AliExpress 11.11 Sale 2026: Dates, Codes and How to Save

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AliExpress has not published dates for the 11.11 sale in 2026. It hasn’t needed to yet. For three years running the warm-up has opened on 8 November and the main sale has started at midnight Pacific time on 11 November. The only thing that has moved is the end date, which has slipped a day later each year. Plan for that shape and adjust when the app confirms it.

This guide covers what the last three sales actually did, what the warm-up days are for, and how deep the discounts really go. It also gives the order to apply codes and coins so the layers don’t cancel each other out. It’s the November spoke of our AliExpress sale calendar; the codes themselves live on the promo codes page, refreshed for the sale.

Key Takeaways

The warm-up has run 8 to 10 November and the main sale has opened on 11 November in 2023, 2024 and 2025, per AliExpress’s own announcements.

The end date has crept later every year: 17 November in 2023, 18 in 2024, 19 in 2025. You do not have to buy on the 11th.

“Up to 90% off” is the headline in 2024 and 2025. The fixed, guaranteed layer was smaller: $4 off every $20 in 2023, and PayPal tiers of $25 off $ 169 in 2025.

Discounts apply sale price first, then store coupon, then platform code, then coins last. A big coupon can drop you under a code’s minimum spend.

Announcements come late. AliExpress published its 2023 dates three days before the warm-up and its 2025 dates on the day the sale opened.

When Is the AliExpress 11.11 Sale in 2026?

Nobody outside AliExpress knows yet. Any site giving you exact 2026 dates today is projecting from the calendar, not quoting an announcement. What you can rely on is the pattern.

In 2023 the warm-up ran from 00:00 PST on 8 to 10 November and the official sale from 11 to 17 November. Both come from “AliExpress to Launch Fastest 11.11 Global Shopping Festival in History” (PR Newswire, 8 November 2023). In 2024 the warm-up again ran 8 to 10 November, and the main sale from 12:01 a.m. PST on 11 November to 11:59 p.m. PST on 18 November (PR Newswire, 30 October 2024). In 2025 the sale ran 11 to 19 November (PR Newswire, 11 November 2025).

Three years, the same opening, an end date that moved from the 17th to the 19th. If 2026 follows the pattern, expect the warm-up on 8 to 10 November and the sale to open on the 11th. Treat the 19th as the earliest close and confirm in the app once the banner appears.

Why Do the 11.11 Dates Arrive So Late?

Because AliExpress announces the sale days before it opens, not weeks. The 2023 release landed on 8 November, the day the warm-up began. The 2024 release came on 30 October, twelve days ahead. The 2025 release was dated 11 November, the day the main sale started. There is no pattern of an early heads-up, so waiting for confirmation before you prepare means preparing during the sale.

That is the practical reason to work from the pattern rather than the announcement. Build your cart, collect coins, and bookmark your codes as though the warm-up starts on 8 November. If the dates shift by a day, nothing you’ve prepared is wasted. If they don’t shift, you’re already checking out while other shoppers are still reading the banner. The in-app countdown timer is the only source that counts as confirmation; deal sites, including this one, are working from history until then.

What Are the Warm-Up Days Actually For?

The warm-up is a cart-building window, not a sale. AliExpress described the 2023 version as three days “during which consumers can add products to cart” before the official sale opened, and the same 8 to 10 November window has held since. Prices do not drop yet. What appears is the event branding, the coupon venue, and the games that hand out sale credit.

Use the three days for three jobs. First, add everything you’re considering to the cart so you can watch each listing’s pre-sale price and spot a real markdown when the 11th arrives. Second, collect the platform coupons that appear in the coupon centre. Most are claimable only during the warm-up and usable only once the sale opens.

Third, play the credit games if you have the patience. In 2025 the Shake & Win game ran from 8 to 19 November with a prize pool AliExpress put at over $500,000, of which $400,000 was AliExpress coupons. Small individual wins, but they stack like any other coupon.

How Deep Do 11.11 Discounts Really Go?

Two different numbers get quoted, and only one of them is guaranteed. The headline is “up to 90% off,” which AliExpress used for both 2024 and 2025. That figure describes the single deepest markdown in the event, usually a flash deal on a low-value item, not the discount you should expect on the thing in your cart.

