How to Get the Most Out of Amazon Prime Day (2023)
Amazon Prime Day is here again!
I LOVE Prime Day! I think it’s even better than Black Friday, so it’s essentially Christmas in July except more amazing. There are always some pretty amazing deals to be had, but there are some tips and tricks you should know about Prime Day (July 11-12, 2023).
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You can see all the lightning deals here: Prime Day Homepage
How to Get the Most Out of Amazon Prime Day
1. Sign up for Amazon Prime
This is the most important thing! Amazon Prime Day is only for Prime customers, so you can’t get the deals if you aren’t a Prime member.
Sign up for a 30-day free trial right now so you’re ready to go when Prime Day hits.
If you are a student, you can sign up for a 6-month free trial.
2. Install Amazon Assistant
If you install Amazon Assistant on your desktop you will have a better Prime Day Experience. Amazon Assistant helps you watch deals by giving you notifications throughout the day on the items you are interested in.
3. Download the Amazon App
If you prefer to watch the deals from your phone instead of a computer, download the Amazon App.
Once you have downloaded the app, click on “Today’s Deals & Upcoming” in order to view all deals 24 hours before they are live. If you like an item, simply click on “Watch This Deal” and the app will alert you when the sale price starts.
You can also enter “sneak peek” into the search bar to find the Prime Day Deal sneak peeks. Use the “watch this deal” feature and make sure your app notifications are turned on so you know when the deal goes live.
Note: Amazon does not say what the price will be on these deals. You’ll have to wait for them to go live to find out if it’s a good enough deal for you to actually buy it, but this is a great way to see if there are items you’ve been wanting to buy or would like to buy.
4. Add items to your wish list
If things on your wish list go on sale during Prime Day, Amazon will email you. You will want to keep a close eye on both Amazon and your email during Prime Day so you can be sure to get the great deals on the things you want most. Create your wish list here.
5. Use Alexa
If you do have an Amazon Echo or the Echo Dot, or other Alexa devices, you can ask Alexa for special Prime Day earlybird deals and she’ll give you the information. Also, both the Echo and the Echo Dot will be on sale for Prime Day for killer deals. If you’ve been wanting Alexa, get them now.
Alexa will still be able to help during the main part of the sale as well, so if you have her, use her!
6. Enter to win
Use this link to enter to win cool daily prizes during Prime Day. Things like robotic vacuums, laptops, and scooters are up for grabs.
7. Download your Prime Coupons
Find exclusive Prime Day coupons only for Prime members here: Prime Coupons. Find deals like 30% off Coca Cola products or 20-50% off specific products.
Best Amazon Prime Day deals
This list will be continuously updated throughout the entire event.
Great deals on Samsonite Luggage!
Liquid IV (This is a great price)
Household Goods:
- Amazon Basics Paper Towels
- Amazon Basic Trash Bags (Comes out to 14 cents a bag)
- All Mighty paks laundry detergent (clip coupon!)
- Swiffer Wet Jet
- Tide laundry kit (includes dryer sheets, fabric softener, etc.)
- Bamboo sheet set (Excellent price!)
- Cute plush bathmat
Back-to-School Supplies:
- Pilot Frixion Pens (my favorite pens! They are erasable and perfect for planners)
- School Supply Kit (Get everything you need for school in one purchase—love this idea!)
- Portable Label Maker
- Super cute lunchbox notes for kids
- Hardcover notebooks (lots of color choices, perfect for journaling or planning)
- PaperMate Flair Felt Tip pens (These are my second favorite pens!)
- Canvas Pencil Case (Comes in multiple colors and I think they are adorable!)
- Sharpie black ink gel pens
- 24-ct Sharpie colored markers
- Pastel mechanical pencils and erasers (Super cute and aesthetic)
- Pastel Highlighters (These are so cute! Teen girls will especially love them.)
- 5 pocket folder with labels (available in several pretty colors)
- Lined sticky notes
- Metrichimp 40 oz tumbler with handle (A much less expensive Stanley dupe, also on Prime Day Deal for further savings)
- Desk Chair (This one looks very stylish!)
- Glass water bottle with bamboo lid (a few styles available, I have been using this type of water bottle for the last few months and highly prefer the glass to metal)
- Women’s backpack purse (very stylish and super affordable. Great for laptop.)
- Small crossbody bag (similar to the lululemon belt bags, but unique and pretty)
Board Games for the family
- Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
- A Little Fishy
- A Little Wordy (If you enjoy doing the Wordle, you’ll love it. 2 players only, perfect for my husband and I in our almost empty nest state)
- Throw, Throw Burrito
- Exploding Kittens
- You Laugh, You’re Out
- Herd Mentality
- Azul mini (we really love the full version!)
- Settlers of Catan (Really really good deal on this popular board game)
- Hues and Clues (Our latest family favorite!)
- Farkle
- The Floor is Lava
Health and Beauty items
- Colgate Whitening Pen (Great deal, and so much easier to use than white strips which are also on a Prime Day deal if you prefer them)
- Frigidaire Mini Fridge (My daughter uses thisto keep her skin care products in. It’s so cute!)
- Acne/pimple patches (My teenagers really like these. They definitely reduce the redness and duration of zits. And even though I shouldn’t have both zits and wrinkles, I do get the occasional pimple and I agree that these things are great!)
- Lash Enhancing Serum
- Big Sexy Hair Volumizing Hairspray
- Vacation Brand Sunscreen (I got a tube of this in my last FabFitFun box, and I lost it the first time I went to the beach. I am sad because it smells SO GOOD! Plenty of sunscreen types available from spray to cream and several SPF choices.)
- 23 and Me DNA test (ancestry and health)
50% off! Great deal. My husband and I did these and it’s so cool to see the results.
Keep your house clean tools
- Roomba robot vacuums (I AM IN LOVE with mine!)
- Cleaning putty (This stuff is fun to clean with and really gets crud off of hard to reach places, like car cupholders and air vents)
Furniture
- Zinus Platform bed (all sizes)
- (If you are looking for a bed for a teen room or a guest room this one is amazing. I bought the full-size for my daughter a couple years ago and it has held up so well, looks cute, and with this mattress is the most comfortable bed in the house)
Home Electronics/Kitchen
- Series 8 Apple Watch (I am tempted to replace my series 3 at these prices)
- Massage guns
(These were a huge hit for my daughters’ boyfriends at Christmas! We also have one and it’s WONDERFUL) - Atomic Wall Clock (Never needs battery)
- Amazon Fire TV
- Blink Smart Home Cameras (We recently bought some to check up on our animals while we are gone, and while I learned my dog has terrible separation anxiety and it made me cry, I’m really glad we got them)
- Amazon Alexa products
- Relic watch
- Amazon Echo dot (3rd gen)
- Apple AirPods Pro (Savings given at checkout)
- Apple Airpods (2nd gen)
- Vitamix 5200
- Anker Nano Phone Charger
(This cube can charge your phone 50% in 25 minutes) - Kindle Paperwhite
- Kindle Fire HD 8