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.

There's another big sales event coming on October 8 and 9, and we've got everything we know so you can get a head start on finding the best prices on the tech you want before the holidays.

An Amazon Prime membership is $14.99 per month or $139 per year if you choose to pay annually (the monthly rate for that is about $11.50). But right now, Amazon is offering a special Prime deal: You can get three months of Prime for just $7.49.