October Prime Day will be held on October 8 and 9 this year. October Prime Day is a members-only sale event run by Amazon in which the online retailer has thousands of sales on its site that are exclusively available to those with an active Prime members. October Prime Day will last two full days.

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In case you missed the announcement last week, Amazon’s October Prime Day is returning in just two weeks: Tuesday, October 8, through Wednesday, October 9. Check out my Prime Day cheat sheet if you want a full refresher,