Day Early Access Discount coming in a couple of weeks and we have the scoop on what you can expect.
Apparently, this will be Amazon’s second Prime Day-like sale this year. It’s all about the early holiday savings for Prime members.
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The Prime Early Access Sale is a follow-up to Amazon’s Official Day event held in July – except it’s geared towards the holidays and into October. The company will offer deep discounts on products prime products for Prime subscribers, as well as tens of thousands of offers from third-party sellers including Samsung, KitchenAid, etc.
Amazon has announced that the Prime Early Access Deal will run on October 11 and October 12. Starting at 12 a.m. PDT, it will run for 48 hours.
The holiday shopping event will be held in 15 countries: Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey , UK and USA.
Like earlier this year, the issue isn’t where it’s available, but who the deal will be made available to. You need to be an Official Member to take advantage of these offers.
You can expect thousands of great deals this year. As usual, Amazon plans to heavily discount its featured devices, including the Echo and Fire TV featured. In addition to these deals, Prime Day will focus on holiday shopping, including toys, homewares, pets, and kitchens.
The holiday gift guide will be fully updated, and Amazon will roll out a Top 100 list featuring some of the season’s most popular gift items. If you’re snoozing on tech deals, the great news is that a lot of retailers are partnering with Amazon for an extra 48 hours of shopping, including Samsung, iRobot, and KitchenAid.
We expect some transactions to last all the time, but others will be the flash trades that drop the fastest every five minutes. Flash deals are usually available in limited quantities, so if you see one and want it, you can add it to your cart right away.
Plus, Prime subscribers can start taking advantage of some great deals right now. You can get four months of Amazon Music Unlimited for free – or if you want a bundle, you can get an Echo Dot (3rd generation) for just $0.99 with a one-month subscription of Amazon Music Unlimited. These deals start now and will end on October 12.
Plus, if you live in a central city and like to make reservations in advance to cook dinner, Amazon will give its customers a year’s subscription. Grubhub + free. The deal includes unlimited shipping, $0 on orders over $12, and you can get food rewards and discounts from hundreds of thousands of vendors around the country.
ZDNET scoured sales to find the best deals by category:
And we’re rounding up the best deals under $20:
Like Prime Day before this year, Prime Early Access Sale Deals will be available to Amazon subscribers, and only Members can get products for those great deals. This service costs $139 per year or $14.99 per month. Students will get a 50% discount on their membership as long as they verify their status, and those on SNAP/EBT can also get it at a discounted rate. In addition to these membership services, you can also get a 30-day free trial right now.
If you’ve never signed up for Amazon Prime, if you sign up for the trial now, you’ll still have the advantage of a free trial during Prime Early Access Sale sales and deals. Not only do you get discounts on key products with your membership, subscription deals and savings, and free one- to two-day shipping, but you also get access to Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Pantry , Prime Now , and more.
Amazon Prime Early Access Discount: How to Find the Best Deals, plus tips and tricks
Prime Early Access Discount Center
If you want a one-stop shop for all the best deals, or are short on 48-hour periods, Amazon has Prime Early Access Discount Center will offer the lowest prices and sales across multiple categories. We expect new transactions to be posted as often as every 5 minutes.
Plus, if you’re looking for ideas, Amazon offers a list of the top 100 gift ideas for Home page and toymake it easy for you to decide what to give your friends and relatives this holiday.
Shop by voice with Amazon Alexa
Amazon tends to give people a head start on deals if they shop by voice with Alexa. It did the same thing with Black Friday before – giving voice shoppers a lead up to seven hours. To order by voice, simply say to your Alexa device, “Alexa, what’s your deal,” then “Alexa, more [the item] to my cart. “Alexa will confirm your order, but if you want, you can set up a four-digit pin in the Alexa app to prevent unintended purchases.
Amazon Assistant
Amazon Assistant is a free browser plugin (for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Microsoft Edge) that allows you to view product comparisons. It provides shortcuts to popular Amazon hubs and gives on-screen notifications when the deals you’re viewing appear live.
Deals of the day, Lighting deals and Prime Early Access deals
Amazon also has “Gold box offer of the day“However, since it’s Prime Day, this sale will be remarkable.
And finally, there are Prime Access Early Access deals, a type of Lightning Deal for Prime members. Amazon typically offers Prime members 30-minute early access to certain deals, though all deals are only available when stock runs out. To stay on top of these various deals, use Amazon’s app, where you can view most deals 24 hours in advance and sign up for notifications.
You can also come on to see the deals you are viewing and you can receive the deals delivered to you via Amazon Daily Deal Email.
Amazon Coupons
Do you know Amazon.com offers coupons? In fact, there’s an entire mall on Amazon where you can find coupons for electronics, pet supplies, toys, and other items. Just go to Amazon.com then click the link at the top for “Today’s Deals” and in the category menu at the top click “Coupons” (or use this link).
When you find an item you want to buy, click the “Clip this coupon” button near the shelf to clip the coupon. When you’re done shopping, go to your cart and pay. In the cart details you will see the coupon amount deducted from your total.
Price tracking and comparison tool
If you want to check the price of a deal against what Amazon has charged in the past, try CamelCamelCamel. It’s a free Amazon price tracker that tracks millions of products and serves up their price history.
An available extension is honey, immediately notify you if any third party seller has the same product at a lower price. Also check out the website PriceGrabber or extension PriceBlinkboth allow you to see if an item is cheaper elsewhere.
Check Competitor Sites
Finally, be sure to check out other shopping sites. Walmart, Best buyand other retailers have been known to launch their own sales on Prime Day to try to attract shoppers.
