Amazon's first ever White Friday deals are now ready to be rolled to the UAE - the waves of savings are really starting to come through. While we're expecting more to come over the next few days, we are seeing some good deals already, as our extensive list below shows.
You can't have failed to notice that Amazon is going big on White Friday in the UAE this year. The week log sale starts Saturday November 23 and lasts till Friday November 29. There's no doubt that we'll continue seeing some great deals throughout this week.
From what we've found out so far, there's every chance this will be the best year yet for the mega-retailer, with deals on mobiles, appliances, computers and more – so we've scraped through to bring you the very best Amazon deals we've found so far.
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Amazon White Friday has kicked off in the UAE
Amazon's gone live in the UAE with a whole host of deals and our discount-hunting specialists will be keeping an eye out for bargains throughout the week. Enjoy these deals and keep checking back for more.
Best Black Friday deals from TechRadar Global
On top of the usual set of deals, Amazon is also offering the following cashback offers:
- Receive 10% cashback when using Visa cards.
- Receive 15% cashback when using Emirates NBD or Emirates Islamic Visa cards
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Amazon at White Friday: a brief history
Last year, Black Friday was a record-breaking event for Amazon: the period from Thanksgiving through to Cyber Monday saw Amazon’s sales increase by “millions” over the previous year. In the Middle East, the event is labelled as White Friday.
In a press release, it said that last year's Cyber Monday was the biggest shopping day in Amazon’s history. Amazon said that between Black Friday and Cyber Monday it sold over 18 million toys and 13 million fashion items.
When are Amazon's White Friday sales?
Right now, sleepyhead! Amazon confirmed that the deals would start to appear in the UAE from Staurday, November 23 and will run through to Friday, November 29 - and they have!
But that's not all, the mega-retailer has already started detailing which own-brand deals will be available during that time. Which means if you're savvy about it you can get a headstart on the White Friday 2019 deals right now.
- Black Friday vs Cyber Monday: what's the difference?
How to get the best deals from Amazon on White Friday 2019
We’ve got two key bits of advice: do your homework and bide your time. If you know roughly what you want and what you expect to pay for it then you’re much more likely to get a good deal than if you charge around Amazon waving your credit card at anything with a discount.
The exception to that is lightning deals, which are only available for a short, specified period. When those ones are gone, they’re gone. Make sure you’ve signed up for Amazon Prime before you go shopping, as lightning deals and some of Amazon’s best deals are Prime-only. There’s a free trial you can cancel after you’ve shopped.
You’ll often find that the prices charged in the days before White Friday get even lower once Black Friday itself looms: Amazon starts really getting into things at roughly 8pm.
It's also worth mentioning that you might want to become an Amazon Prime member before White Friday 2019 if you aren't one already. This way your Black Friday deals will be delivered quicker than usual, and for free.
And of course, a bargain is only a bargain if it’s on something you actually want. We’re trying not to think about the Sony headphones we bought on Black Friday 2018 - they’re still in the original cellophane.
Here's one more bit of crucial advice: stick with us. There are loads of expert tech lovers at TechRadar, and we’ll be spending the entire Black Friday period locked in a room with only laptops, pizza and energy drinks for company as we scour Amazon for the very best Amazon White Friday deals.
- Check out our guide to Black Friday 2019
