Prime Day 2022 is Amazon’s next annual shopping extravaganza. Prime Day typically occurs during the second or third week of July. Exclusive to Prime members, Prime Day offers a smorgasbord of Black Friday-like deals on just about everything including laptops, tablets, and peripherals.
Prime Day’s humble beginnings started out as 24-hour event in 2015 to celebrate Amazon’s 20-year anniversary. Over the course of the years, the once a year sale has turned into a 48-hour smorgasbord of deals.
Outside of the Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend, Prime Day is one of the most anticipated savings events for frugal shoppers. Each year, we’ve seen fantastic deals on today’s best mobile tech and we expect more of the same this year.
Although the next Prime Day date remains a mystery as of now, one thing about Prime Day — it will arrive before we know it. Until then, here’s a few things you might want to know about Prime Day and what to expect.
What is Amazon Prime Day?
Amazon Prime Day was spawned on July 15, 2015 to celebrate Amazon’s then 20th anniversary. For 24 hours, Amazon rolled out exclusive Prime member-only deals on a range of products from every category.
The first Prime Day proved to be so successful for Amazon, that it made Prime Day an annual tradition. Throughout the years, Amazon expanded the holiday to numerous countries. Prime Day is available in the U.S., the U.K., the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Spain, Singapore, SaudiArabia, Portugal, Netherlands, Mexico, Luxembourg, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, China, Brazil, Belgium, Austria, and Australia.
Over time, the length of Prime Day has expanded as well. Back in 2017, Amazon Prime Day lasted for 30 hours, 36 hours in 2018 Prime Day and 48-hours from 2019-2021.
What date is Amazon Prime Day?
Prime Day typically occurs during the second or third week of July to coincide with Amazon’s July 5 founding date. However, there have been a few exceptions to the rule.
In 2020, Prime Day was pushed back to October 13-14 due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The following year, Prime Day 2021 took place on June 21 and June 22 to kick off the summer.
Although Prime Day 2022’s date remains a mystery at this time, it will arrive before we know it. Until then, we’re sharing the best Prime Day deals to expect.
What does Prime Day offer?
Outside of the Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend, Prime Day is one of the most anticipated savings events for frugal shoppers. Given that Prime Day is all about the best Amazon deals, many of the top Prime Day deals tend to be on Amazon hardware.
Expect to see incredible deal pricing on Amazon branded Alexa-devices like its entire family of best-selling Fire tablets.
We’ve also seen the best laptop and tablet deals of the summer during previous Prime Day events. This year we’re bound to see solid discounts on gaming laptops, Chromebooks, and convertible laptops. Look out for the year’s best MacBook and iPad deals during Prime Day.
What to expect during Prime Day
During Prime Day, bargain shoppers can expect to see tons of deals on today’s essential gadgets. It’s one of the best times of the year to score steep discounts on laptops, tablets, peripherals and more.
Competing retailers like Best Buy and Walmart and stage their own sales events alongside Amazon’s Prime Day event. Frugal shoppers will want to check out these summertime sales for deep discounts on back-to-school gear, video games, home theater and more.
Don’t want to wait for Prime Day? Here are the best Prime Day-like deals you can get today.
