Amazon Prime Day 2019

Black Friday in July and the Kickoff to Back-to-School Shopping

Executive Summary

Amazon Prime Day has emerged as a massive midsummer shopping event that drives incremental spending at Amazon and competing retailers. It also serves as the unofficial lead-in to the back-to-school shopping season.

How much will Amazon Prime Day 2019 generate in ecommerce sales?

Prime Day 2018 generated an estimated $4.19 billion in worldwide sales for Amazon, with $2.65 billion coming from the US and another $1.54 billion internationally. With this year’s event extended from 36 to 48 hours on July 15 and 16, global sales should surpass $5 billion—with the potential to exceed that number significantly should participation increase in line with shoppers’ expectations.

What are the key drivers of Amazon Prime membership?

Fast and free shipping continue to be top reasons for subscribing to Prime, but Prime Video and other free entertainment options are increasingly important drivers—particularly in markets outside the US.

Which products will be Amazon Prime Day’s best-sellers?

Prime Day’s top-sellers are expected to come from Amazon’s consumer electronics flagships Echo and Fire TV. Top-sellers outside of the Amazon product portfolio could be the Instant Pot multicooker and iRobot Roomba.

What should third-party marketplace sellers do to make the most of Amazon Prime Day?

Amazon sellers that want to drive a high volume of product sales on Prime Day should determine their most important product listings, refresh their descriptions, buy advertising before Prime Day to promote their ranking, and consider promotions like Lightning Deals.

Which other retailers are having promotions around Amazon Prime Day?

Retailers have gotten increasingly competitive with Amazon around Prime Day to take advantage of shoppers who are ready to buy during midsummer. Walmart, Target and eBay are all hosting competing promotions hoping not to concede more ground to Amazon while positioning their brands for success during back-to-school season.

WHAT’S IN THIS REPORT? This report analyzes the results of Prime Day 2018 and takes a look ahead at what to expect for Prime Day 2019.

KEY STAT: We forecast that Prime membership will grow 8.6% to 121.2 million US users in 2019 and reach 135.8 million users by 2021.

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Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Prime Day 2018 Unboxed: What Happened Last Year?
  3. What’s in Store for Prime Day 2019?
  4. Prime Day and the Amazon Flywheel: Media, Advertising and Commerce
  1. Five Predictions for Prime Day 2019
  2. How Brands and Marketers Are Taking Advantage of Prime Day
  3. Key Takeaways
  4. eMarketer Interviews
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  3. Media Gallery

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Keith Anderson
Profitero
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Insights
Interviewed June 21, 2019
Jeff Cohen
Seller Labs
Chief Relationship Officer
Interviewed April 3, 2019
Alasdair McLean-Foreman
Teikametrics
CEO and Founder
Interviewed June 25, 2019
Dani Nadel
Feedvisor
President and Chief Operating Officer
Interviewed June 19, 2019
Cem Sibay
Amazon
Vice President, Prime
Interviewed June 28, 2019
Michelle Skupin
RetailMeNot
Senior Director, Marketing and Communications
Interviewed June 17, 2019
Chris Walton
Red Archer Retail
CEO and Co-Founder
Interviewed June 28, 2019
Juozas (Joe) Kaziukėnas
Marketplace Pulse
CEO and Founder
Interviewed June 14, 2019
Scott Kelliher
eBay
Head of Brand Advertising and Partnerships
Interviewed June 24, 2019

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Contributors

Jasmine Enberg
Senior Analyst
Lucy Koch
Junior Analyst
Nicole Perrin
Principal Analyst
Amy Rotondo
Research Manager, US
Peter Vahle
Forecasting Analyst