Amazon Prime Day 2021 Set for June 21–22

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5 min readJun 2, 2021

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Savings begins at 3 a.m. ET on Monday, June 21 and end at 2:59 a.m. ET on Tuesday, June 23.

By Chloe Albanesius

Are you hungry for deals? It may seem like the 2020 holiday shopping season just ended, but discount-minded internet users are already on to the next big thing—Amazon Prime Day.

Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Amazon to push its annual shopping holiday from July to October. This year, it returns as a summer-focused sales extravaganza.

When Is Prime Day 2021?

After months of rumors, Amazon today confirmed that Prime Day 2021 is scheduled for June 21–22. Savings begins at 12 a.m. PT / 3 a.m. ET on Monday, June 21 and end at 11:59 p.m. PT / 2:59 a.m. ET on Tuesday, June 23.

What Is Prime Day?

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Prime Day is a now-annual savings bonanza available to members of Amazon’s Prime service. It started in 2015 as a celebration of Amazon’s 20th anniversary, billed as a “one-day only event filled with more deals than Black Friday, exclusively for Prime members around the globe.” That first Prime Day wasn’t exactly a huge…

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