These are Amazon's best deals you can get before Black Friday

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The biggest shopping week of the year is here!

As usual, Amazon is leading the charge for the online e-commerce space with thousands of expected "lightning" deals. Not far behind are stores like Walmart and Target. They're ramping up their online deals in the hopes of giving The Everything Store a run for its money this holiday season.

That said, it's still difficult to compete with Amazon. The company has a seemingly endless stream of Black Friday deals being released on a staggered schedule from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, with new offers appearing as often as every five minutes.

Since not all of these deals are created equal, the Insider Picks team is doing its best to separate the duds from the big-ticket items actually worth buying — so you don’t have to.

If you need some general holiday shopping help, we've put together a lot of holiday gift guides for specific products and categories. So if you're thinking about picking up a drone, a Bluetooth speaker, something for your favorite geek or iPhone lover, or music lover, you're in luck.

We also have guides specifically to hit certain budgets, so if you're looking for a great tech gift for under $100, or a great gift from any category for under $50, we have you covered. 

Our guides even cover some good do's and don'ts for holiday shopping and some good gift ideas for people who might be harder to shop for, like your coworkers or your father-in-law. 

If you're looking for the best deals right now, keep refreshing this page, we'll be making sure those deals are on this list.

This story is developing. Bookmark this page and stay tuned for Insider Pick's Black Friday coverage on November 25, 2016.

Amazon Echo

Consider Amazon’s Echo your smart personal assistant: It’s Alexa enabled, so it can do everything from relaying the weather forecast to playing your favorite tunes. Now, you can score $50 off this smart home essential.

- List price: $179.99

- Deal price: $139.99

- You save: $40

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Amazon Echo Dot

The Echo Dot can be considered a miniature version of the Echo — capable of much of the same functionality that its big brother can handle at a significantly lower price point. The biggest difference is that you'll have to hook up your own speaker to it. That said, if you already have a solid speaker set up with Bluetooth connectivity, this is a no-brainer.

- List price: $49.99

- Deal price: $39.99

- You save: $10

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Amazon Tap

The Amazon Tap is a portable edition of the Alexa-enabled Amazon Echo. Similar capabilities, but more meant to act as a portable speaker than a living room centerpiece. No matter how you use it, it's a great value today.

- List price: $129.99

- Deal price: $89.99

- You save: $40

BUY IT HERE