Amazon Promo Codes, Prime Deals and Coupons

We're getting ready for the fourth installment of Amazon Prime Day, a yearly sale event Amazon started in 2015 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It's a day full of deals that has been promoted as being better than Amazon's Black Friday sale, and to some extent it has been, but there are definitely mistakes to be made if you go into it blindly thinking everything on sale that day is a great deal.

For 2018, Amazon Prime Day will officially take place on July 17th, with special discounts being offered as early as 12 PM PT/3 PM ET on July 16th.

Who Can Shop the Prime Day Deals?

Only Prime members can take advantage of Prime Day deals. It's easy to sign up for a free 30-day trial if you're not a current member, or you can pay $12.99 for a month to month membership. A full membership is $119 a year, which is a $20 increase from last year. Students can get a six-month free trial or pay monthly ($6.49 a month) or annually ($59).

What Deals Should I Expect?

There will be an avalanche of Lightning Deals happening on Prime Day, covering every category imaginable. The most popular ones are:

• TV deals (look for Amazon's own Fire TVs made by Toshiba and Insignia to be on sale, for example)
• All Amazon devices. You will be able to get great deals on all Fire tablets, kindle readers and Echo devices on Prime Day. Echo dots will probably sell for $30 and Kindle Paperwhites should be around $90, for example. While these prices are great, be aware that Prime Day is not the only time of the year you can get them this cheap.
• Household products are always popular on Prime Day. Look for big discounts on dish soap, detergent, toilet paper, light bulbs and diapers.
• Tech products like computer monitors, SSDs, SD memory cards and smartphones represents the category with the largest quantity of great deals.
• DVDs, board games and videos games round out the list of categories with the most popular deals.

How Will I Know if a Deal Is Good or Not?

Always do a quick price reference check to see if the Prime Day deal price is worth jumping on. You can use the search bar on Slickdeals to see what previous deals have been posted at or use a price checking tool like Camel Camel Camel.

How Do I Make Sure I don't Miss Out on Any Deals?

The best thing to do is to create a list of products you're interested in buying if the right price comes along and set up Deal Alerts to get notified when a matching deal is posted on Slickdeals. Go here and set up alerts for what you're interested in and wait for the notification email (or push notification if you have the Slickdeals app).

The other thing you should do is set up 1-click ordering in your Amazon account. This will give the option to buy items on Amazon with just one click, as opposed to going through the whole checkout process. It will save you time, which can be crucial for the most sought-after deals with limited quantities (think TV deals) that sometimes run out before you can place your order. With 1-click ordering you give yourself a better chance of having your order go through. Select your default payment method and delivery address and you're all set. Go here for instructions on how to set it up.

Use Alexa for Additional Savings

Amazon frequently offers additional (or even exclusive) discounts to people with Echo devices, especially on Prime Day. You'll have to enable voice ordering in the Alexa app so you can take advantage of these deals, though.

Also Read: These Are the Alexa Devices You Can Use for Voice Ordering on Amazon

Need Vs. Want

Something Slickdealers know all too well is that a great deal can be hard to pass up, even if you don't need the product. If there are a lot of great deals on Prime Day, you might be tempted to buy more than you need. To prevent overspending, create two Amazon wish lists. One for needs and one for wants. Just labeling the two lists this way forces you to make a conscious decision to buy something, even though you've already decided you don't need it. Now, if a 65-inch 4k OLED TV shows up for $800, it doesn't matter what you name your lists, but hey, at least you tried.

Make a Game Plan

Amazon Prime Day deals are always shrouded in secrecy, but as Slickdeals users, we can be very resourceful. We’ll share all leaked and teased Prime Day deals as soon as we learn about them on our blog.

Prime Day Lead-up Deals

In the week leading up to the official start of Prime Day, Amazon has historically offered exclusive discounts for Prime members. Each day features a different theme or collection of products and services that will receive big price drops. Stay up to date with all Prime Day lead-up deals as they happen here.

Editor’s Picks for Prime Day

Don’t know what to buy? During Prime Day, check back often on our blog as we share staff picks and popular products.