The guaranteed layer is smaller and more useful. In 2023 AliExpress stated a global discount “as high as 50%” and a fixed sitewide saving of $4 for every $20 spent, up to $16 per order, with the same structure in euros. In 2025 the fixed layer for US shoppers came through PayPal: $25 off orders of $169 or more, or $40 off $269 or more, through 19 November, no code needed.

Those tiers are the real floor. Everything above them depends on the seller, the listing, and the coupons you collected. For where each layer sits in the stack, and why the order matters, read how AliExpress discounts stack.

How Do You Stack Codes and Coins on 11.11?

In a fixed order, and the order decides whether the layers add up or cancel out. The sale price applies first. Then the store coupon, which is limited to one per order. Then your platform promo code, which has a minimum spend. Then coins, which apply last and rarely conflict with anything.

The trap is the code’s minimum. A generous store coupon can pull your subtotal below the threshold a platform code requires, and the code drops off. Before you commit, check the running total against the code’s floor. If you’re a few dollars short, add a small item rather than lose the code.

Coins are the exception: they convert at the end, so they don’t affect any threshold. Build the balance during October through the daily check-in; our guide to using AliExpress coins effectively covers the fastest routine. The codes verified for the sale, each with the date it was last checked, are on the promo codes page. They aren’t restated here because they change mid-event.

What Should You Watch Out For During 11.11?

Slower delivery, mostly. The volume in the second week of November stretches every carrier, and a “Standard Shipping” estimate that holds in October often doesn’t in November. Anything you need before the holidays should go in the first day or two of the sale, and you should read the estimate on the checkout page, not the listing. Our guide to AliExpress shipping times explains which methods hold up under load.

Two things work in your favour. Since 2025 AliExpress has labelled some items “2 to 8 days delivery,” and its Brand+ channel, launched for that sale with over 1,500 brands, offers free shipping and free returns on qualifying items. Buyer Protection is unchanged during the event, so a late parcel is a claim, not a loss.

The sale also doesn’t end on the 11th. In 2025 it ran to the 19th, with a second Shake & Win round from 27 November to 1 December bridging into Black Friday. A deal you miss on day one usually comes back.

Should You Wait for 11.11 or Buy Now?

If the purchase can wait until mid-November, wait. 11.11 is the one event where the sale price, the platform coupon pool, the fixed spend-tier saving and your coins all peak in the same fortnight. That is why it has been the biggest AliExpress sale of the year for as long as the platform has run it.

If it can’t wait, don’t hold out for a date that hasn’t been announced. A current promo code with coins on top saves real money today, and Choice Day deals recur roughly monthly. Our sale calendar lists what’s coming between now and November so you can judge the gap. And if you miss 11.11 altogether, 12.12 in December is the next mega-sale, a step below in depth but built on the same coupon-and-coins mechanics. The order of operations is identical; only the dates change.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the AliExpress 11.11 sale start in 2026?

AliExpress has not announced 2026 dates as of September 2026. In 2023, 2024 and 2025 the warm-up ran 8 to 10 November and the main sale opened at midnight Pacific time on 11 November. Plan for the same window, and treat the in-app countdown as the only confirmation.

Does the 11.11 sale end on 11 November?

No. The 11th is the opening day. The sale ran to 17 November in 2023, 18 November in 2024 and 19 November in 2025, per AliExpress’s announcements, and in 2025 a second promotion round ran 27 November to 1 December. Expect at least a week, and don’t panic-buy on day one.

Is the “up to 90% off” on 11.11 real?

It’s real for a handful of flash deals, usually on low-value items. It is not the discount to expect on a typical order. The guaranteed layer has been much smaller: $4 off every $20 in 2023, and $25 off $169 through PayPal in 2025. Judge a deal against the pre-sale price you tracked during the warm-up.

Yes. Codes and coins sit in different slots, so they stack. The order is sale price, then store coupon, then platform code, then coins. Watch the code’s minimum spend, because a large store coupon can drop your subtotal below it and disqualify the code. Coins apply last and never affect a threshold.

What if AliExpress announces different dates for 2026?

Then follow the announcement, and nothing you prepared is lost. A cart built in early November, coins collected through October and bookmarked codes are useful whichever day the sale opens. We’ll update this page and the promo codes hub with the confirmed dates as soon as they appear in the app.