Although Black Friday is still the best time to buy almost everything, many other seasonal sales events have become almost as big in recent years. With pretty much every retailer planning some sort of way to attract customers throughout 2026, even right now is an excellent time to find deals on tech, video games, books, and just about everything else.
If you’re hoping to save some money at any point this year, there are a few different sale dates worth marking on your calendar. We’ve gathered some of the biggest upcoming sales events we know about to help you plan out your online (or in-store) shopping in 2026 and beyond.
Upcoming Sales Events
1. Dads and Grads Sales (June 1–21)
The beginning of June is a great time to find one of the biggest sales mashups of the year. Graduations usually take place sometime in the first two weeks of June and Father’s Day lands closer to the end of the month this year. The result of this is retailers targeting both graduating students and dads with some sort of promotion. During this time you can usually find discounts on big-ticket items like TVs, laptops, PCs, furniture, and a variety of others things. It’s a great time to find deals on electronics before the summer season kicks off and (the first) Amazon Prime Day rolls around later in July.
This is arguably the best time to buy a new laptop or a shop for a gaming PC if you’re looking for the best possible discount.
2. Amazon Prime Day (June 23-26)
Amazon Prime Day is the first major sales event of the year and has grown to rival even Black Friday in terms of overall discounts. Although this event originally began as an Amazon-only sale, it has quickly grown into an event that practically every other retailer participates in. Last year we saw retailers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and even Kohl’s offer some sort of counter sale to compete with Amazon. It’s one of the only times of the year where it’s a good time to look to buy just about anything you would need or want.
Amazon has officially confirmed that this year’s Prime Day sale will take place from June 23 to 26, a full four days. This is a Prime-exclusive sale for Amazon, so you will need to be a Prime member to shop Amazon’s deals.
3. 4th of July Sales (July 1–6)
Falling into the three-day weekend category of holiday sales, the 4th of July is a surprisingly great time to find discounts on a lot of things. Last year we saw price cuts on major electronics like TVs and gaming monitors that were just as good as Prime Day or Black Friday. All of the usual product categories that offer holiday discounts will also offer price cuts, so things like mattresses, major appliances, furniture, and clothing will all go on sale. Since it is also the first true official summer sale, you’ll also usually find some good deals on things like sporting equipment and grills that you won’t see again until Labor Day weekend.
4. Labor Day Sales (September 1–7)
Following Amazon’s Prime Day sale, August will have a variety of back-to-school sales. However, the final version of this, and the overall best time to shop, is when retailers switch over to Labor Day sales marketing. Similar to Memorial Day, you can expect to find great discounts on things like mattresses, clothing, LEGO sets, laptops, PCs, Apple products, outdoor gear, and just about everything else you can think of. Not only is Labor Day weekend a holiday, it is also when most students are heading back to school. Because of this, it’s one of the best times to shop before Black Friday comes around in November.
Although Labor Day always falls on Monday, the actual sales usually start the week before. This is usually around the same time that Barnes & Noble does its annual Book Haul sale as well, so keep an eye out for that.
5. Prime Big Deal Days Sale (Mid-October)
Although it’s a fairly new thing, Amazon has started offering a Prime Day-like sale in October ahead of Black Friday deals. The online retailer doesn’t call it a Prime Day sale (this sale is “Prime Big Deal Days“), but that’s essentially what it is. This first started in 2022 when Amazon announced a big fall sale to get ahead of the Black Friday shopping season and has since been adopted by other major retailers.
We don’t yet have a date for the sale, it usually takes place during the second week of October and runs for a couple of days. You can check out our coverage of the event in 2025 for an idea of what to expect.
6. Black Friday Sales (October 31–November 28)
Black Friday is the best time to buy pretty much everything, regardless of the category or retailer. It’s the single biggest shopping event and if there are discounts to be had, it’s almost definitely going to be sometime during this sale. Although Black Friday 2026 itself lands on November 27, the actual sale has a much larger window than that.
You can expect the first Black Friday deals to start arriving shortly after October Prime Day sales are concluded (Best Buy started on Halloween last year), but the general rule of thumb is that all of November will have Black Friday pricing happening everywhere. Many of the best deals will still take place on Thanksgiving and the Friday afterwards.
In terms of when major retailers will start dropping their official Black Friday sales in 2026, we will have to wait for confirmation sometime in late October. But usually, you can expect those to begin right before the weekend before actual Black Friday – that would mean around November 20 this year.
7. Cyber Monday Sales (November 29–December 4)
Cyber Monday began back in 2005 as a way to offer shoppers online discounts after Thanksgiving weekend so they could avoid the in-store madness. With the majority of holiday sales moving to an online platform, it has since become just as big as Black Friday. Although there are sometimes differences between Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, they are generally the same thing. The only difference is when they actually happen.
You can expect Cyber Monday sales to kick off Sunday of Black Friday weekend, rather than actual Cyber Monday. And although the best deals will likely be on November 29 through November 30, many retailers extend their sale through the week by labeling the deals as part of Cyber Week.
8. Green Monday Sales (December 7–24)
Green Monday is actually a sales event created by eBay back in 2007. While it isn’t nearly as big as Black Friday or Cyber Monday, it essentially represents the last stretch of sales before Christmas. The day itself was originally created as a way to promote the last day you could buy something online and get it shipped to you before the holidays, but thanks to faster shipping every year, that isn’t necessarily as much of a problem for the bigger retailers.
In 2026, you can expect Green Monday sales to stretch pretty much right up until December 24 and maybe even through Christmas. Many retailers will label these as “last-minute” sales, but we’ve lumped them all into the same category.
9. New Year’s Sales (December 26–January 1)
The final sales event of 2025 is centered around New Year’s, but it usually starts just after Christmas. These discounts are a chance for retailers to take advantage of shoppers who are returning unwanted gifts and are now flush with extra cash. You can also expect some surprisingly good deals on older tech as these same retailers look to unload older models to make way for newer ones. Late December and early January are actually some of the best times to buy a TV or find a deal on a gaming monitor every year thanks to the proximity to CES, the annual Consumer Electronics Show.
Jacob has written for various different publications over his career covering commerce, tech, games, and entertainment. You can find the bulk of his previous work at Digital Trends and The Manual where he covered tech deals, Netflix, and food.