Amazon Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping events of the year, and the four-day 2026 sale begins on June 23 at 3:01AM ET and ends at the same time on June 27. It will give Prime members access to some of the best prices of the year on Amazon devices, as well as those from Sony, Sonos, Bose, Anker, Apple, and the other well-known (and lesser-known) brands we’re covering. The Verge.
As always, you can count on us to publish only the best deals from Amazon – as well as any great deals from Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and other competing retailers. That said, if you want to make sure you’re grabbing any deals that matter most to you, we’ve put together some helpful tools and advice.
Below, we’ve broken down a few of our best hunting tips, from using automated price trackers to the different ways you can set up your own personalized deal alerts. All of these methods and tools can be used for free, and once you put in a little work, you can rest easy knowing that you don’t need to take many steps until it’s time to buy.
Use a price tracker or deal aggregator
CamelCamelCamel and CamelMart
CamelCamelCamel tracks the price of every product sold on Amazon and can send you alerts only when it reaches a price that’s right for you. When a product reaches the price you set (or drops below it), you will receive an email about it. Camel Camel Camel only works for products on Amazon, so you’ll need to use one of the methods below if you want to track price movements at Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and other retailers.
To track prices and receive email alerts, you’ll first need to create a free account. We also suggest that you install the site’s browser extension, called The Camelizer, which allows you to see price trends by product category, and allows you to set the desired price without having to navigate from Amazon. Nice and easy to use.
Also, if you already have a wish list saved on Amazon, you can import it into CamelCamelCamel.
The developers also make Camelmart, which is Walmart’s own price tracker. It’s as good as its Amazon-only tracker, great if you prefer to shop at Walmart, or just want to track prices. You can find and save items you want to keep open, view their price history, and set a price alert that will close your email so you can shop quickly. There’s currently no browser extension you can use around shopping at Walmart, but our fingers are crossed for that experience.
Slickdeals features some of the best deals on the Internet, as discovered by its team and community of users. It’s 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 than the sites above.
You can type in a product name, such as “Sonos Era 100” or a retailer name, and once it’s added to your list, you’ll be notified with a deal alert if it meets your criteria. You can set it up to alert you of any deal related to your keyword, or you can filter deals to be notified if, for example, a deal is popular enough to make it to the front page of Slickdeals or earn a high rating in the community. Setting these keywords too broad can result in frequent notifications and emails, however, so you’ll need to use some discretion and find the right balance of how much you want Slickdeals to value you.
Keepa is another useful tool you can use to track and compare Amazon prices over time. Like CamelCamelCamel, Keepa provides charts that track price trends and will notify you when it finds a deal. You can import any wish lists you have saved on Amazon.
Unlike CamelCamelCamel, however, you don’t need to create an account to track prices with Keepa. You just need to install the extension, and Keepa will automatically add the price history graph to the list of supported products. The embedded extension has different tabs as well, one of which shows the price history and the other allows you to specify various price details. Once you’ve set your desired price, you’ll receive price alerts via email, app notification, or RSS.
Amazon’s “Alexa shopping” tool will show you the price history of many products, and allow you to set up a price alert. If you are using a desktop or laptop computer, you can access the feature by clicking on “Price History” next to the price listed in the middle of the product page. You may also be able to find its button on the main nav bar of the Amazon home page.
Even if you find it, Alexa Shopping will call up a widget that can show you the product’s price history, which can be changed up to the last year. There is also an option in the widget to allow you to set a price alert. It will probably provide price suggestions based on the data, but you can type in the price you want. You will receive a deal alert to the email address associated with Amazon when the price drops accordingly. You can also set the tool to automatically buy a product when it drops to a certain price.
Set up deal notifications with Alexa or the Amazon app
If you’re a Prime member who owns a fourth-generation Echo speaker or a newer model, you can also request that Amazon send you notifications up to 24 hours in advance about products you’re interested in. To enable the feature, tap More > Settings > Notifications in the Alexa app, then tap Amazon Shopping. Then, scroll down to Shopping Recommendations and enable Deal Recommendations. When you’re done, you’ll get a notification on both your device and your Echo speaker (the latter in the form of a yellow ring) informing you of the deal.
Alternatively, you can sign up to receive deal alerts about products you recently viewed in the Amazon Shopping app, as well as those related to your recent search history. If you’re a Prime member, you just need to navigate to the Prime Day event page on the mobile app between now and Wednesday, October 8, to create an alert. Once you’re done, you’ll get push notifications for any deals you signed up for when the event starts. You can also open the Amazon Shopping app and tap Settings > Notifications > Deals & Recommendations before turning on “Savings” and/or “Recommendations.”
Look for deals outside of Amazon
Prime Day is intended to show the large presence of Amazon stores, so, naturally, other retail chains are taking notice. Because of this, you can sometimes find better deals at retailers like Target, Walmart, and Best Buy. At least, they it is possible able to match Amazon’s price if you ask.
If an upcoming Amazon sale doesn’t have everything you’re looking for, or if you just want to make sure you’re getting the best deal, shop around. For example, Walmart will soon be hosting a Walmart Deals event from June 22nd to June 28. Target is getting in on the deals, too, with Target Circle Deal Days happening at the same time as Prime Day. Finally, Best Buy is hosting its Tech Fest sale from June 22nd to June 29th. And as always, you’ll be able to find all of our deals coverage on and off Amazon here.
We are an understanding bunch here The Vergeso don’t worry if you go into this without preparation. We’ll be rounding up the best tech deals and keeping our coverage up to date ahead of the main event this week. So mark June 23 on your calendar, sign up for Amazon Prime and our Verge Shopping newsletters, and maybe start putting aside a little spending money.