10 Tips for Prime Day 2024!

Prime days are next week on July 16th and 17th this video we're going to cover 10 prime day tips to help save you some money let's dive into it with tip number one which is make a list before Prime days it's easy to get tempted with all these different deals going on cuz there's some big savings but really you should stop make a list and think about the things that you really do need there's some great back to school shopping deals going on so if you need supplies or if you need a new computer or tablet it is a great time to get those things what I like to do is put the items I'm looking for into my cart and then if there's any change in price a little message shows up to let let me know how much it's changed on my Prime day list the only thing I have is the new Echo spot it's brand new device that is announced today um other than that I don't plan on buying anything a good thing about making a list and deciding what you want ahead of time is it keeps you from browsing around and getting tempted to buy things that you really didn't plan on getting now tip number two is use a browser extension there are browser extensions like camel camel camel honey uh there is Kea and some other ones out there this is not sponsored but I like to use honey it's the only browser extension I've tried it's great for seeing what the prices are in the past I always go and look at the last 30 days to see if something really is a deal unfortunately there's companies out there that will raise the price to mark it down to make it look like a deal when really it's the same price as it normally is check around at other stores too because it's not just Amazon that has people raising the prices to drop them for Prime day it's nice that these browser extensions do work across a large variety of sites honey can not only give you the last 30 days of prices it can apply promo codes during checkout which that's something I've never used it hasn't applied to me but um it's an option tip number three you could save a lot of money on Amazon devices it's no surprise that during Amazon Prime days Amazon devices are on sale when it comes comes to Echo you can see 30 to 50% off the echo pop you could get as low as $20 the Echo Show 5 you can get for under $50 typically something I recommend though before you buy any of the Amazon devices just double check to see that it's an early Prime Day deal Amazon's good about not undercutting the prices of things they put on those early Prime Day deals one of the devices that I'm surprised is on sale is the new Echo spot that was announced and comes out the day that I'm releasing this video and it's one of the ones I'm going to have to check out definitely subscribe if you want to know about that I will be doing a video on it some other Amazon devices on sale are the Fire TV sticks you can get the 1080p version for as low as $20 I recommend though going with the Fire TV 4K Max it's the most powerful one and the best price typically around $45 also look for great deals on Kindles and Fire HD tablets the tablets I'm not so so much into but the Kindles are such a great device also look for other Amazon company sales for example they own ring there's a ton of ring sales that have already started there's up to 50% off some of their devices so if you are in the market for a ring alarm ring video doorbell or ring cameras definitely a great time to get them I've been using ring devices for a while and I still think they're the best option when it comes to DIY home security if you're experiencing slow Wi-Fi Amazon also owns ero and they make great mesh wifi routers so definitely take a look at those if you're in need for a Wi-Fi upgrade Prime days are a great time for smart home deals like the ones from today sponsor switchbot switchbot has a whole ecosystem of smart devices and they make devices to help automate things you already have like the switchbot curtain you put these behind your existing curtains and you can automate them mine I have open automatically for me in the morning and then at Sunset the curtains close another great deal is a switchbot lock Pro this is easy to install you just change the inside handle of your lock you don't have to change the outside of the lock and you don't need to rekey a lock really a great option if you're a renter a new product is the S10 Robot vacuum and mop this is unlike other Robot vacuum and mops out there typically you have to go fill up water then you take dirty water when it's done mopping and you empty it out with the switchbot S10 you tie into your water line so it has fresh water and then you tie a waistline in so that the dirty water can go out it just start the vacuum goes to the water station does the whole vacuum and mopping empties out the dirty water and then goes back and charges there are a lot of great deals going on for Prime day so check them out with the links in the description and save some more with the promo codes tip number four not only saves you money but can give you some additional spending money it is using the Chase Amazon Visa card when you sign up if you're approved you'll get a $200 gift card instantly that you could use on Amazon and you'll also get 5% cash back on purchases for me I I always buy stuff off Amazon using that visa to get the cash back cuz it does add up quickly for Prime days there's the prime card holder deals there you'll find up to 25% cash back off of items you so you'll see deals and additional cash back a majority of the offers are an additional 10% back you can actually do a search by brand so I typed in apple and I saw the Apple watch it's not only $70 off but you're going to get that 10% cash back so that takes care of the sales tax another way to save with a credit