Home > Tech

Black Friday sales are already live. Here are the best early deals we've found so far.

The holidays are in full swing at stores like Best Buy, Walmart, and Target.
By Leah Stodart , Dylan Haas , Haley Henschel , and Bethany Allard  on 
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Flipboard
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission.
products on sale for Black Friday
Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable

UPDATE: Nov. 10, 2023, 1:30 p.m. EST This story has been updated with more early Black Friday deals and new information about Amazon's Black Friday sale.

A quick look at the best early Black Friday deals:
Best TV deal
Samsung 85-inch Q80C QLED TV
$1,999.99 at Samsung.com (save $1,300)
the Samsung 85-inch Q80C QLED TV
Best Apple deal
Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 41mm)
$349 at Walmart (save $50)
the Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 41mm)
Best laptop deal
Dell XPS 15 9530 (Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)
$1,549 at Dell.com (save $450)
the Dell XPS 15 9530
Best monitor deal
Samsung 27-inch Odyssey G51C Gaming Monitor
$249.99 at Best Buy (save $100)
the Samsung 27-inch Odyssey G51C Gaming Monitor
Best gaming deal
'Super Mario Party' + Red & Blue Joy-Con Bundle
$99.99 at Best Buy (save $39.99)
packaging for the 'Super Mario Party' + Red & Blue Joy-Con Bundle
Best headphones deal
Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700
$259 at Best Buy (save $120)
the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700
Best vacuum deal
Dyson V12 Detect Slim Absolute
$399.99 at Walmart (save $250)
the Dyson V12 Detect Slim Absolute next to a hepa logo
Best kitchen deal
Ninja Professional Blender
$50 at Walmart ((Special Buy))
the Ninja Professional Blender
Best smart home deal
Google Nest Learning Thermostat
$179.99 at Best Buy (save $69.01)
the Google Nest Learning Thermostat
Best camera deal
GoPro HERO11 Black Action Camera Bundle
$349.99 at Best Buy (save $50; extra $50 off for paid My Best Buy members)
the GoPro HERO11 Black Action Camera Bundle

Patient shoppers will find that Black Friday proper still remains one of the single biggest shopping days of the year for its ability to reliably trigger year-round lows on big-ticket items (like 4K TVs, Apple devices, robot vacuums, headphones, and video games). That includes discounts even better than Amazon's well-hyped fall Prime Day deals.

But most retailers have a generous definition of "Black Friday" nowadays: It's more like a season than a 24-hour, post-Thanksgiving festivity. And many "early Black Friday deals" that start popping up in early November can be worth adding to your cart — if only to avoid availability headaches down the road.

SEE ALSO: Here's what Mashable's reporters and editors want to buy on Black Friday

Below, we're keeping a running list of the best early Black Friday deals you can already shop at retailers like Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Dell, and Samsung. (Amazon is waiting in the wings.) We'll continue to update this story with newly added doorbusters as we inch closer to the holidays, so check back often.

Early Black Friday TV deals

LG

Samsung

Sony

Fire TVs

Miscellaneous 4K smart TVs

Early Black Friday Apple deals

AirPods

Apple Watches

Early Black Friday laptop deals

Traditional laptops

2-in-1 laptops

Gaming laptops

Chromebooks

Early Black Friday monitor deals

Early Black Friday tablet deals

Early Black Friday gaming deals

Nintendo Switch

PlayStation

Gaming keyboards

Gaming PCs

Early Black Friday headphone and earbud deals

Headphones

Earbuds

Early Black Friday smartwatch deals

Early Black Friday Dyson deals

Vacuums

Hair tools

Air purifiers

Early Black Friday vacuum deals

Cordless vacuums

Related Stories

Robot vacuums

Early Black Friday kitchen deals

Blenders

Coffee makers

Composing machines

Espresso machines

Ice makers

Smart mugs

Early Black Friday smart home deals

Mesh WiFi routers and systems

Smart thermostats

Home security equipment

Early Black Friday LEGO deals

We didn't see great early Black Friday deals on LEGO sets at the time of writing. Check back soon.

