Amazon announces its 30 hour Prime Day 2017 global deals event, reserved exclusively for Prime members – surpassed Black Friday and Cyber Monday, making it the biggest day in Amazon history! It grew by more than 60 per cent over last year’s event, according to Amazon.
The best-selling product in Canada was from Ottawa-based company, Instant Pot, for the Instant Post Duo 80 7-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker.
Other top sellers included the Kindle Paperwhite, AmazonBasics Rechargeable Batteries and the Xbox One S 500GB Console.
One more orbit around the Sun before the next Prime Day folks!
Some background info so you are prepared for next year’s event:
Amazon’s Black Friday is here today and gone tomorrow! Reminder today is Amazon Prime Day with 30% to 50% savings on electronics, movie gift sets, TV’s, Kindle, eReaders and more. Free regular Canadian Amazon members need to pay $79 annually for Prime membership to take in the deals and free two-day delivery all year round, preferred pricing every day and Amazon TV and Movie access…or try the free 30 day trial.
If you buy more than one item a month, Amazon Prime is a better deal for you as free two-day shipping tips the scale in its favour.
Most items are great deals but some, like the awesome Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Electric Toothbrush sells for the same $149.99 price at London Drugs till the end of the month. Or a 4GB portable USB 3.0 backup drive $134.99 at Prime and at Best Buy too.
Some online savings examples:
· Save up to 50% on Select Sony and Sennheiser Headphones
· Save 30% on select VIZIO 24, 32, and 48-inch TVs
· Save on Game of Thrones: Season 1-6 Gift Set
· $40 off Kindle Paperwhite
· $50 off Kindle Voyage
· 30% off your purchase of eco-friendly products when you buy any two or more
Prime Day ends at 3 AM/ ET tonight. www.amazon.ca/