Amazon to overshadow Black Friday with 'Prime Early Access Sale' event

A smiling woman holds several boxes of Amazon products.
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Following wide-spread rumours, today Amazon has announced it will be hosting a second retail event this year, the brand new (if not brilliantly-named) Amazon Prime Early Access Sale. Perhaps in an attempt to preempt the huge retail interest in November's Black Friday November, and also maybe just because it's got stacks of products that it wants to shift, it's the first time Amazon has conducted two massive retail events in one year. It'll run from 11-12 October.

And just in case you wanted to call this Prime member-only retail event Amazon Prime Day 2, the smiling retail giant has stressed that that is not what it's called. So what can we expect from this definitely-not-Prime-Day-2 event? Well, over two days Amazon Prime subscribers can enjoy some pretty big discounts on a wide range of products, from Amazon and other brands (see, nothing like Prime Day at all!) And in classic Amazon style, there seem to be some great Prime Early Access deals already trickling in. Head over to our run down of all the best Amazon Prime deals, which we will be updating frequently in the days to come. 

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Beren Neale
Ecom Editor

Beren cut his teeth as Staff Writer on the digital art magazine ImagineFX 13 years ago, and has since worked on and edited several creative titles. As Ecom Editor on Creative Bloq, when he's not reviewing the latest audiophile headphones or evaluating the best designed ergonomic office chairs, he’s testing laptops, TVs and monitors, all so he can find the best deals on the best tech for Creative Bloq’s creative professional audience.