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Amazon Prime Day 2019 Basic Facts

• Once a year, it’s like Black Friday in July, and Amazon holds it’s annual Prime Day.
• Prime Day starts on Monday, July 15th, at 12:00 AM PT (3:00 AM ET) and ends Wednesday July 17th, at 12:00 AM  PT (3:00 AM ET)
• Deals are only for Prime members, so if you aren’t a member today, go ahead and sign up for a free 30 day trial. (You can always cancel after!)
• You can score some of the best deals of the year during Prime Day, but it’s pays to be prepared. Deals come and go by the hour, and hot items sell out fast.

Download the Amazon App for Some of the Best Deals this Prime Day

Download the Amazon App

Why you should download the app for Prime Day…

• Right now there is a special deal to download the Amazon app and receive a $10 credit. (for first time app downloads)
• Even better, once you make a purchase via the app, you can receive an additional $10 credit!
• App users get a sneak peek of upcoming Prime Day deals.
• App users can mark upcoming deals on your watch list and receive notifications when deals are live.
• App users can unlock special 20% off discounts using your camera (and the app).

How To Tell If You Are Getting a Good Deal?

• Not every “deal” is really a deal. Many sellers increase their prices right before Prime Day, and then lower them back down on Prime Day. That “deal” that may look like a high percentage off, may not really just be such a deal after all. Make sure you are getting a good deal by reviewing the price history and trends on camelcamelcamel.com.
• camelcamelcamel.com is a third-party website that will show you the price history for the product, including the high and low price. You can also use the data to see if there are any common trends in pricing and when the product goes on sale.

How to Double Dip On Savings

There are many shopping portals that you can use to “stack” or “double dip” in savings when shopping online. Most of these work by giving you cash back made for purchases if you shop through their app. (You visit their app, and then from there, go to the Amazon site using their link. It’s incredibly minimal effort for easy savings!)

The deals and offers on these portals can change daily, so my advice would be to download all of them, and do a quick check before shopping to see which one is offering the best deals.

• • Ebates: As of today, Ebates is currently offering up to 5% in cash back on Amazon purchases!)
    • Not an Ebates member yet? Sign up using this link for $10 in cash back as a bonus sign up offer!)
• • Ibotta: Several cash back offers for 2-3% off Amazon purchases.
    • Sign up for Ibotta here and get a cash back bonus of up to $20. 
• • Shopkick: If you sign up for a 12 month Amazon Prime membership using their link, they will give you a $20 Amazon gift card.
    • Sign up for Shopkick: iPhone app download or Android app download

Prime Day Bonus Deals

Be aware of Prime Day Bonus Deals! These are hidden at the bottom of the Prime Day guide.

• They include some good offers, like the one I mentioned above for $20 in credits when downloading and purchasing via the Amazon App. Additional bonus offers include:
• Install Amazon Assistant to receive notifications on deals you are watching ($10 credit when you spend $50.)
• $10 bonus when you reload $100 onto an Amazon gift card for the first time.
• Spend $10 at Whole Foods between now and the 16th and get $10 to spend at Amazon on Prime Day.

More Resources

For more secrets to shopping on Amazon, check out this post: 21 Secrets to Shopping on Amazon