Black Friday will take place on Friday 25 November 2022 but shoppers will need to be searching for deals long before that date to get the best discounts. The Friday will be the date where all of the biggest discounts and sale items will be made available to the public.
However, Black Friday is rarely a single day of discounts and that means the date is not completely set in stone. In previous years Amazon has held over a week of Black Friday sales, lasting from the previous Friday right through to Cyber Monday after Black Friday.
The deals in the preceding week usually feature big discounts on technology and fashion but the biggest and best sales are usually found on Black Friday itself. Last year Amazon cut the price of the Echo Dot, Fire Stick and Kindle in the week before Black Friday in some of the biggest early deals.
Shoppers can get some deals early by visiting the Amazon deals section. Black Friday deals will fall into one of two categories; daily deals or Lightning Deals. Daily deals are your standard reductions and despite the name they may last several days in the run up to Black Friday.
Lightning Deals are launched for short periods only. You can see them listed before they go live but Amazon Prime members will get the first chance to buy them. Lightning Deals are usually some of the biggest discounts on Black Friday but they are timed and can run out quickly. They can also end early if enough of the items have been sold so you will have to move quickly.
You can see all of the deals here.
There are a couple of simple ways to make the most of Amazon's Black Friday sale and you can do them today.
The first is to decide which brands and items you would like to see discounted during the Black Friday sales. It is very rare for Amazon to not reduce an item if it is also on sale elsewhere, and that means Amazon can be used as a guide to what is currently reduced.
To do this you just need to create an Amazon Wishlist and add the items you are interested in to it. You can then check the Wishlist regularly to see the latest prices and check if items have been reduced. You can also set notifications to alert you when an items falls in price.
What are the best deals live now?
You do not actually have to wait for Black Friday to get some deals and discounts. Amazon has a live deals section that includes £25 off a Pro Breeze 4.2-litre air fryer, £110 off a robot vacuum cleaner and nearly £70 off a pair of Babyliss hair straighteners amongst other deals.
Amazon is also giving away a couple of freebies. You can get £57 worth of Elemis beauty products when you order two or more. When you make the order you get three limited edition Elemis To get that deal head here.
Where else can you get Black Friday deals now?
Amazon Warehouse
Amazon Warehouse sells used or slightly damaged products and that is why prices are usually lower than in mainstream stores.
The Warehouse section includes smartphones, laptops, tablets, home and kitchen appliances.
The products are used, tested by Amazon and then resold with the usual returns options for every Amazon product.
The items come in four different ratings; like new, very good, good and acceptable in order to guide you when buying something.
The best deals in the Warehouse section are in the gaming section, where you can get cheap gaming keyboards, Nintendo Switch consoles, controllers and gaming headsets.
Outlet
Amazon also has an outlet page. While Warehouse items are returned and repackaged, Outlet offers discounts on items that are either overstocked or are soon to be removed from sale.
This means the sellers are keen to get rid of them and that sometimes results in bargain basement prices.
Amazon Vouchers
Amazon vouchers is a standard voucher section offering smaller discounts.
Subscribe and Save is the brand's subscription service offering big savings for customers who commit to ordering monthly packages of certain items including food and other household items such as toilet roll.
