Saturday, October 9, 2021

Shopping Savings: Early Black Friday Deals from Amazon

 Amazon recently released Black Friday-worthy deals, giving customers the opportunity to start shopping now and saving big heading into the holiday season. You don’t have to wait to save—starting today, find incredible deals and deep discounts across every category, including fashion, home, beauty, toys, electronics, Amazon Devices, and many more. Plus, customers can support small businesses with thousands of deals available from independent sellers and handmade artisans throughout the holiday season. For inspiration, Amazon also unveiled its biggest-ever selection of gift guides, including its popular Holiday Toy List, Home, Fashion, Beauty, and Electronics Gift Guides, as well as guides like Stocking Stuffer Picks and Customers’ Most-Loved products. And for customers who want to start preparing for holiday festivities, Amazon’s Holiday Prep Shop expertly curates top products across various categories to help customers prepare for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or other seasonal celebrations.

Customers can start scoring deals today at amazon.com/epicdeals, on the Amazon mobile shopping app, or by simply asking, “Alexa, what are my deals?” To check out the wide selection of gift guides and prepare for the holidays, customers can visit amazon.com/gifts and our Holiday Prep shop at amazon.com/holidayprep.

 

More Ways to Find What You Love

Amazon’s gift guides make it fun and easier than ever to shop and save across categories, and the new Holiday Prep Shop is a one-stop location for seasonal prep, readiness, and entertaining. Customers can also watch livestreams on Amazon Live from influencers and experts, who will share tips on gifting and seasonal entertaining, along with their favorite picks from each guide.


Shop and Support Small Businesses

Customers can use dedicated gift guides or search specifically for handmade items to find amazing gifts while supporting small businesses, new brands, and independent makers this season. Plus, top-trending gifts and most-loved stocking stuffers can be found in the Support Small Storefront and across Amazon. More than half of all products purchased in our store are sold by small and medium-sized businesses.


Brand New Features for Easy Gifting

Amazon is making gifting even easier with the addition of new services and deals to ensure that every gift given is the perfect one.

  • No Address, No Problem - Email or Text Gifts: Prime members using the Amazon mobile shopping app in the U.S. can send recipients a gift without knowing their delivery address—a new feature just in time for the holiday season. Simply select the product to gift, select “add gift receipt for easy returns” during check out, then type in a known email address or mobile number of the recipient. That individual can either accept the purchase or exchange for an Amazon gift card, without letting the sender know they did.
  • Amazon Holiday Gift List: New this holiday, all customers can access the Holiday Gift List to easily create and share one list of gift ideas for everyone in their household, conveniently organized by recipient. Customers can add nearly any product on Amazon to their list, from the product page, and enjoy extended 90-day returns on gifts purchased off their list at amazon.com/registries/holiday.
  • Amazon Gift Cards: Now through December 18, first-time Amazon Gift Card shoppers will receive a $10 promotional credit with the purchase of $50 or more in Amazon Gift Cards, while supplies last. Restrictions apply.


Prime Member Savings and Fast, Free Delivery

Prime offers the best of shopping, savings, and entertainment to make the holiday season more fun and convenient. Amazon Prime members can receive free two-day shipping on millions of items, Plus, Prime members across the U.S. have access to millions of items available for Same-Day Delivery, and Amazon now offers faster Same-Day Delivery—from click to doorstep in as fast as five hours—in 12 metro areas. Prime can also help you save even more this holiday with the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card, where members can earn 5% back at Amazon.com and Whole Foods Market, and at least 1% back on all other purchases; and with Prime Early Access, members get 30-minute early access to Lightning Deals on Amazon—throughout the holiday season, and every day. Prime members also have unlimited access to award-winning movies and TV episodes with Prime Video, ad-free listening of 2 million songs, plus thousands of stations and playlists with Amazon Music, and free two-day delivery on prescriptions from Amazon Pharmacy and prescription savings at more than 60,000 participating pharmacies in the U.S., and much more. To join Prime or start a free trial, visit amazon.com/prime.


Supporting and Celebrating Employees

Amazon’s more than 1.3 million employees around the world are the heart and soul of the company—every day and throughout the holiday season. That’s why Amazon offers an average starting wage of more than $18 per hour, and it’s why full-time employees receive comprehensive benefits from day one, including health, vision, and dental insurance, 401(k) with 50% company match, and up to 20 weeks paid parental leave in the U.S. It’s also why Amazon is investing $1.2 billion into its Career Choice program, in which it will pay full college tuition for front-line employees to expand education and skills training for the U.S. workforce. Plus, Amazon is on track to invest more than $1 billion in higher pay for front-line teams.

Amazon continues to create jobs across the country, recently announcing that it is hiring for 125,000 regular full-time and part-time jobs in fulfillment and logistics in cities and towns across the U.S. These roles will join the hundreds of thousands of hourly employees already working across Amazon’s network. In addition to continuing to invest in pay, benefits, and a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace, the company will celebrate employees throughout the holiday season with appreciation events, incentives, fun surprises, and more.

 

Entertainment and Dining

  • Audible: Beginning on October 4, on Amazon and Audible, non-members will receive 46% off the first four months of Audible Premium Plus. Membership includes one credit a month, which you can use to choose anything from our expansive selection of new releases and best sellers, plus unlimited listening to thousands of select Audible Originals, audiobooks, podcasts, and more.
  • Amazon Music: Beginning mid-October, customers who haven’t yet tried Amazon Music Unlimited can get three months free for a limited time—with unlimited access to more than 75 million songs, ad-free, and millions of podcast episodes. In addition, with the purchase of select Amazon Echo devices, customers new to Amazon Music Unlimited can get six months free. Eligible Amazon Music Unlimited customers also now have access to the highest quality streaming audio at no extra cost.
  • Amazon Fresh: Between November 10-16, when customers buy two Amazon Kitchen holiday sides—from green beans to stuffing—for Amazon Fresh delivery, including same-day, or at an Amazon Fresh store, they will receive 20% off of these holiday favorites.
  • Wondery+: Beginning in mid-October, customers who have not previously started a trial of Wondery+ will be able to sign up for three months free of the premium ad-free podcast subscription. This offer is only available for Wondery+ on the Wondery app and website, not via Apple Podcasts. Customers will have full access to the catalog, early access, exclusives, and ad-free listening. The offer will auto-renew into an annual subscription, unless a customer changes their plan to monthly. Gift cards will be available for one year of Wondery+ for $25.99 (which equates to three months free).
  • Amazon First Reads: In October, Prime members will be able to download two titles from Amazon First Reads. The monthly program gifts Prime members an eBook from a selection of pre-release, editorially curated titles. Learn more at Amazon First Reads.
  • Amazon Explore: Hosted by local experts, Amazon Explore gives customers in the U.S. a virtual experience by accessing and saving on livestreamed, interactive experiences across 21 geographic locations and seven categories this season. Customers can virtually shop unique giftable items, learn how holidays are celebrated around the world, and gift experiences to their friends and family. And with group experiences, up to seven people can book and share the same experience, even if they're physically far apart. Need some suggestions? Here’s a few top picks:

 

For a full list of tips for shopping on Amazon and ways to save this season, visit the About Amazon blog.

 

About Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth’s Best Employer, and Earth’s Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.

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