Early Black Friday camera deals

Early Black Friday gift card deals

Topics Black Friday

Frequently Asked Questions

Black Friday is a shopping holiday that takes place every year on the day right after Thanksgiving. It used to be synonymous with late-night stampedes, viral fistfights, and long lines of tents pitched outside of department stores because the best doorbusters were available exclusively in person. But many retailers have made their Black Friday deals available online in recent years, turning it into a hybrid event; you can score great deals by camping out on a store's website instead of its literal doorstep nowadays.

Modern Black Fridays have also tended to spill well beyond the bounds of their traditional single-day slots. It's not abnormal to see retailers offering "early Black Friday deals" and "Black Friday preview deals" even before Halloween to keep things ultra-competitive.

Black Friday technically falls on Friday, Nov. 24 this year, but holiday sales are already well underway (or about to launch) at several stores.

Best Buy, the first retailer to announce its Black Friday programming back in mid-October, is taking the most aggressive approach. Its four-part holiday calendar began on Oct. 27 with Black Friday Early Access for Members, a weekend of exclusive access to select deals for paid members of its My Best Buy program, then moved into a general Black Friday Deals for Everyone event on Oct. 30. The full Best Buy Black Friday sale will eventually begin on Friday, Nov. 17, followed by its Cyber Monday Savings Event on Sunday, Nov. 26.

Best Buy's early Black Friday deals will be supplemented with short sales and hard-to-find releases on its smartphone app as part of its new Best Buy Drops program for the holidays. It's also hosting a new series of livestream shopping events featuring popular gift ideas and limited-time deals on the first three Wednesdays in November.

Target came up to bat next, just before Halloween, unveiling its plans to offer four weeks of early Black Friday deals ahead of the actual holiday. (We're currently in the second week.) Exclusive discounts and Deals of the Day for members of its free Target Circle loyalty program will be peppered in throughout the holiday season.

Walmart is running two Black Friday Deals events later this month: The first sale started online on Wednesday, Nov. 8 and continued in stores on Friday, Nov. 10; the second one will go live on Wednesday, Nov. 22 before popping up in stores on Friday, Nov. 24. Both events include three hours of early access for paid (non-trial) Walmart+ members.

Meanwhile, Amazon is gearing up to host its own extended Black Friday sale starting Friday, Nov. 17, which will shift into its Cyber Monday sale on Saturday, Nov. 25. According to its press release, new deals will drop "as often as every five minutes during select periods" during the events, and a handful of limited-time doorbusters will be available during the New York Jets/Miami Dolphins football game on Black Friday (available to stream on Prime Video).

The Mashable Shopping team researches and reports on deals constantly throughout the year, and while we see many items go on sale at deep discounts in the weeks leading up to Black Friday, we always encounter new record-lows on the day of. That said, an item on your wish list may be worth buying during a pre-Black Friday sale if's a popular gift or already abnormally cheap: Products that sell out ahead of time aren't always restocked for the actual event.

Price-tracking sites and coupon-hunting browser extensions can do a lot of the heavy-lifting for you — our favorites include Honey, SlickDeals, Keepa, and camelcamelcamel. We'll also be keeping track of the best Black Friday deals ourselves right here on this page once they start bubbling up, so bookmark it for future reference.

If you want to seek out deals yourself, keep an eye out for dedicated Black Friday landing pages on retailers' websites. These serve as hubs for their best offers.

The National Retail Federation officially coined the term "Cyber Monday" in 2005 after it noticed that in previous years, the Monday after Thanksgiving saw a massive uptick in online sales. It credited the phenomenon to two factors: Online retailers were starting to vie for a slice of the Black Friday pie, and shoppers were waiting to peruse the deals on their faster work computers come Monday morning. (At the time, office PCs had better broadband than home setups.)

There's little difference between Black Friday and Cyber Monday these days because of the former's shift online, and based on our experience, neither is a categorically "better" day to shop. Sometimes it's worth waiting to see if an item you find on sale during Black Friday goes on sale at an even cheaper price on Cyber Monday — but again, you also run the risk of it selling out.

