Apple Store Will Go Down Soon, But Don't Get Too Excited

Today and into tomorrow, Apple's online store is going down for a few hours on a rolling country-by-country basis. However, while that sometimes signals that new products are incoming, do not get your hopes up this time around.

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Apple takes its online store down for a few hours ahead of Black Friday every year to tease/prepare for its annual gift card offer with the purchase of select products. As of writing, the store already went down and came back online in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, and the gift card offer is now live there. No other surprises.

Every year around this time, we receive many emails from readers alerting us about the store going down, so hopefully this helps to clear up the situation ahead of it going down across Europe, the U.S., and Canada soon.

In case you missed the earlier announcement, Apple is offering a free gift card with the purchase of an eligible product in select countries, from November 29 through December 2. In the U.S., the gift card values range between $25 and $200.

Black Friday is one of the few occasions per year when Apple directly offers deals on its products, but better deals are often available through resellers like Amazon, so make sure to check out our Black Friday deals coverage for the latest discounts on iPads, Macs, AirPods, Apple Watches, accessories, and more.

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Top Rated Comments

Rayansb Avatar
10 months ago
Too late I'm already excited.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
John_Blackthorne Avatar
10 months ago
I love how they take the store down to promote their $10.00 off discounts and free AirPods 1 Black Friday "deals."
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
switz Avatar
10 months ago
Rather a lame thing to offer (gift card) as it can only be used to buy Apple stuff. Apple got your cash.

All the third part vendors are offering cash discounts which means there is more money in the buyer's pocket.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
lovehateapple Avatar
10 months ago
Doesn't look like there's any BF sales on the Vision Pro. Apple might have been able to sell one or two more if they had a sale on them...
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Doug_in_the_UK Avatar
10 months ago

('https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/28/heres-why-apple-store-is-going-down/')

Today and into tomorrow, Apple's online store is going down for a few hours on a rolling country-by-country basis. However, while that sometimes signals that new products are incoming, do not get your hopes up this time around.



Apple takes its online store down for a few hours ahead of Black Friday every year to tease/prepare for its annual gift card offer ('https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/21/apple-announces-2024-black-friday-event/') with the purchase of select products. As of writing, the store already went down and came back online in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, and the gift card offer is now ('https://www.apple.com/au/shop/gifts/shopping-event') live ('https://www.apple.com/nz/shop/gifts/shopping-event') there. No other surprises.

Every year around this time, we receive many emails from readers alerting us about the store going down, so hopefully this helps to clear up the situation ahead of it going down across Europe, the U.S., and Canada soon.

In case you missed the earlier announcement, Apple is offering a free gift card with the purchase of an eligible product in select countries, from November 29 through December 2. In the U.S., the gift card values range between $25 and $200 ('https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/21/apple-announces-2024-black-friday-event/').

Black Friday is one of the few occasions per year when Apple directly offers deals on its products, but better deals are often available through resellers like Amazon, so make sure to check out our Black Friday deals coverage ('https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/22/apple-black-friday-deals-now-2024/') for the latest discounts on iPads, Macs, AirPods, Apple Watches, accessories, and more.

Article Link: Apple Store Will Go Down Soon, But Don't Get Too Excited ('https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/28/heres-why-apple-store-is-going-down/')
A gift card. Wow! I'd rather have money off Apple's overpriced products - or, at least free AppleCare thrown in with a MacMini or Studio Display.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
RedWeasel Avatar
10 months ago
I sometimes still wonder if they take the store down artificially just to create excitement or if they really have to take it down for every minor change for to technical reasons.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)