A new season has appeared for sales. Between the summer and Christmas offers, there is a designated meeting that you can attend from home. Amazon Prime Day returns on October 8 and 9. But you have to be careful about the discount effect. It’s very possible that while you were shopping for discounted products, you felt so overwhelmed by the options offered that you ended up buying on impulse. We teach you how to fight it so you can enjoy Prime Day responsibly and without unwanted purchases that end up costing you money.
First, you need to know where the best discounts are. Echo, Kindle, Blink or Ring electronics families are among the beneficiaries during this period of great sales, with discounts that go beyond Prime Day in October, until the 15th of this month precisely.
Although this offer period only lasts 48 hours, the best deals won’t appear right from the start. Pay attention to offers flash, big discounts on products actions limit. The so-called flash offers this Prime Day will last 12 hours. Others, on the other hand, will only last 24 hours, some on the first day and others on the second day. Therefore, to summarize a bit, we will have 12, 24 and 48 hour offers, as well as those for Amazon devices that end on October 15.
Amazon Prime Day: this is how it works
To take advantage of Amazon Prime Day discounts, you must be a Prime subscriber. One of the company’s most popular services is Amazon Prime, a subscription for regular shoppers that offers fast and free shipping, which can save you money all year long. It also offers other services, such as streaming series and films, music (limited, the entire catalog costs more), photo storage and, for two days in July, access to Prime Day offers.
To join Prime, Internet users can take advantage of the 30-day trial period if it is their first time subscribing. If you do not want to pay later, you must cancel before the end of the month.
Those who have already used the trial days have the option to pay for Prime. It costs 4.99 euros per month (2.49 euros with the Prime Student plan for students) or 49.90 euros per year (24.95 euros with Prime Student).
How to buy responsibly
Don’t let this season’s discounts leave you with an empty wallet and a house full of items you’ll never use and end up having to throw away – with the environmental havoc that brings. It is possible to take advantage of the discount season by consuming responsibly and making the most of it. If you buy consciously, your wallet will thank you:
- Make a list: Check out what you need for your home. Be careful if you need to replace an item because it has been damaged by weather or because it does not meet your expectations. This way you will know what to look for during your next purchase. Once you have a list, stick to it, even if the other offers may be tempting.
- Focus on sustainable products: decide carefully where you invest your financial resources. There are more and more brands that make it easier to adhere to a responsible lifestyle. Reference brands offer quality products that are perfect essentials for your wardrobe.
- Look for durable products: sales are the best time to buy products that you can keep in the cupboard for many years and thus opt for brands that do not encourage fast fashion or planned obsolescence. Quality is better than quantity.
- Give a second life to products you don’t use: the second-hand market is growing exponentially in Spain. This more conscious and sustainable economic model is the key to the circular economy and allows you to find trendy products at a better price.
Price Tracking on Amazon Prime Day
If you want to buy the products that interest you at the best price, you need an application or service that allows you to check if the cost you are paying is one of the lowest that the device has in the world . e-commerce. Price tracking apps are a good tool:
- Keepa: This is one of the most popular price tracking apps on Amazon. It is known for its simple interface and advanced features. This platform allows you to see the price history of a product over different periods, which helps you know if a deal is really worth it or if you should wait.
- CamelCamelCamel: Another of the oldest and most trusted apps in this category is CamelCamelCamel. Like Keepa, it offers price history charts, but stands out for its simplicity and effectiveness.
- Honey – is best known for automatically finding coupons and discount codes, but also offers a price tracking feature on Amazon. One of its main features is the Droplist option, where you can add products and receive alerts when their price drops.
- Price Tracker for Amazon – This app is a mobile option for those who prefer to track prices from their Android devices. Price Tracker for Amazon lets you monitor products across different Amazon sites and notifies you when prices drop.
- Pricepulse: it’s a application available for iOS and Android and stands out for its price prediction algorithm. This algorithm analyzes price history and suggests whether it is the best time to buy a product or whether it is better to wait.
