Amazon Prime Day is a crazy-fast two day sale for Prime members only. It’s a lot like Black Friday … but often better.

Yes, you DO need to be a Prime member to get the sale prices.

The good news is you can give a try for 30 days and get all signed up in advance HERE to take advantage of the sale. Don’t feel like it will work for you long-term? No worries. Just cancel your membership before the renewal date is up.

In addition to taking advantage of Prime Days, you’ll also be able to access everything else Prime has to offer during your trial period (free 2-day shipping on many items is only one of the many benefits.)

The sale goes on for two days only, from July 12-13, 2022. However, there are many special pre-Prime Day offers that will be leading up to the official date, so check back often.

The sale runs for just two days, it happens rapid-fire, and quite frankly? It’s overwhelming—drinking from the firehose level stuff—and it can be tough to know if you’re actually getting a good deal. That’s why I’ll be combing through the thousands of deals for the best Prime Day deals for home, so you don’t have to deal with that mess!

Deals go live on a daily or hourly basis. Some deals are considered “lightning deals” and are only available at a certain time and end when a deal is fully claimed.

Lightning deals go live on an hourly basis and run on a timer for a limited number of sales eligible for that price. They are only available at a certain time and end when a deal is fully claimed.

I’ll be honest: some of the sales are NOT a good buy in my opinion. Sometimes they will mark up a price and then “put it on sale” just for Prime Day. (Not cool. To avoid this, start looking now for items you know you might want to purchase and take note of the current price.) Sometimes the items are unknown brands. Some are really good imitations of name-brand products that work just as well (kind of like how you can buy generic ibuprofen and it does the job and costs less than the name brand.)

Other times, those are low-quality products with sketchy reviews.

So I like to do the research work for you and either only promote items I already know and love, or share categories of items that name brand doesn’t matter so much. And if I’m in doubt, and haven’t used a specific item myself, I’ll check out the reviews and only put up items that meet my personal standards. Cool? Cool.

As an Amazon Associate, I earn a commission on qualifying sales, which helps keep this blog running. (What does and does not qualify is all up to Amazon.)

Basically, if you click on any of the links on this page and decide to purchase something right then and there, Amazon shares some of that sale with me, but it doesn’t cost a cent more to you for that to happen. So you save money and you support this blog, too! Win-win.

Sales go fast, so it’s good to have an idea of what you are looking for on the sales page. Better yet, look for “upcoming deals” on the Amazon Prime Day page and put an item in your cart in advance so you’re ready to go when the timer starts.

Sales on Prime Day tend to go FAST.

My big tips would be to know what you’re looking for, grab the lightning deals and check out immediately for each one so you don’t miss out.

Make use of the waitlist option. You never know if somebody will change their mind last minute at checkout or cancel an order and suddenly open up a spot you can grab if you’re on the waitlist.

Have any wishlists on Amazon? Great! Glance through them to see if any of your favorite items are on sale during Prime Day.

There are detailed (visual) instructions on turning on your notifications HERE so you don’t miss the sales you’ve had an eye on.

You’ll see at a glance if an item you are looking at is ACTUALLY a good deal or not. Sometimes, sellers jack up the price right before putting it “on sale.” Not cool. Honey Gold will catch this for you and alert you of recent price increases or decreases on an item, and provide a price history for comparison. You can sign up for Honey HERE.