Amazon will launch Black Friday in November 2022 as the biggest shopping day of the year. The retailer will follow a successful Prime Day in July with the pre-Christmas Black Friday sale.
Black Friday in 2022 will take place on Friday 25 November. However, the sale date itself is only part of the event. Usually Amazon launches deals in the week leading up to Black Friday and on to the following Monday, which is labelled Cyber Monday because of the huge number of deals online.
The Black Friday sale is a chance for retailers to clear stock in the Christmas period and that means huge discounts on a large number of items. You can see the deals here.
In 2021 Black Friday saw tens of thousands of discounts ranging from Nintendo Switch consoles to Apple iPhones. Beauty products, toys, homeware, kitchenware, clothes and laptops are all included in the Black Friday sale.
What to do before Black Friday
Amazon will reveal Black Friday offers to Prime members and most of the deals will only be available for those who are signed up.
If you are an Amazon Prime member you will be able to see Lightning Deals earlier and get first access to them. That is a good thing because many of the best Lightning Deals are based on both a time limit and stock limits, meaning once enough people claim the deal it will be removed.
You can join Prime here. You will also get free delivery on a large number of items during the Amazon Black Friday sale.
Where else can you shop for deals?
Amazon's daily deals
Amazon's daily deals section is already sharing offers in the run up to Black Friday. At the moment Amazon is holding a Prime Day sale and there are plenty of deals available now.
Amazon says the four months of Music Unlimited is its best Prime Day deal yet but you can expect the best offers to arrive around June 21 and 22.
The latest deals include discounts on the Amazon Ring Doorbell, which offers one of the biggest price cuts since Black Friday.
You can also get Echo wireless earbuds for £50, down from £120.
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.
