Black Friday: are you ready?

The Wednesday of Black Friday week has become the hottest online shopping day of the year for elite deal hunters and for good reason – it’s the day that most of the bigger retailers will put their Black Friday ad items online.

More so than in years past, retailers including Amazon, Best Buy and Costco have already begun offering discounts on electronics, though most of the best deals on items like the Apple Watch, Microsoft xBox One game console and 4K TVs won’t be available until later next week, around Thanksgiving. But competition for gadgets will be fierce, with out-of-stock notices expected to jump by more than six times that day.

“Many online shoppers have traditionally started their online shopping after Thanksgiving dinner”, says Brad Olson, Owner of GottaDeal.com.

As the we close in on November 27, Black Friday day, we’ll continue to update this post. Because of this enticing convenience, we chose to make a list of a few things that are definitely going on our Black Friday shopping lists!

In preparation for the holiday rush, Amazon will offer loads of holiday deals for home appliances and electronics.

Black Friday: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Other Amazon devices such as the Fire TV streaming box, Fire TV Stick with voice remote and Fire Kids Edition tablet will also see discounts, though no word yet on if there will be a deal on the company’s popular Amazon Echo, which retails for $179.99.

For discounted computers and phones, shoppers should head to Office Depot and Office Max, where advertisements are boasting an average of 40.36% off of retail prices. At Kohl’s, furniture will be marked down, on average, by 64.04%.

Consumers still have a little more time before the much-anticipated 2015 Black Friday sales kick off, but their pre-Black Friday sales have already rolled out.

Jefferson Graham talks to consumers about what tech gifts they want for the holidays, on #TalkingTech.

Here’s another app for Black Friday that will bring you the latest deals as soon as they happen. The Best Buy Black Friday 2015 ad includes a 49-inch HDTV from Toshiba for $149. Let us know by leaving a comment and tell us how much you are willing to spend on this consumer holiday. Likewise, Toys “R” Us confirmed that it will again be opening its doors at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day for the third consecutive year.

“We have some select retailers that are very valuable to us, and they came back and said ‘We need to be open Thanksgiving Day and want to be open Thanksgiving Day, so what can you do for us so we can do business nationally across the board, ‘” she said.