Prime Big Deal Days: Countdown to Amazon’s autumnal sale

Prime Big Deal Days, Amazon’s next big sale and the spiritual successor to Prime Day, is just around the corner and there’s a lot worth knowing before the event kicks off.

Even though the dust has barely settled on this year’s Amazon Prime Day, the online retailer seems dead-set on bringing one more major sale to its active Prime subscribers before Black Friday kicks off in late November.

This year’s Prime Big Deal Days is something of a rework of last year’s Prime Early Access sale, and while we won’t know exactly how much has changed in Amazon’s strategy until the sale properly kicks off, there’s still plenty of information available ahead of time that gives us a few ideas over what to expect. Just keep on reading to find out all there is to know about Prime Big Deal Days.

What is Prime Big Deal Days?

While only a handful of information is known about the event so far, Prime Big Deal Days looks to follow in the same vein as Prime Day by offering a whole host of exclusive discounts to Amazon Prime members.

The sale was announced by the CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, Doug Herrington, in a post that revealed a total of 19 countries that will be included in the event. Here’s the full list of countries set to takre part in the Prime Big Deal Days sale:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the US, and the UK

When is Prime Big Deal Days?

After announcing the event several weeks ago, Amazon has finally pulled back the curtain and confirmed some concrete dates. We now know that Prime Big Day Deals will take place on Tuesday, October 10th and Wednesday, October 11th, encompassing a full 48-hour period filled with countless offers.

How is it different from Prime Day?

At this point, there’s very little to discern Prime Big Deal Days from the Prime Day sale that we’re accustomed to. All we know so far is that both events require an active Amazon Prime membership in order to take part, however, Amazon has revealed that the sale will include deals on products from the likes of Bose, Shark and Fitbit, which definitely indicates that the items featured will have the same scope as Prime Day.

When should I sign up to Amazon Prime?

Just like Prime Day, Prime Big Deal Days features Amazon’s subscription service in its name so it’s no secret that an active membership is required to get in on the action, but if you’ve yet to sign up then you might be wondering when the best time is to activate Amazon’s free trial for Prime.

In order to make the most of Prime Big Deal Days and Prime itself, we wouldn’t leave it any later than Monday, October 9th to sign up. That way you can still enjoy plenty of time with all the benefits of Prime after the sale is done, including next-day delivery, access to Prime Video and more.

What deals are available now?

Amazon rarely plays by the rules when it comes to set start and end times for its major sales. Case in point, Prime Big Day Deals isn’t technically supposed to kick off until October 10th, but that hasn’t stopped the retailer from dropping a handful of deals ahead of time for anyone who simply can’t wait to bag a bargain.

One of the most impressive early-Prime Big Day Deals offers we’ve spotted (try and say that five times in a row) is the tasty Xbox Series S bundle that gets you a copy of EA Sports FC 24 at no extra cost. For any football fans out there, this is a great option for hopping on the next-gen bandwagon without breaking the bank.

If you’d rather get your autumnal playlists in order (pumpkin spice lattes and Taylor Swift go hand in hand after all) then you’ll be glad to know that new Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers can get three months’ access for free.

You can even cancel your subscription before the three months is out to avoid paying a single penny, so if you haven’t used Amazon Music Unlimited yet the offer is well worth jumping on.