- Today insider savings secrets
and what Amazon might not want you to know
as we tackle Prime Day 2019.
Hi, I'm the YouTube deal guy, Matt Granite.
I am so excited to deliver information to you right here
that you will not necessarily hear anywhere else.
Actually, if you watch me on TV,
you might have heard some of this,
but I'm giving the bulk of it right here.
I also want to remind
that I am not speaking on behalf of Amazon.
This is not sanctioned by their PR department.
This is just information to ensure
that you really do save more cash
than you've ever thought possible on Amazon Prime Day.
So obviously if you wanted to know the dates,
when is Prime Day 2019, expand the video description box,
I have everything you need right there.
But I want to take you through
some of the less obvious information tied to Prime Day.
If you've ever searched
for one of those Prime Day insider secrets videos,
a lot of the time it's just someone telling you
to go to Amazon.com and get a free 30 day trial membership.
I want to dispel some of the myths
and yes, I will discuss the Prime Day membership
and why that's important and how that correlates,
but also a lot of stuff
that people just don't like to discuss.
Insider tip number one.
Get the Prime membership.
Use the free 30 day trial
if you're not already a Prime member.
You can activate it now,
it will still be valid through Prime day.
There's a link to do that
if you expand the video description box right under me
if you go to Facebook.com/dealboss.
The best deals are offered to Prime members.
That is across the board.
They are also Prime member exclusives and it is a myth
that you need to be a longtime running paid subscriber
of Prime to get those deals.
Amazon is actually offering it out to anyone
with a free 30 day trial
because they hope that if you subscribe,
you will be sticking with them for the long run.
Suggestion and/or tip and/or secret number two.
In the weeks leading up to Prime Day,
you can find many of the best Prime Day deals
at lower prices directly from some of the manufacturers.
That's actually a thing.
It doesn't mean if you go to Sony's website,
you're gonna be able to find the Sony TV
for a hundred dollars cheaper than when Amazon offers it,
but many of the third party resellers
actually offer some deals in advance
and that is so they can get most of the traffic
'cause it costs them more to sell on Amazon.
Your next suggestion and/or tip and insider saving secret.
I don't know if you know this,
but Amazon's lightning deals
are not always the most population items.
For a brand to offer an item as a lightning deal,
it's usually dependent upon what that item is selling for
in relation to its competition.
They actually have to submit their items,
like an audition to Amazon.
So that means, the power bank you see as a flash deal
or a lightning deal on Amazon on Prime Day
is the lowest price for that item,
but not always the best in its category.
Obviously I pride myself on the fact
that I can sift through all of the savings
and identify which items are the best for you.
The next savings secret that I'm actually very proud
to impart is not something that a lot of people know.
I actually discovered it several years ago.
I'm sure there are other people that have written about it,
but I was, at least in terms of what I've researched.
One of the first people to point this out,
retailers that sell on Amazon
will run their exact same Prime Day deal
at different reductions in the months
that lead up to Prime Day.
That's really a thing.
Stores want to gauge the demand for a specific item.
That tells them how much to manufacture
and then that tells them
what they should send over to Amazon.
That means that many of the items that you see on sale
for Prime Day have actually run on sale
at the exact same price several times before.
So just keep that in mind that throughout the year,
many of the items you see on sale for Prime Day
have been reduced at the exact same price,
sometimes more because retailers are trying to figure out
how many people will buy how much of a specific item.
With that being said,
the next piece of advice I would like to remind you of,
Amazon actually runs its biggest promotions and deals
leading up to Prime Day to really grab attention.
So a massive TV deal, a massive laptop deal,
the craziest deals you've ever seen
tied to bedding and home essentials.
Those all drop in the weeks and days
leading up to Prime Day.
Amazon will do that so they can peak interest.
Because we all know
that generating PR before an actual event
is sometimes bigger than the event itself.
The final savings insider information
that I would like to pass along
is that not all Prime Day deals
are actually associated with Amazon to the same degree.
There are two different types of sales on Amazon.
The insider speak, something called FBM
which stands for fulfilled by merchant
and then something called FBA
which stands for fulfilled by Amazon.
There's actually three different ways you can buy an item.
There's fulfilled by Amazon,
which means manufacturer or store
sends their item over to Amazon
on a big truck or train or plane
and then Amazon puts it into their warehouse,
they charge a storage fee and they'll fulfill those items
at those crazy paces to the point
where you can actually get same day delivery
or same hourly delivery on specific items.
Then there's also FBM,
which stands for fulfilled by merchant.
That means you're buying an Amazon,
but it's being fulfilled by a third party.
So that means a warehouse tied
to some product that you bought
that's not in any way affiliated with Amazon.
Amazon is just facilitating the transaction.
And then, there's what I call
the worst, awful ever free shipping
from some other country overseas
where it is not always a great deal and in some cases,
you're so far from Amazon customer service
and their return policy,
you really need to watch who you are buying from.
So please keep in mind that when you're looking at an item,
look at the number of days it's gonna take
for your item to show up.
If you purchase something
in the days leading up to Prime Day or on Prime Day itself,
and it says it'll ship in 35 to 75 days, cancel that order.
I'm telling you, if there's limited accountability to it
and some company in China
is hoping they can get it onto a boat in time for you.
There are other ways to get those deals
and sometimes better platforms like Alibaba as an example,
that will specialize in customer service
for those type of transactions.
Finally, a reminder, bonus tip.
As much as Amazon would love you to download their app
for Prime Day, I highly recommend not using the app.
Your best experience for Prime Day is on a desktop screen
or a laptop browser where you can see everything open up.
You can see where the items are shipping from,
who the merchants are and then you can also see
some of the purchased accessories with that item.
Sometimes you're buying a robotic talking something
and it needs an adapter or different plug
or a bunch of batteries
that aren't quite visible on the app.
And you can also use me to make this the Prime Day yet
and who doesn't want to be used in this context?
I specialize in finding deals,
making sure that you get to them before anyone else.
And if you are subscribed to this YouTube channel,
I can promise you
that I will get you every big Prime Day deal first.
I have access to deals first.
I have links that people have never seen before
and I have the ability to send you that information.
So here's what you can do
to make sure that you do get hooked up.
Part one, click on my head to subscribe to this channel.
That's the first part.
Part one, redundant.
Second part, if you click here
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or leave a comment, feel free to do that
because when your notifications are turned on,
you will get an alert when a new deal drops
or my Prime Day lists are released early
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