It’s happening again! Sort of…
While it isn’t technically Prime Day 2.0, Amazon is hosting a second, massive, two-day savings event, this time to be called the Early Access Sale, and it promises to be a great way to get your holiday shopping done early, with “hundreds of thousands” of deals, from big-ticket items like televisions and kitchen appliances to smaller staples like shoes, socks, and clothing.
We’ve already seen some big brand names teased (Samsung, KitchenAid, adidas, LEGO, Peloton, to name just a few), and we expect to find out more as we get closer to the October 11th and 12th launch.
All these deals can get overwhelming, fast, and finding the few items you want in a sea of sales can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack.
To help you out, we’ve put together some handy tips and tricks to ensure you walk away with the items you want at the best possible prices.
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Take Advantage of Amazon’s Tracking Services
Amazon’s interface is both intuitive and extremely useful, and learning to take advantage of their lesser-known features can help you find the lowest prices every time you shop.
These are some of the most important to familiarize yourself with:
– Top 100 List: For the first time ever, Amazon is unveiling a Top 100 list to track the most popular, best-selling, and most gift-worthy sale items.
You’ll want to keep an eye on this at all times, as new deals are added and old deals expire or sell out frequently.
– Optimize Your Wish List: Too few Amazon users take advantage of the Wish List, but it’s a great way to track your desired products at a glance.
If you haven’t updated yours in years, spend a few minutes before October 11th deleting older items and adding new ones, and when the Early Access Sale hits, you’ll have one streamlined place to monitor all your most desired products.
– Use Amazon’s Alexa Digital Assistant: Amazon has managed to stealthily build one of the most capable digital assistants around, and one of Alexa’s best tricks is saving you money.
She can monitor all the items in your Wish List, Shopping Cart, and “Saved for Later” list, and alert you when those items go on sale.
If you happen to have an Amazon Echo smart speaker, she can either use the color-changing rings or pop-up alerts to let you know of a deal up to 24 hours before it goes live on the site itself, preparing you to make the buy.
And best of all, if you give Alexa permission, she can even buy items for you, all with a simple voice command.
– Enable Push Notifications: If you have the Amazon app, navigate to the settings section and enable push notifications to receive an alert any time an item in your Wish List goes on sale.
Make the most of the Early Access Sale event and ensure you get the best deals by following these tips and tricks.
Happy shopping!.
