Best Takealot early Black Friday tech deals

Takealot’s early Black Friday deals include a wide range of tech, with discounts going well over 50%.

South Africa’s top online store is running its Countdown Sale in the lead-up to the Blue Dot Sale, its iteration of Black Friday.

Takealot has extensive experience with the annual shopping promotion, being the first local retailer to introduce it to the country in 2012.

At that point, Black Friday was still primarily a US event.

The actual Blue Dot Sale will be running from 29 November 2024, following on the heels of the Blue Dot Earl Access sale starting on 23 November 2024.

However, the retailer has told MyBroadband that devices discounted during its Blue Dot Countdown Sale — which kicked off on 1 November — will not be available at better prices during Black Friday.

That means that if a particular product you have your sights on is currently available in the sale, that will be the best price you can expect on Takealot.

MyBroadband scoured the Countdown Sale catalogue and used the historic price tracking tool Servaltracker.com to see what items were available at their best prices yet.

We found TVs, smartphones, monitors, computer peripherals and internal components, headphones, speakers, and printers selling for excellent prices.

One of the most affordable tech products currently on sale is a wired gaming mouse from Reddragon going for R249.

The budget brand has established a reputation for offering good value for money with its well-priced gaming peripherals.

It also had keyboards, microphones, and speakers discounted for the sale.

In addition, there were several deeply discounted products from Samsung, including an entry-level computer monitor priced at R999.

It also had several TVs and SSDs selling at their lowest prices yet, such as a 65-inch QLED model priced at R10,999.

Other prominent brands that had numerous products available included Apple, Garmin, Hisense, Huawei, and Xiaomi.

We were also particularly intrigued by a range of Toshiba 4K gaming TVs with high refresh rates, ideal for the latest generation of gaming consoles, with prices starting from R7,999 for a 55-inch model.

The Takealot Blue Dot Countdown Sale will run until 23 November 2024, although it should be noted that some of the best-discounted items we found were already in limited stock.

Shoppers who want additional deals can take up a TakealotMore subscription to access exclusive offerings.

The subscription is free to try out for a month.

Below are 20 of the best early Black Friday deals in Takealot’s Blue Dot Countdown sale.

Reddragon Griffin 7,200 DPI gaming mouse (Black or White) — R249 (normally R399)

Acer SD100 8GB DDR4 2,666MHz SODIMM RAM — R469 (normally R813)

Marvo Monka Zilla RGB Gaming Speakers — R479 (normally R899)

Canon Selphy CP1000 Photo Printer — R999 (normally R1,999)

Samsung 19-inch HD Monitor — R999 (normally R1,999)

Asus ZenScreen MB165B 15.6-inch Portable HD Monitor — R1,999 (normally R2,999)

Hisense 3.1 channel 480W Bluetooth Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer — R2,299 (normally R2,999)

Steelseries Arctis 7P+ White — R2,399 (normally R4,599)

HP Smart Tank 580 All-in-one Printer — R2,499 (normally R4,499)

Rode NTUSB+ Professional Studio Quality Microphone— R3,799 (normally R5,250)

Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID + Numeric Keyboard — R3,299 (normally R4,699)

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 128GB — R3,999 (normally R4,999)

Samsung 32-inch Full HD Curved Monitor — R4,499 (normally R5,799)

Xiaomi Robot Vacuum Cleaner S10+ — R5,999 (normally R8,499)

Nothing Phone 1 256GB Dual SIM — R6,899 (normally R9,999)

Apple Watch Series 8 GPS + Cellular 41mm — R7,999 (normally R13,999)

Toshiba 65-inch Z670MN 4K Gaming Smart TV with 144Hz refresh rate — R9,999 (normally R16,999)

Samsung 65-inch QE1D 4K Smart QLED TV — R10,999 (normally R16,999)

Garmin Fenix 7X Pro, Solar Edition — R16,999 (normally R21,999)

Samsung 85-inch DU7000 4K Smart TV — R19,999 (normally R32,999)