Highlights:
- Amazon Prime Day usually takes place in July
- Users can expect deals on smartphones, laptops and other gadgets
Amazon India has announced the schedule of the Amazon Prime Day 2020 sale via a microsite. 2020’s annual sale even from the e-commerce and tech giant will take place on the 6th and 7th of August.
It has come as a surprise to many people as it is the first time that Amazon has scheduled the Prime Day sale in August as it has always taken place in July. It is being said that the delay has been caused due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic which has hugely impacted the e-commerce business globally.
This will be the 4th edition of the Amazon Prime Day sale in India and is said to bring a plethora of great deals and new launches.
To put it into perspective, the Prime Day is an annual sale event which is exclusive for the Amazon Prime Members all across the globe. Amazon usually reveals the mains deals alongside announcing the event, however, this time the company mentioned on the Prime Day 2020 microsite that some of the major offers will be revealed from 23rd July onwards.
Meanwhile, Amazon has stated that the Sale will go live on midnight (12:00 AM) on 6th August and will offer some of the best deals across smartphones, consumer electronics, appliances, kitchen, toys, TVs, fashion, daily essentials, beauty and other categories.
Amazon has also teased the users with “best ever deals” on Fire TV, Echo, and Kindle devices. Additionally, there will be more than 300 new products launched on Amazon from brands such as Samsung, Titan, Jabra, JBL, Microsoft Xbox, Xiaomi, OnePlus and many more.
Customers will also get rewards of over Rs. 2,000 on everyday essential payments and shopping via Amazon Pay.
Amazon will offer the Prime Members with the option to avail 20% cashback of a maximum of Rs. 2,000 on the Prime Day sale for making purchases between midnight of July 23rd and August 5th from products offered by several Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). There will also be free in-game content in addition to the new content launching across the popular mobile games listed for the Amazon Prime Members.
Users can expect interesting deals on different smartphones and laptops in addition to many other gadgets during the Amazon Prime Day sale.
Additionally, users will get a 10% instant discount when HDFC cared will be used and will be valid on several products. The 2-day sale event will also offer a list of no-cost EMI options and exchange offers.
Apart from the deals on products, Amazon also brings new movie releases during its Prime Day sale event to entertain the Amazon Prime members via Amazon Prime Video service. In 2020, users will get titles such as Bandish Bandits, Shakuntala Devi, Birds of Prey, and Gemini Man ahead of the sale event.
User will also get celebrity curated music playlists on Prime Music.
Generally, Prime Day sale takes places simultanelously in both the US and Indian markets, however, this year Amazon has yet to announce the schedule for US Sale day. To make most of the Prime Day sale, users must have Amazon Prime Membership which is available for Rs. 999 for a year or Rs. 129 per month.