Amazon Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping events of the year outside of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with this year\u2019s summer installment running from July 16th through the 17th<\/a>. The two-day shopping affair will likely grant Prime members access to some of the best prices of the year on Amazon devices, as well as products from Sony, Sonos, Peloton, Withings, and other well-known brands. This applies to items spanning a range of categories, including gaming peripherals, laptops, 4K TVs, phones, PC accessories, and more. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n As always, you can count on us to publish only the best deals during Prime Day \u2014 including those featured at Walmart, Best Buy, and other competing retailers. That said, if you want to be sure you catch any and all deals that are most important to you \u2014 or be among the first to know of certain price drops \u2014 we\u2019ve compiled some helpful tools and advice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Below, we\u2019ve spelled out a few of our biggest deal-hunting tips, from how to use automated price trackers to the different ways you can set up your own personalized deal alerts. All of these methods and tools are free to use, and once you put in just a little bit of work, you can rest easy knowing that you don\u2019t need to take much action until it comes time to make a purchase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n CamelCamelCamel tracks the price of every product sold on Amazon and can send you alerts when they reach the price that\u2019s right for you. Once a product reaches the desired price you\u2019ve set or lower, you\u2019ll get an email about it. CamelCamelCamel only <\/em>works for products on Amazon, however, so you\u2019ll need to use a different one below if you want to track price movement at Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and other retailers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n To track prices and get alerts via email, you\u2019ll need to create a free account. Also, we suggest installing the site\u2019s browser extension<\/a>, called The Camelizer, which lets you see pricing trends on a product-by-product basis and allows you to set your desired price without navigating away from Amazon. It\u2019s fantastic and easy to use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n As soon as one of the products falls below the amount set on your price alert, you\u2019ll instantly get an email. And if you already have a wishlist saved on Amazon,\u00a0you can import it<\/a>\u00a0into CamelCamelCamel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Like CamelCamelCamel, the PayPal Honey (n\u00e9e just \u201cHoney\u201d) browser extension can track the prices of items you\u2019re interested in, and it will alert you via email when it finds a deal. However, unlike the price-tracking site above, Honey will also scour each site you visit for offer codes that can be applied to your checkout total to save you even more money. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Honey works with Amazon and many other retailers, and you can add items to your \u201cDroplist,\u201d which is basically just a wishlist. In most instances, the option to add an item to your list pops up on the right-hand side, and you can select the price watch duration as well as the percentage off you\u2019re looking for. As an added convenience, Honey will also automatically add items you frequently browse to your Droplist thanks to its so-called \u201cSmart Droplist\u201d feature, which can be turned on and off at your discretion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Slickdeals <\/em>aggregates some of the best deals around the internet, as discovered by its team and community of users. It\u2019s a great place to find a curated set of deals on things you might be interested in. The site also allows you to create deal alerts based on keywords, but they work a little differently on Slickdeals <\/em>than they do on the above sites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You can type in a product name, like \u201cSonos Era 100\u201d or a retailer\u2019s name, and once it\u2019s added to your list, you\u2019ll be notified of a deal alert if it meets your criteria. You can set it to alert you to any deal related to your keyword, or you can filter out deals so that you\u2019ll be notified if, for example, the deal is popular enough to make it to Slickdeals\u2019 front page or earned a high rating from the community. Setting these keywords a little too broadly may result in frequent notification pings and emails, though, so you\u2019ll need to use some discretion and find the right balance of how aggressively you want Slickdeals to notify you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Keepa is another handy tool you can use to track and compare Amazon prices over time. Like CamelCamelCamel, Keepa provides charts that track pricing trends and will alert you when it finds a deal. You can also import any wishlists you\u2019ve previously saved on Amazon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Unlike CamelCamelCamel, however, you don\u2019t necessarily need to create an account in order to track prices with Keepa. You just need to install the extension<\/a>, and Keepa will automatically add a price history graph to supported product listings. The embedded extension features different tabs as well, one of which showcases pricing history and another that allows you to specify various pricing details. Once you\u2019ve set your desired price, you\u2019ll then receive price alerts via email, push notification, Telegram, or RSS. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n We\u2019re a discerning bunch here at\u00a0The Verge<\/em>, so don\u2019t fret if you\u2019re going into this without any prep. We\u2019ll be corralling the best tech deals and keeping our coverage up to date in the run-up to the main event. So mark July 16th and 17th on your calendar,\u00a0sign up for Amazon Prime<\/a> and our Verge Deals<\/em> newsletter<\/a>, and maybe start putting aside a little spending cash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nUse a price-tracking tool or deal aggregator<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Set up deal alert notifications through Alexa or the Amazon app<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Sign up for Amazon\u2019s invite-only deals<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Look for deals outside of Amazon<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Trust the experts<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n