card is linking your American Express to your Amazon account then you can use your points 1,000 points equals $7 off on Amazon so if you have been collecting those points and you don't want to use them for travel could be a good use here now tip number five is to start looking now for the early Prime Day deals there are deals that you will find now that won't be here on Prime day so if if you see a deal that you like and it says early Prime day savings I would not necessarily wait until Prime days cuz that offer may be gone it was actually the Monday before Prime days last year that apple had amazing sales tip number six to give you a little extra spending money is take advantage of Amazon's tradein program if you type in Amazon tradein it'll take you to the screen and you can uh go and choose the different categories of devices you can trade in if it's devices like Echo that you already have registered with Amazon those will show up automatically but you can actually trade in a lot of different types of devices I can trade in airpods Max and get a $150 gift card for them I can trade in some of the routers I have and get gift cards so click on the different categories and do a search you might be surprised what you can trade in now when you do the trade in you not only get a gift card you get 20% off the purchase of an Amazon device so during Prime days if you do want to get an echo you get the prime day sale plus that additional money off I'm using this to get rid of some Old Echo that Amazon's giving me a decent price for and no one else is going to buy them because they are outdated tip number seven is the today's deal section this is a great place to look it is great for all companies to advertise you got the small companies next to the big names that you know the problem is it could be a little difficult for us to sort through these deal deals to make it a little easier you could click on the different categories uh for me I tend to go to the electronics or the home section to find smart home stuff you can also do a search within the today's deals if you are in the category looking for a specific thing I will say you may need to go a few pages in cuz some of the best deals they're not on that first page necessarily tip number eight is go directly to company's websites everybody's getting in on the prime Day deals there's a lot of free shipping deals going on you got a lot of discounts that some of them are way better than what you're going to find on Amazon uh we got some great deals from today's sponsor switchbot if you go directly to their website and you use my promo codes down in the description but uh don't just look on Amazon cuz they're not always the best price tip number nine if you're an Apple fan Now's the Time to buy Apple devices you will never find on sale at the Apple Store Amazon is like the Little Secret sales store for Apple devices like all throughout the year you'll find discounts it might be just $20 cheaper but it still is cheaper than Apple now when you do Buy Apple products from Amazon it is no different than buying from Apple you can get the same Apple care if you don't get apple care if you have a problem you walk into the Apple Store no difference at all now some of the discounts I'm seeing so far is $30 off the airpods third generation nothing on the airpods pro but I'm I'm betting we're going to see those uh the iPad has some great deals the iPad Pros were recently updated and they are $60 off the 11 in and $90 off the 13in like these things just came out like a month ago and they're already on sale there's also great laptop deals such as the 2024 MacBook Air that is $100 off you have the 14-in MacBook Pro that's $300 off and you have the 16-in MacBook Pro that is $600 off definitely a good time for laptops now you can also save on the app Apple watches this one's kind of a weird area because we're approaching September when new Apple watches come out but uh right now I'm seeing $70 off the Apple series 9 so if you really want to get an Apple watch now Prime days are good I do recommend holding off till September though to see the new devices coming out tip number 10 and I think this is another important one shop around and Shop local pretty much everybody's in on these deals now we have Target Best Buy Sam Club Walmart they're they're all doing it Best Buy has their Black Friday in July event that starts one day before Amazon Prime days on July 15th and it goes through the 17th target has its Circle week which starts July 7th through the 13th so that's a whole like week before Amazon and Walmart has its sales beginning on July 8th through the 11th both Target and wal Walmart or trying to get a little bit of that money before Amazon can get it shopping local is great you get you help the local stores and your community and you get instant gratification you don't have to wait overnight for that brown box who's got time for that just get it local what I found though when I go to the store and Shop it's a lot easier for me to just stay focused on what I need and there's less distraction of deals popping up it's easy to get caught up in all the prime day excitement and all these deals so definitely apply these tips hopefully they save you a lot of money let us know what are you hoping to find a great deal on during Prime days now if you made it this far please consider subscribing and check out future videos now I did mention that Amazon Echo shows are on sale before you buy one check out this video over here on why I'm getting rid of mine I'll see you over there thanks for watching bye

Channel: Craig's Tech Talk

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Length: 11min 22sec (682 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 08 2024