How to Hack Amazon Prime Day: Shopping and Deals Advice – Video

It feels like prime day is always right around the corner. Plus Amazon offers discounts throughout the year. So here are some pro tips for shopping deals. No matter the season. You must have a prime membership to get those sweet prime day deals. Plus other prime exclusive discounts that pop up throughout the year. But if you don’t have prime, don’t worry, you can get a 30 day free trial. Just sign up with an email you haven’t used for a prime trial before it’s up to you. Whether you want to cancel before the 30 day trial period is up. But if you do, I’d recommend setting a reminder. Now, if you’re planning on shopping during prime day, make a list of what you want to try to get a deal on this can help keep you from buying stuff you don’t actually need. I have definitely done that before and we will make checking for deals much more efficient because you can just go down the list. You can even add these products to your Amazon wish list or save for later to make checking even easier. If you have an Alexa device, it can also notify you if one of your saved products gets discounted for prime day and it’s not a bad idea to have some backups ready just in case a product you want doesn’t end up going on sale. If another item can get you a similar result at a discount, it could be worth opting for that one. You should also check other retailers like Walmart Target and Best Buy because they often run deals to compete with Amazon on prime day. And don’t forget our sa experts are constantly hunting down discounts so you can find all the best deals for prime day and beyond. Here on our site, there are more year round prime perks. You may not have heard of like being able to get 10 to 20% off certain Whole Foods items. Sometimes you can even get discounts on stuff that’s already on sale at Whole Foods, which is Chef’s Kiss. There’s also try before you buy. If you order clothes, shoes or accessories, you can hold on to them for a week and then return what you don’t want and only pay for what you keep. You can also store unlimited photos and up to five gigabytes of video on Amazon photos. And this really just scratches the surface of prime’s perks. You can find more here at cnet.com, but you don’t need prime to get discounts. The coupon page which you can find by clicking on today’s deals and then selecting coupons is filled with discounts. You can think of this page as a digital version of the circulars you get in the mail and clip physical coupons from use the filters on the left to narrow the items down. Then click on the deal. You want select apply coupon and add the item to your cart. Make sure the coupon discount is reflected in your total before you check out. And yes, you can use multiple Amazon coupons on the same order. You also don’t need prime to get Amazon resale deals. If a product bought on Amazon is returned refurbished or warehouse damaged, it’s resold on the Amazon resale page at a discount. You can find this page by typing Amazon resale into the search bar. You’ll want to balance getting the best deal with getting a product in whatever condition you feel comfortable with no matter their condition. Amazon resale products are supposed to work fine, seen its even found used or acceptable products to be in better shape than expected. It’s also worth keeping a close eye on the resale page during Amazon sale events. If new items get a price drop during a sale, the resale versions of those items will typically get a price drop too. So for example, it’s not a bad idea to check the resale page on Labor Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday and yes, prime day and before buying anything at a discount. My biggest pro tip is to do a quick search to make sure you’re actually getting a good deal. Camel. Camel Camel allows you to check the price history of Amazon products. It gives you an impressively detailed graph of a product’s complete price history. So if something is being sold at a discount, you’ll be able to tell whether it’s actually a bargain or that items just always sold at this quote unquote deal price. And whether you’re looking on Amazon or looking at another retailer’s website. You can also use the CNET shopping chrome extension to quickly check if a product you’re trying to buy is being sold for less somewhere else. You can find even more tips here on our site and happy shopping. Thank you so much for watching.