Once upon a time, Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving and the traditional highlight of sales events) meant standing in line outside your favorite store along with thousands of other potential customers, waiting for the stampede to begin. How old-fashioned! Nowadays, many of us take the easy way out and shop those deals from our couches. And amazon, as expected, saves its best deals for members of its Prime program.
This year, amazon Black Friday sales will take place on Friday, November 29. Cyber Monday, when deals focus on tech devices, will be Monday, December 2. If you're interested in the benefits on offer but haven't signed up for amazon Prime, don't worry: amazon makes it easy for you.
If you are attracted by the benefits offered but you have not registered for Prime, amazon makes it very easy for you
In addition to giving access to Prime Day offers, amazon.com/b/?node=23945845011&tag=theverge02-20″>amazon includes a ton of features. to entice people to sign up for their Prime service. These include access to its streaming video service. amazon.com/gp/video/offers/?tag=theverge02-20″>main videowhich unfortunately is no longer free of advertising, although you can amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=TD5EYJIUGQMY13QQdi&tag=theverge02-20″>pay extra for that; free, faster shipping on purchases (with two- or one-day delivery for many items and even same-day delivery for some); discounts on amazon.com/fmc/learn-more?tag=theverge02-20″>a selection of foods from amazon Fresh and Whole Foods; amazon.com/music/?tag=theverge02-20″>amazon Music ad-free audio streaming (not to be confused with the more extensive amazon Music Unlimited, which costs an additional $9.99 per month for Prime members and $10.99 per month for non-members); amazon.com/”>Prime Gameswhich includes a free subscription to the Twitch channel; unlimited photo storage (along with 5 GB of video storage); and amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/nonprime-pr/?tag=theverge02-20″>Main readinggiving you access to a rotating library of comics, books and magazines, as well as early access to a curated selection of new books. And more recently, amazon has added discounts at BP and Amaco gas stations.
Can amazon.com/myh/households?tag=theverge02-20″>share your Prime account (and most of its functions) also with another adult, along with up to four teenagers and four children. And you get a 30-day free trial, so you can try it out (and the Prime Day specials).
We should probably mention the obvious: You can sign up for a Prime membership, take advantage of the 30-day free trial, and then cancel once the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales end. But you can only do it once, so you won't be able to use that trick next year when Prime Day rolls around.
Update, November 1, 2024: This article was first published on June 9, 2021 and has been updated to reflect new information about amazon's Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals.
