Prime Day vs. Black Friday: Which sales are better? [Video]

UPDATE: Oct. 10, 2024, 2:00 p.m. EDT Prime Big Deal Days 2024 has officially ended, but some deals are still live — the list at the bottom of this post has been updated with the best ones.

The difference between Prime Day and Black Friday — their roots, anyway — probably isn’t a mystery to anyone who has dabbled in online shopping before.

Most of us know that Black Friday is the big sale frenzy that happens around Thanksgiving as a precursor to the holidays, and that almost every store you can think of participates. Alternatively, the name “Prime Day” suggests that the event is indeed an Amazon-specific event made up by Amazon for members of its Prime subscription.

The lines between these two shopping holidays also aren’t quite as blurred as they are between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which have become pretty indistinguishable from each other due to 1. being just a few days apart on the calendar, and …