Black Friday 2025: How to get the best prices on tech, and where to shop

When is Black Friday this year?

Black Friday is always the fourth Friday of November, the day after Thanksgiving. In 2025, that’s November 28th. That also means Cyber Monday will be December 1st. But since stores don’t limit themselves to just these dates anymore, you can already shop for discounts.

Great Black Friday tech deals

One of the things we do every day here at PCWorld is scour the various stores for the best possible deals. Obviously, we can’t skip Black Friday! Here are some of the most impressive discounts right now:

• Black Friday laptop deals
• Black Friday Chromebook deals
• Black Friday mini PC deals
• Black Friday desktop computer deals
• Black Friday USB flash drive deals
• Black Friday SSD deals
• Black Friday monitor deals
• Black Friday Thunderbolt dock deals 
• Black Friday office chair and desk deals
• Black Friday power bank deals
• Black Friday VPN deals

5 tips to score the best Black Friday tech deals and come out a winner

If you want independence to find your own deals, that’s fine by us. But at the very least, let us help you! Black Friday shopping can be time-consuming, but we can help shave some hours down for you.

Tip #1: Make a plan (and a budget)

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If you want to save money, you need to know what you’re looking for. There are way too many good deals out there and they can distract you from focusing on the things you actually need. So, write ’em down. What do you want? What’s your overall budget? What’s your strike price for each item, where you’ll only pull the trigger if it drops below it?

For instance, you’re looking for a laptop. What minimum specs do you need? Any preference for brand or model? Highest you’re willing to pay, even if it doesn’t drop to its best-ever price? Any backup models you’re willing to get in case the main one doesn’t drop? I keep tabs on products I want for a few months—especially if they’re more expensive—so I know exactly how their prices fluctuate.

The fun thing about Black Friday is you never really know what will actually go on sale or for how much. Some years you’ll find everything on your list down to winning prices, while other years are simply duds that leave you disappointed with no good sales.

Tip #2: Know your prices

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As with all sale events, not all deals you see on Black Friday are actually good. Some are just “meh” and aren’t worth your attention (unless you really, really, really need that product). That’s why it’s so important to do your research, so you know when a deal is actually good.

There are several ways to check how good a deal is and whether it’s worth your attention. Here are my favorite methods:

• Keepa.com or Camelcamelcamel.com: These are two sites we check day in and day out. They show historical price charts for products on Amazon, allowing you to see how prices have fluctuated over time. Use them to check if a deal price is actually a deal compared to historical prices.
• BlackFriday.com: More retailers have begun releasing their circulars early, but for those who haven’t, sites like BlackFriday.com publish scans of leaked Black Friday ads for major retailers (including Best Buy, Target, Newegg, Micro Center, etc.). While none of these prices are guaranteed, it’s a good way to get a decent idea of what prices to expect when the sales hit in full force.
• Slickdeals.net: You don’t have to suffer through Black Friday on your own. This forum of crowdsourced deals is where avid deal-hunters post the deals they find. Look for the items on your list and you’ll see if anyone has managed to spot a good price for it.

Tip #3: Set deal alerts on Slickdeals and Amazon

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Slickdeals makes it easy to set up a free account and create up to 200 different deal alerts. Just prepare for your inbox to ping like crazy! You can even get notifications through the mobile app or your browser, too, if that’s more your vibe. Thankfully, you can customize things a bit, so you won’t get alerts for stuff you don’t care about—only when notifications match your particular deal keywords.

Amazon has a similar service available for its Lightning deals. We’re partial to setting up deal alerts through Keepa.com or Camelcamelcamel.com though, even if they have a slight delay between the time deals go live and when you get the emails.

Tip #4: Sign up for emails from your favorite stores

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Another great way to get your eyes on the best deals is to sign up for email newsletters at retailers. Sometimes, you’ll even get a sneak peak and know what’s coming ahead of time, so you can be prepared to add those things to your cart before everyone else does.

Then there are deals that are only available if you’re already on the store’s email list. For example, Newegg often creates coupon codes that only work for email subscribers. And some sites may even offer codes for discounts and free shipping through their email newsletters that don’t always show up on deal and coupon sites.

Then there are the places with niche items that rarely go on sale, like Apple products. Even if the product stays at normal price during Black Friday, some vendors will at least provide a gift with purchase.

Note: If inbox clutter is a concern, you can use an email filter or a junk email address to collect all the emails in one spot. You usually don’t need to use the same email address at checkout for codes to work.

Tip #5: Keep an eye out for bundle deals

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If you’re shopping for PC parts, you should pay attention to retailers that favor bundle deals so you can save the most. That’s typically Newegg and Micro Center, but on occasion other stores offer them as well.

You can save quite a bit this way. For example, Micro Center often offers a combo discount for buying a CPU and a motherboard at the same time. That’s in addition to already-reduced prices on both components.

You can see how we made the most of these kinds of deals in our Cheapest Black Friday / Cyber Monday PC Build articles from 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016.

Where to find good Black Friday tech deals

Curious to know which stores we frequent the most? These are the places we make our own personal purchases at:

• Amazon
• Best Buy
• Newegg
• B&H
• Micro Center
• Target
• Walmart
• Costco and Sam’s Club
• GameStop
• eBay (stick to established retailers with official eBay storefronts, like Adorama, Best Buy, and Newegg)

We also shop directly on manufacturers’ websites as well, including the big ones like Dell, Microsoft, HP, Apple, and Google.

How to get free shipping for Black Friday

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Getting free shipping is perhaps one of the easiest things you can do ahead of Black Friday. As long as your order is above $35, free standard shipping is common across most stores. With subscriptions, you might even get next-day or two-day shipping as perks.

If you sign up for newsletters now, you should get notifications of all promos, including those with free shipping.

Returning Black Friday purchases

Got something that was better in the description than in reality? Well, all stores have return policies. For most US retailers, the return policy for your Black Friday purchases expands well into December, so we’re sure you’ll have plenty of time to handle that. Since policies vary from shop to shop, always check a store’s return policy before purchasing.

Grab these hot Black Friday tech deals

We can’t spend so much time talking about early Black Friday deals without picking out some great discounts for you! Check out these tech discounts that you can score right now:

• Anker Prime 6-in-1 USB-C charging station — $60 (45% off on Amazon)
• Blavor 10,000mAh solar power bank — $24 (40% off on Amazon)
• Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet (32GB) — $55 (45% off on Amazon)
• Lenovo Legion Pro 7i laptop, 16-inch 2560×1600 OLED 240Hz, Intel Core Ultra 9, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, RTX 5070 — $1,900 (33% off on B&H)
• Roborock Qrevo CurvX robovac — $850 (43% off on Amazon)
• Dyson V11 cordless vacuum — $400 (37% off on Amazon)
• Samsung T9 portable SSD (4TB) — $299 (25% off on Amazon)
• Apple AirPods Pro 2 — $139 (42% off on Walmart)
• Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Go, 14-inch 1366×768, Intel Celeron N4500, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC — $150 (55% off on Best Buy)
• Meta Quest 3S (256GB) — $330 (18% off on Best Buy)
• Samsung U7900 smart TV, 65-inch 4K — $330 (30% off on Best Buy)
• MacBook Air M3, 15-inch Retina, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD — $1,125 (25% off on Best Buy)
• MacBook Air M4, 13-inch Retina, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD — $749 (25% off on Amazon)
• Amazon Kindle (16GB) — $80 (27% off on Amazon)
• Beats Studio Pro headphones — $170 (51% off on Amazon)
• Bose QuietComfort headphones — $199 (43% off on Amazon)