The best time to buy a mattress is when you need one, ideally within one of the two to four holiday sale windows each year, because mattress prices swing most around those weekends.
Buying timing
When is the best time to buy a mattress?
Our research can't pin down an exact calendar, and we won't invent one. What it does show is that the mattress aisle is crowded, with hundreds of competing brands, so discounts are common and timing matters less than matching construction and firmness to your sleep position. A mattress that fits you beats a deal on one that doesn't.
- Over 300 mattress brands currently sell on Amazon with estimated sales, so price competition is constant.
- The 10 largest mattress brands take 56% of estimated category sales on Amazon.
- Side sleepers generally prefer soft to medium mattresses; back and stomach sleepers prefer medium to firm.
- A 10-year warranty stated in the listing is the baseline worth looking for on budget mattresses.