It’s
official:
Amazon’s
second
Prime
Day
event
of
the
year
will
take
place
at
the
beginning
of
October.
The
two-day
shopping
event
—
which
Amazon
is
calling
Prime
Big
Deal
Days
for
the
second
year
in
a
row
—
will
begin
at
12:01AM
PT
/
3:01AM
ET
on
Tuesday,
October
8th,
and
run
through
Wednesday,
October
9th,
the company
announced
on
Tuesday.
Like
last
year,
Amazon
is
running
the
48-hour
promo
in
an
attempt
to
jumpstart
the
holiday
shopping
season,
giving
Amazon
Prime
members
another
chance
outside
of
Prime
Day
proper
to
save
on
everything
from
home
goods
to
everyday
essentials.
Although
we
typically
see
the
lowest
sale
prices
during
Black
Friday
and
Cyber
Monday,
Amazon’s
fall
sale
often
provides
solid
deals
on
a
range
of
tech,
including
all-time
lows
on
Amazon
devices
and
discounts
from
third-party
sellers.
This
time
around,
Amazon
says
it
will
offer
up
to
55
percent
off
select
Amazon
devices,
including
security
cameras
like
the
Blink
Outdoor
4,
Fire
TVs,
Eero
mesh
Wi-Fi
systems,
and
controllers
for
its
cloud
gaming
service,
Luna.
You
can
also
expect
to
see
deals
from
independent
sellers
and
a
hodgepodge
of
non-Amazon
brands
—
including
Lego,
Fujifilm,
Samsung,
Beats,
and
more
—
some
of
which
will
be
available
in
the
run-up
to
the
event.
Amazon
will
be
running
exclusive
promos
on
a
variety
of
digital
goods
and
services,
too,
including
Grub
Hub
Plus
and
Amazon
Music,
the
latter
of
which
will
be
available
to
new
subscribers
for
free
for
a
limited
time.
Of
course,
the
big
caveat
with
Prime
Big
Deal
Days
is
that
most
deals
are
gated
behind
an
Amazon
Prime
subscription,
which
runs
$14.99
per
month
or
$139
per
year.
That
said,
not
all
deals
require
a
membership,
and
it’s
likely
that
we’ll
see
similar
sales
at
Walmart,
Best
Buy,
and
other
retailers
looking
to
compete
with
Amazon’s
October
Prime
Day.
Like
Amazon’s
most
recent
Prime
Day
event
in
July,
Prime
Big
Deal
Days
will
take
place
in
the
US,
UK,
Australia,
Canada,
France,
Spain,
Germany,
Sweden,
Poland,
and
a
handful
of
other
regions
around
the
globe
(Amazon
says
it
will
hold
a
separate
Prime
Day
event
in
Japan
later
in
October).
As
usual,
we’ll
be
flagging
the
best
deals
on
4K
TVs,
laptops,
noise-canceling
earbuds,
and
other
tech
ahead
of
the
main
event
on
October
8th,
so
be
sure
to
keep
an
eye
on
all
of
our
deal
coverage
for
a
closer
look
at
what
Amazon
has
in
store.
(Originally posted by Antonio G. Di Benedetto)
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