Leah Stodart
Leah Stodart
Senior Shopping Reporter

Leah Stodart is a Philadelphia-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable where she covers essential home tech like vacuums and TVs as well as sustainable swaps and travel. Her ever-growing experience in these categories comes in clutch when making recommendations on how to spend your money during shopping holidays like Black Friday, which Leah has been covering for Mashable since 2017.

Leah graduated from Penn State University in 2016 with dual degrees in Sociology and Media Studies. When she's not writing about shopping (or shopping online for herself), she's almost definitely watching a horror movie, "RuPaul's Drag Race," or "The Office." You can follow her on X at @notleah or email her at [email protected].

author photo
Dylan Haas
Lead Shopping Reporter

Dylan Haas is a Lead Shopping Reporter for Mashable, where he covers all things gaming, pets, fitness, sleep, and shopping events like Black Friday and Prime Day. Before joining the team at Mashable, Dylan received a B.A. in Communications from Pace University and contributed to publications like Paste Magazine, Bandsintown, and others following a brief stint as a marketing and management assistant in the music industry.

When he's not writing or testing products, you can find Dylan playing lots of video games, working out, spending time with loved ones (especially his dog, Stevie), or watching reality TV. Follow him on X at @iamdylanhaas, or send him an email at [email protected].

Mashable Image
Haley Henschel
Senior Shopping Reporter

Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of experience covering shopping holidays and can tell you what’s actually worth buying on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. Her work has also explored the driving forces behind digital trends within the shopping sphere, from dupes to 12-foot skeletons.

Haley received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and honed her sifting and winnowing skills at The Daily Cardinal. She previously covered politics for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, investigated exotic pet ownership for Wisconsin Watch, and blogged for some of your favorite reality stars.

In her free time, Haley enjoys playing video games, drawing, taking walks on Lake Michigan, and spending time with her parrot (Melon) and dog (Pierogi). She really, really wants to get back into horseback riding. You can follow her on X at @haleyhenschel or reach her via email at [email protected].

Mashable Image
Bethany Allard
Shopping Reporter

Bethany Allard is a Los Angeles-based shopping reporter at Mashable covering beauty tech, dating, sex and relationships, and headphones. That basically means she puts her hair through a lot, scrolls through a lot of dating apps, and rotates through a lot of different headphones. In addition to testing out and rounding up the best products, she also covers deals for Mashable, paying an especially obsessive amount of attention to Apple deals and prices. That knowledge comes in handy when she's covering shopping holidays like Prime Day and Black Friday, which she's now done for three years at Mashable.

She graduated from New York University with a B.A. in Journalism and English Literature. You can follow her on X @betallard and reach her by email at [email protected]. In her free time, you'll find her playing her Switch, hanging with her cat Mila, or cooking something new in her kitchen.

Recommended For You
'Oddity' review: Your new horror obsession has arrived
By Kristy Puchko
A woman reaches her hand into the mouth of a wooden man.
'First Time Female Director' review: Chelsea Peretti delivers big laughs in directorial debut
By Belen Edwards
A woman in a fedora hides behind a small decorative bush.
'Wonka' review: Can Timothée Chalamet win over the haters?
By Kristy Puchko
Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka in "Wonka."
'Love Lies Bleeding' review: Kristen Stewart headlines gnarly masterpiece
By Kristy Puchko
Katy O’Brian and Kristen Stewart in "Love Lies Bleeding."
'Satanic Hispanics' review: Horror anthology is a mixed bag of trick-less treats
By Monica Castillo
Efren Ramirez in "Satanic Hispanics"
Trending on Mashable
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for March 9
By Mashable Team
A phone displaying the New York Times game 'Connections.'
Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for March 9
By Mashable Team
a phone displaying Wordle
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for March 8
By Mashable Team
A phone displaying the New York Times game 'Connections.'
Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for March 8
By Mashable Team
a phone displaying Wordle
Best hookup apps and dating sites to find casual sex with no strings attached
By Leah Stodart and Tabitha Britt
Cartoon graphic of a person on a dating app.
The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.
This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time.
Thanks for signing up. See you at your inbox!