Amazon has nailed down its holiday plans. Today, the retail giant announced that it will host Black Friday Week and Cyber Monday sales from Nov. 19 to Nov. 30 — that's 12 straight days of deals.In a company blog post, Amazon said its holiday savings events will feature "millions of deals across popular categories and new daily themed deal drops," including "double drops" on Black Friday and Cyber Monday proper.
Here's what you need to know before you start filling your cart.When does Amazon's Black Friday sale start? Credit: Amazon Amazon's Black Friday Week sale will begin at 3:01 a.m. ET (12:01 a.m. PT) on Thursday, Nov. 19, a week before Thanksgiving Day. This will be the fourth year in a row that Amazon starts its Black Friday sale at least a week early. (The actual holiday falls on Friday, Nov.
27 this year.)Amazon is hardly the only major retailer that draws out its Black Friday programming. Best Buy, Target, and Walmart are also offering Black Friday deals throughout the month of November — a win for early birds who are worried about popular gifts selling out as the holiday shopping season revs up.
When does Amazon's Cyber Monday sale start?Amazon hasn't officially said when its 2026 Cyber Monday sale will start, but in the past, it's kicked off the day right after Black Friday. With that in mind, Mashable's Shopping team expects Amazon to make the shift into Cyber Monday mode on Saturday, Nov.
28 this year.Is Amazon offering early Black Friday deals?Yes, Amazon has already dropped a bunch of early Black Friday deals. Head to amazon.com/blackfriday and look for the offers with a red "Early Black Friday Deal" label. (If you'd rather not sift through them all yourself, check out our running list of Amazon's top early Black Friday deals so far.)Now through Nov.
14, Amazon is supplementing these with "early Haul-iday deals" on Amazon Haul, its Shein-rivaling budget storefront. Shoppers will encounter $1 flash deals there all week, plus a selection of 11-cent deals on Nov.
10 and 11.What to expect during Amazon's Black Friday sale Credit: Amazon On each day of its Black Friday Week and Cyber Monday sales, Amazon will run themed daily deal drops called "Today’s Big Deals." They'll involve limited-time discounts of up to 60% on popular products from brands like Balsam Hill, HydroJug, and Theragun, and they'll go live once a day except on Black Friday and Cyber Monday proper.
Shoppers will get two batches of Today's Big Deals on those days: once at 3 a.m.
ET, then again at 11 a.m ET.Beyond those drops, here are the kinds of Black Friday deals shoppers can expect to see on Amazon in the coming weeks, it said:Amazon devices and servicesSave up to 35% on Amazon's latest gadgets, including the new Alexa Photo Frame, Alexa tablets, Echo Show 16, Echo Time, and Fire TV Stick 4KSave up to 45% on Amazon's 2024 Kindle Colorsoft, 55-inch Ember Artline TV, and 55-inch Ember Mini
LED-Series TVGet a $1,500 gift card when you buy or lease a new car through Amazon Autos from Nov.
12 to 30Get three months of Amazon Music Unlimited for free (a $38.97 value)Get three months of Kindle+ for free (a $35.97 value)TechSave up to $600 on select Sony and Hisense TVsSave up to 50% on select headphones and speakers from Beats, JBL, Marshall, and SonosSave up to 30% on select laptops and gaming PCs from Alienware, Acer, Asus, HP, and LenvooHome and kitchenSave up to 40% on select Ninja appliances,
including the Creami, Foodi, and SlushiSave up to 40% on select…
