As an Amazon lover, I’m getting pretty excited for Prime Day style= – next Tuesday, July 12th!

Unfortunately, you’re not able to see the deals ahead of time, but Amazon is nice enough to prep you with some tips and tricks for navigating Prime Day. I’m planning on reviewing them myself in order to hopefully find some good deals for Scallop’s upcoming 4th birthday, so I figured it would make sense to list them out here too!

  1. All Prime members can participate in Prime Day!
  2. Starting at midnight on July 12th, new deals will be offered as often as every 5 minutes throughout the day.
  3. You can join the Amazon Prime Facebook Event Page in order to be updated about exclusives (Amazon Prime Day!)
  4. There are also mobile app notifications for you to take advantage of. These alert you as to when the next deal is supposed to start and can be accessed through the menu in your Amazon app.

“Lightning Deals” are promotions that include a limited number of items that are generally only offered for a short period of time.

  1. If you see a “Join Waitlist” button on a Lightning Deal, it means that all of the discounts have already been placed in customers’ carts – BUT not all of the purchases have been completed yet. Sooooo….
  2. You can join the waitlist for the deal and if a purchase has not been completed within 15 minutes, the discount will be applied to the next person on the waitlist.
  3. Amazon will then notify you, either on the Amazon webpage or through the app, that your discount is available.

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I love shopping. I shop A LOT on Amazon…so I’m pretty excited about Prime Day! However, I wasn’t able to buy anything from it last year as it’s pretty difficult to deal shop with a 2.5 year old and a newborn. Somehow I’m not thinking it will be too much easier this year……but I’m still going into it with a positive attitude!

I WIILL find all of my son’s birthday presents for a good deal. I WILL find at least some Christmas presents for cheap! Hey, a girl can dream!

I have heard that many people don’t think the deals on Prime Day are worth it, and that many of the items are not ones that they’d buy anyway – deep discount or not. Bummer.

Will you be shopping on Prime Day? Are there any specific items you’ll be looking for? Does your family think you need an Amazon intervention? If so, can we start a club??