When Is Amazon Prime Day 2021?

You may be wondering when is Amazon Prime Day 2021? Well, this year's dates have been confirmed, Amazon Prime Day will be on the 21st and 22nd June. This article will explain what Amazon Prime Day is, how you can get involved and start finding the best deals.

What Is Amazon Prime Day?

Amazon Prime Day is a retail “holiday” created by Amazon in 2015, that typically runs between July 15th to July 16th, although in 2020 it was delayed until October. Amazon created this holiday to compete with Black Friday. Prices are cut across the site, for example in the tech, beauty, home and kitchen categories. Prime Day has so far been very successful for Amazon with sales exceeding those on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

How To Participate?

Getting involved in Amazon Prime Day is simple. You just need to create an Amazon Prime account. You can sign up for a monthly subscription at $12.99 (you can cancel at any time), or a yearly subscription for $119. If you only want to make the most of Amazon Prime Day, then it is recommended that you just sign up for the monthly subscription. You can also see if you are not eligible for a free monthly trial of Amazon Prime (which you can cancel afterwards to avoid paying).

It is simple to sign up for an Amazon Prime monthly or yearly subscription:

Go to the Amazon Prime page.
Click the sign up button. Or if you already have an account, add a prime membership to your account.
Follow the instructions and add a payment method.

Once you have done this, you are now ready to make the most of Amazon Prime Day.

Amazon Prime Day Deals

Amazon is yet to release the best deals on Amazon Prime Day, however some of the best deals from 2020 were their offers on Amazon products such as the Kindle, Amazon Fire Stick, Echo Dot and multiple subscriptions deals to Amazon services, such as Amazon Prime Video. We will update this section with the best deals once they are revealed by Amazon. You can regularly check the Prime Day page for updates.

Note: It is also important to note that despite having multiple price reductions across the Amazon site, you should compare prices on other sites before purchasing items, because you may find products cheaper elsewhere.

Support Small Businesses

As a result of the global pandemic, for Amazon Prime Day 2020, there was a focus worldwide on supporting small, local businesses, it is possible that this trend continues in 2021. Amazon are also very much behind this effort and Amazon Prime Day is the perfect opportunity to seize the chance and buy from small businesses listed on their site. They have also set up an initiative to further entice Prime users to purchase from small businesses up until Prime Day and receive a $10 giftcard to spend on Prime Day on the website. For more information about this offer, click here.

Small businesses are featured throughout Amazon and as you can see above, you can use refined searches in order to find exactly what you're looking for from local producers. You can either type in 'small businesses into the white search bar at the top of the Amazon home page or click here and access the small business curated categories section. Photo: 123rf.com