Best Buy Black Friday Starts Oct. 30: Everything You Need to Know

Best Buy Black Friday sale is one of the longer-running Black Friday sales, if you consider their sale starts a full week ahead of Black Friday and doorbusters start in October.

Best Buy deals on Black Friday can save you 50% - 60% on small kitchen appliances, TVs, tablets, vacuums, and headphones. And if you have a paid My Best Buy membership, you'll get special rewards.

Here are the most important dates to know for Best Buy's Black Friday 2026 deals:

• Oct. 30- Nov. 1: Door BOOsters event

• Nov. 6. - 8: Early Black Friday event

• Nov. 19 - 28: Best Buy's Black Friday sale.

• Nov. 29 - 30: Best Buy Cyber Monday sale.

What KCL Experts Think You Should Know

• Here's when to shop: The actual Black Friday sale starts a week before Thanksgiving, with early doorbusters dropping Halloween weekend. That's the same sale format Best Buy has had the past few years.

• Use the KCL app: Download the free KCL app to set Deal Planner alerts so you never miss a price drop or hot deal.

• Paid membership gets you special perks: While anyone can shop all the Black Friday deals, Best Buy Plus ($49.99 per year) and Total ($179.9 per year) members get special perks. In 2026, that's double points on purchases made Nov. 19 - Dec. 6. In 2025, that was $25 back in rewards when they buy certain doorbusters. In 2024, paid members got early access to the deals.

• Stores will open early on Black Friday: Their Black Friday hours usually start at 6 a.m. and last until 10 p.m.

• Stores will be closed on Thanksgiving: But you can still shop deals online on Thanksgiving Day.

• Shop for TVs and top brands: Deals range anywhere from 15% - 60% off sought-after items like TVs, laptops, headphones, and kitchen gadgets. And the sale covers some of their top brands, including HP, Dyson, Lenovo, Samsung, Apple, and Beats. We saw TVs as low as $70 last year.

Tips on How to Make Your Deal Shopping a Success

1. Shopping Options: Deals are available online and in stores. If you shop online, shipping is free on orders of $35 or more, but if you're a My Best Buy member (yes, even at the free level), shipping is free on all orders.

2. Doorbusters: Best Buy has doorbusters both online and in stores. For Best Buy, "doorbusters" means deals at super-low prices in low supply (you don't actually have to go to a store to get them).

3. Holiday Policies: While Best Buy usually offers price matching on competitors within 15 days of purchase, it doesn't do so from the Friday before Thanksgiving through the Monday after.

4. Holiday Price Match Guarantee: During the holiday season (dates haven't been announced), Best Buy refunds you the difference if its own price drops after you bought something. Last year, the holiday price guarantee was in effect Nov. 1 - Dec. 31.

5. Holiday Extended Returns: Best Buy's special holiday return policy means that most items you buy between Oct. 30 and Dec. 31 can be returned through Jan. 15. Plus and Total members can return through Jan. 31.

6. Cyber Monday Sale: This year, Cyber Monday at Best Buy runs for two days (Nov. 29 and 30). Best Buy Black Friday and Cyber Monday are usually pretty similar when it comes to deals for most products. However, the TV doorbusters usually don't come back for Cyber Monday.

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