{"id":615966,"date":"2025-10-29T12:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=615966"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:37:33","slug":"amazon-announces-early-black-friday-deals-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/black-friday\/615966-amazon-announces-early-black-friday-deals-in-south-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"Amazon announces early Black Friday deals in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amazon.co.za will offer discounts of up to 50% on a wide range of products in its Early Black Friday promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The e-commerce giant provided a sneak peek of its upcoming discounts, which will be available between 31 October and 7 November 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The retailer will offer up to 30% off products in its Home Entertainment and Everyday Essentials categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latter includes groceries and fast-moving consumer goods. MyBroadband previously found<\/a> Amazon.co.za’s prices on these products compared well to major retailers like Checkers and Pick n Pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Products in the Books, Home & Kitchen, Outdoor & Braai, PC, and Headphones & Speakers categories will also be discounted up to 40% in the Early Black Friday Sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the retailer will again offer free delivery on all items shipped by Amazon, with no minimum spend criteria. it typically requires that shoppers spend at least R500 for this benefit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon recommended that users download its mobile app, add items to their wishlist, and set their alarms to get deals before they are sold out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separate from the 2025 Early Black Friday sale, Amazon.co.za is also offering an extra R1,000 off five TVs at checkout until 1 December 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most affordable of these is a Skyworth 50-inch 4K smart TV, which is currently marked down to R4,999 from R5,799. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the R1,000 discount, it drops down further to R3,999, making it one of the most affordable large-screen smart TVs with this resolution that MyBroadband has recently seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon’s other marketplaces, including its primary US-based Amazon.com, have yet to announce their Black Friday plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the retailer generally offers its best discounts during its own annual Prime Day Sale, which has not yet launched in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the deals available in this sale require an Amazon Prime subscription, which has not yet been launched in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime not yet on the table in South Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Amazon Prime boxes. Photographer: Julie Clopper \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Before Amazon.co.za launched, there were mixed predictions from experts about whether Amazon would offer the popular all-in-one bundle subscription in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, two experienced e-commerce executives told MyBroadband<\/a> that it would take some time for the service to roll out here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Group co-founder and managing director Andy Higgins said Prime could appeal to a specific segment of the market but thinks it is unlikely to become as mainstream in South Africa as in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higgins believes the cost-conscious nature of local consumers will make it challenging for Amazon to establish a subscription delivery model as a mass market offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superbalist and Bash co-founder Claude Hanan concurred that Prime was unlikely to see significant uptake locally unless it had a robust ecosystem of products, services, and customer trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Their assortment [of products and services] will need to scale materially \u2014 this is arguably their biggest challenge right now,” Hanan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the US, a Prime subscription is priced at $14.99 (R284) per month or $139 (R2,633) per year and consists of an extensive list of benefits, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n