The AliExpress 11.11 sale opened on November 1, and it’s still running on aliexpress-us through November 18, 2026. Plenty of shoppers figure it ended on the 11th, which makes sense, since Singles’ Day itself is November 11 and that’s the shopping day Alibaba turned into a yearly sale back in 2009. It didn’t end, though. The US site stretched it past two weeks, and the last call is 11:59 p.m. ET on November 18.
The promo codes this year don’t hand out one flat amount either. They go up as the cart gets bigger, starting at $3 off $15 and topping out at $130 off $650, and every step works out to about 20% of the minimum spend. Phone cables, kitchen stuff, a winter coat, it doesn’t matter what’s in there, because the code only looks at the cart total and not at any one item.
Prices on the US site are all in dollars, and some of the stuff ships from warehouses here in the States, which counts for a lot this close to the holidays.
Contents
- 1 The Cart Total Picks The Code Tier
- 2 A Few Extra Dollars Can Reach A Bigger Tier
- 3 The Homepage Banner Shows A Second Set Of AliExpress Promo Codes
- 4 Read The Listing Before It Goes In The Cart
- 5 US Warehouse Items Ship Free And Come With A Delivery Promise
- 6 The AliExpress Singles Day Sale Closes Wednesday Night
- 7 Checkout Shows Which AliExpress Promo Code Fits
- 8 Free Returns Need Quick Action After Delivery
The Cart Total Picks The Code Tier
The company put out nine US codes for the AliExpress 11.11 sale back on October 30, and each one has its own minimum. The last column is what you’d actually pay if your cart landed right on that line, which is the number most people care about anyway:
| Spend at least | Code | Takes off | You pay right on the line |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15 | SAVING03F | $3 | $12 |
| $40 | SAVING08F | $8 | $32 |
| $99 | SAVING20F | $20 | $79 |
| $150 | SAVING30F | $30 | $120 |
| $199 | SAVING40F | $40 | $159 |
| $299 | SAVING60F | $60 | $239 |
| $399 | SAVING80F | $80 | $319 |
| $500 | SAVING100F | $100 | $400 |
| $650 | SAVING130F | $130 | $520 |
Go with the biggest code your cart qualifies for. The announcement also says limits and which items count get worked out at checkout, so whatever total shows up there is the one that matters, not what any list says.
A Few Extra Dollars Can Reach A Bigger Tier
Being a few bucks short of the next line is annoying, because sometimes adding one cheap thing actually lowers what you pay. Sometimes it doesn’t. Three different carts show both sides of it:
- $95 in the cart gets $8 off with SAVING08F, so $87. Throw in a $4 add-on to hit $99 and SAVING20F takes it down to $79, which is less money and you got something extra.
- At $640, SAVING100F gets you to $540, but ten more dollars reaches $650 and SAVING130F, and now it’s $520.
- The $180 cart is the one that trips people up. SAVING30F makes it $150, and if you add $19 to get to $199 for SAVING40F you end up paying $159.
So the quick test is this: is the gap to the next line smaller than the jump in the discount? If it is, top up. If it isn’t, check out with what you’ve got.
Take the AMD Ryzen 9 processor sitting in the Local picks tile on the homepage this week at $375.19. SAVING60F knocks it to $315.19. Getting to $399 for SAVING80F means adding $23.81 worth of stuff, and the total comes out to $319, about four dollars more than not bothering. Unless that extra item is something you were going to buy anyway, skip it.
The Homepage Banner Shows A Second Set Of AliExpress Promo Codes
Now this part gets a little confusing. The 11.11 banner on aliexpress.us this week shows three codes that aren’t on the official list at all: USD1140 for $40 off $229 and up, USD1160 for $60 off $339 and up, and USD1180 for $80 off $449 and up.
Line them up against the official ones and the banner codes want you to spend more for the same money off. $40 off takes $229 on the banner, but SAVING40F gives you that same $40 at $199.
Why two sets? AliExpress’s coupon own announcement says local campaigns and offers can be different, so that’s probably all it is. Try the official code first, and if checkout won’t take it, the banner one is your backup.
Read The Listing Before It Goes In The Cart
Some listings carry a second, much lower price that only first-time buyers get, and it’s easy to mistake it for the sale price. One ASUS RTX 5080 graphics card listing showed $1,465.26, now $730.36, with a little tag that said “New shoppers save $734.90.” If you’ve ordered from AliExpress before, you won’t see that number at all.
The same listing had something else worth catching. Its selected option said “RTX4080 Super,” which is a different card from the one in the title, and on something that expensive you want to read that option line before paying.
Stock moves fast too. That card said “Only 1 left,” and the checkout button read “Almost sold out!” Leaving a last-unit item sitting in your cart overnight is asking for trouble, so pay for the big stuff first and grab the small things after. First-timers should also look at the WelcomeDeal tab in the top menu, which is separate from the tier codes.
US Warehouse Items Ship Free And Come With A Delivery Promise
Anything marked Ship from United States comes out of a warehouse here, not overseas. That same graphics card had free shipping, and the cart tacked on a Fast delivery guarantee, which means a $1.00 coupon code if the package shows up late. A dollar isn’t much, but it tells you they expect it to arrive on time.
The Local Shipping tab up top pulls those items together in one place. The strip under the homepage banner promises free shipping, fast delivery and free returns, and SuperDeals has its own tab if you want to browse more.
Buying gifts? Stick to US-warehouse listings while the AliExpress 11.11 sale is still on. Stuff coming from overseas takes longer, and December’s right around the corner.
The AliExpress Singles Day Sale Closes Wednesday Night
The sale clock runs on Pacific Time. That means the November 18 cutoff hits at 8:59 p.m. in Los Angeles, 9:59 p.m. in Denver, 10:59 p.m. in Chicago and 11:59 p.m. in New York.
Black Friday starts right after, from November 19 to 30, and then there’s a Cyber Monday stretch from November 30 to December 3. AliExpress hasn’t posted codes for either one yet, so it’s anyone’s guess whether they’ll beat what’s running now. These 11.11 codes go away with this sale, though.
Checkout Shows Which AliExpress Promo Code Fits
- Fill up the cart and open it. The red 11.11 Sale bar at the top shows when the sale ends in your own time zone, which is handy.
- Hit Checkout and type in the code for the biggest tier your total clears.
- Before you pay, look at the summary. It splits everything into Items total, Items discount, Subtotal, Shipping and Estimated total, and the estimated total should drop by whatever the code is worth.
- Code didn’t work? Swap in the banner code for that price range and try again.
It doesn’t matter what’s in the cart, either. Socks, a desk lamp and a phone charger count toward the AliExpress 11.11 sale tiers the same way one big-ticket item does.
Free Returns Need Quick Action After Delivery
Free returns only cover items marked eligible on the order page, and you get 15 days from delivery to use them. You start it from the Return/refund option on the order, box it up and stick on the label they give you, and the refund comes through once the item passes a quality check at the warehouse.
Bigger problems fall under Buyer Protection. A package that never shows up is covered as long as it’s within the guaranteed delivery window on the order page. If something arrives damaged, missing pieces or not like the listing, you’ve got 15 days from when you got it to report it.
Changed your mind on something that doesn’t have free returns? Then the return shipping is on you. And a bigger cart means more boxes to open, so open them the day they show up, because 15 days goes by fast in December.