I’ve been talking about shopping on Amazon for the last couple of days and today we are going to look at Amazon Lightning Deals. I LOVE shopping on Amazon. Love, love, love! I also talked about getting Amazon Prime. When you have  Amazon Prime all of your qualifying orders get FREE Two-Day shipping. This would be an awesome time to try Amazon Prime. There is a 30 day FREE trial available!  Amazon Prime Free Trial members enjoy all the same benefits as paid members. If you sign up today, your Amazon Prime FREE trial will take you through the Black Friday shopping period. You’ll be able to take advantage of all of the great deals we will bring you, and not worry about paying shipping.

Many of the great deals on Amazon are Lightning Deals. These are limited time deals, with limited quantities. Some of the best prices and hottest deals are Lightning Deals that sell out FAST! Here are is brief “How To” with lots of tips and tricks on how to best get these awesome Lightning Deals.

Amazon LIGHTNING DEALS – Tips & Tricks

CLICK THIS LINK to see what’s current and what’s coming – ALL Lightning Deals.
Or click one of the links listed below to go directly to a category link (easier to navigate).

If there’s something you really want… here is what I would do:

SET AN ALARM on your phone or whatever – just a few minutes before the deal to remind you to check back. All Lightning Deals times listed on Amazon are in Pacific Time so adjust to your time zone accordingly.

DON’T go to the product page – just stay on the Lightning Deals screen you go to from here and find the product on the list. Start clicking the area where the “add to cart” button is going to appear a few seconds before it appears (really fast). You can take it OUT of your cart if you don’t want it – but if you get it in your cart you have several minutes to purchase it if you want it. I have done this before with good results! I hope you all get the Lightning Deals you want! You may need to be on a computer for best results and a fast internet connection is very important. Hope this helps!!

Joining a Waitlist
1) Log in to your Amazon.com account.
2) If a Lightning Deals item is already all reserved but not yet sold out, you will see an option to “Join Waitlist”. Click the “Join Waitlist” button on a Lightning Deal to place yourself on the waitlist to receive the promotional discount. The waitlist is a list of people who are waiting for one of the reserved items to not be purchased. It then becomes available again.
3) If you are the next customer on the waitlist, you will be notified when a promotional discount becomes available. An alert will display in the upper right-hand corner of your Amazon.com page. You will see that the deal is available to add to your Cart, and you will see the time remaining to do so.
4) You are now ready to claim the Lightning Deal. If you don’t add the deal to your Cart within the time limit, you will be removed from the waitlist.

If you get on the waitlist you just want to keep an eye on your Amazon account, because if you are next in line it will pop up and tell you that you have the chance to put it in your cart and you are given a certain amount of time to do that.

*Amazon’s LINK about LIGHTNING DEALS

Category Lightning Deals LINKS

*If it doesn’t show Lightning Deals then there aren’t any lightning deals today in that category. Check back tomorrow!

Amazon TOY Lightning Deals
ARTS, CRAFTS and SEWING
BABY
BOOKS
Cell Phones & Accessories
Clothing & Accessories
Computers & Accessories
Electronics
Groceries
Health & Beauty
Home, Kitchen & Garden
Jewelry
Music
Musical Instruments
Movies & TV
Pet Supplies
Shoes & Handbags
Software
Sports & Outdoors
Tools & Home Improvement
Watches
Video Games