Amazon Prime Day — more deals than Black Friday

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Jody Mace

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Maybe you’ve heard of “Christmas in July.” Amazon is celebrating “Black Friday in July” with Amazon Prime Day. For one day only, July 16, 2018, Amazon will offer tremendous savings on more deals than on Black Friday. These deals will be for Prime members only.

The “one-day-only” thing isn’t quite precisely true. The Prime Day deals start 3 p.m. ET on July 16. As often as every five minutes, for 30 hours, new deals will become available.

Amazon Prime members receive a number of benefits including free 2-day shipping, streaming of over a million songs, TV shows and movies on Prime Instant Video, unlimited photo storage, 500,000 free ebooks, and more. It costs $99 a year. However, you can get a free 30-day membership. After those 30 days you’re free to cancel and there will be no charge. Right now is the best time to join, so that you’ll be ready for Prime Day.

About Jody Mace

Jody Mace is a freelance writer who has written for publications like O Magazine, Washington Post, and Parents. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and two teenaged kids. Her colleagues are dogs named Harlow and Shaggy. She publishes Charlotte on the Cheap and takes the “cheap” seriously. For fun she plays mandolin and browses at her local Goodwill Store, where she is “Foursquare Mayor,” as long as that Russell G. doesn’t steal it from her again. You can see her celebration of thrift store finds at Thrift Wrecks.