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\n\tIf you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n
\n\tThat feeling of deja vu isn\u2019t just you. Prime Day already happened, yet somehow, it\u2019s upon us again. That\u2019s because Amazon now hosts multiple Prime Day-like events each year. This one is officially titled Big Deal Days, although most people just call it October Prime Day. <\/p>\n
\n\tAmazon is a vast e-commerce landscape, and truthfully, a lot of what you find online isn\u2019t worth your time. Between deals that are too good to be true and discounts that seem more substantial than they are, it\u2019s all too easy to get duped into paying more for something you don\u2019t need. That\u2019s why we wrote this guide to shop smarter and actually save money during Prime Day.<\/p>\n
\n\tAmazon\u2019s Big Deal Days run from Oct. 7-8, starting at 3 a.m. ET\/12 a.m. PT on Oct. 7. That said, many of the best deals start early. It\u2019s a particularly popular time for scouring early deals on Holiday decor and gifts. <\/p>\n
\n\tIf you don\u2019t have an Amazon membership, you can get a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime to take advantage of the deals, and cancel if you decide it\u2019s not for you. While many deals during Prime Day require a Prime membership, not all of them do. <\/p>\n
\n\tAmazon doesn\u2019t always have the best prices, and if you prefer to shop elsewhere, you can often get Prime Day-level deals from other retailers on the same products. And while Amazon Prime is handy for a lot of things, other retailers have better selections of categories, like clothes. Walmart, Best Buy, Home Depot, and Target are all running deal events that overlap with Prime Day. <\/p>\n
\n\tIt\u2019s easy to assume that everything you buy on Amazon comes from Amazon, but the retailer hosts thousands of third-party sellers. You can check a seller\u2019s rating by clicking on their name under the \u201cadd to cart\u201d button to make sure you\u2019re buying from a trusted vendor. Many of the best Prime Day deals are shipped and sold directly by Amazon. <\/p>\n
\n\tIt\u2019s also a good idea to use a price history tracker. Amazon will sometimes artificially inflate a product\u2019s list price to make a deal seem better than it is. Tools like Keepa, available as a browser extension, can track the historical prices of products on Amazon.<\/p>\n
\n\tCamelCamelCamel also offers an extension called The Camelizer, which can tell you the historical price of an item that you\u2019re looking at. If you\u2019re shopping for a specific item, and want alerts when it goes on sale, you can set up an alert using CamelCamelCamel\u2019s price-drop tool, which will email you when your tracked item goes on sale.<\/p>\n
\n\tCamelCamelCamel and Keepa are handy, but they\u2019re only for Amazon (and in the case of Keepa, eBay). If you want to track prices on other retailers during the sale\u2019s event, you can use Google Chrome\u2019s price tracking tool, which automatically alerts you to discounts simply by bookmarking the product. <\/p>\n
\n\tAnd if you simply want our professional opinion on what to buy, we\u2019ve rounded up a handful of discounts below, or you can check out our guide to the best Prime Day deals. <\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tAmazon Echo Pop\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
\n\t\tThe latest Echo Pop is already on sale.\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tApple AirPods 4\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
\n\t\tThe non-ANC version of AirPods are just $90.\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tMacBook Air 13-inch Laptop\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
\n\t\tThe MacBook Air got a rare deal ahead of Prime Day. You can save $200 on the 2025 model. \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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