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

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The AliExpress 11.11 sale for 2026 runs from 1 to 18 November. That breaks the pattern of the last three years, when the warm-up opened on 8 November and the main sale started on the 11th. This year the codes are live from the 1st, so you have more than two weeks to use them instead of one.

This guide covers the 2026 dates, what the last three sales actually did, and how deep the discounts really go. It also explains how codes and coins combine and how to check that 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

In 2026 the sale runs 1 to 18 November. From 2023 to 2025 the warm-up ran 8 to 10 November and the main sale opened on the 11th.

Sale codes range from $3 off $18 to $120 off $600 (same tiers in EUR), with extra codes for US shoppers and new users. 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.

AliExpress publishes no order in which discounts apply. A big store coupon can pull your subtotal under a code’s minimum, so check the checkout breakdown before you pay.

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?

It’s already on. The 2026 sale opened on 1 November and runs until 18 November, and the sale codes on our promo codes page are valid for the whole window. That’s ten days earlier than the last three years, and it ends a day before the 2025 sale did.

For comparison, here is what the previous three years looked like. 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. 2026 is the first year in this run to open early, with an 18-day window instead of roughly a week.

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 prepare before the announcement. 2026 shows why: a shopper planning around an 8 November warm-up would have missed the first week of a sale that opened on the 1st. A cart built early, coins collected in October and codes bookmarked in advance pay off whichever day the sale opens. The in-app countdown timer is the only source that counts as confirmation.

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 how the layers combine, and how to read the checkout breakdown, read how AliExpress discounts stack.

How Do You Stack Codes and Coins on 11.11?

AliExpress doesn’t publish an order, so build the stack and let the checkout breakdown confirm it: sale-priced items, the store coupon, your platform code and your coins, then check every line is still there. The method is in how to stack AliExpress discounts.

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.

AliExpress doesn’t say whether coin discounts count against a code’s minimum. If a code drops off once coins apply, compare totals with and without it. Keep the coin balance growing through the daily check-in; our guide to using AliExpress coins effectively covers the fastest routine. The 2026 sale codes run in nine tiers from $3 off $18 to $120 off $600, with matching thresholds in EUR, CAD, AUD, GBP, MXN and BRL, plus extra US-only and new-user codes. The full list, with the date it was last checked, is on the promo codes page. It isn’t restated here because codes can 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 2026 it runs to the 18th. 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?

Buy during the sale, before 18 November. 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 window. That is why it has been the biggest AliExpress sale of the year for as long as the platform has run it.

You don’t need to rush on day one either. The 2026 codes are valid for the whole window, so use the first days to watch prices in your cart and buy when a listing actually drops. Our sale calendar shows what comes next. 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 stacking works the same way; only the dates change.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the AliExpress 11.11 sale start in 2026?

It started on 1 November 2026 and runs until 18 November. That’s earlier than 2023, 2024 and 2025, when the warm-up ran 8 to 10 November and the main sale opened at midnight Pacific time on 11 November.

Does the 11.11 sale end on 11 November?

No. In 2026 the sale runs until 18 November. It 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. 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.

Often, yes, but AliExpress publishes no rule guaranteeing it or an order they apply in. Add coins, store coupon and code, then read the breakdown. If the code drops off, a store coupon may have pulled the subtotal below its minimum. The full method is in how to stack AliExpress discounts.

On our promo codes hub. The sale codes run from $3 off $18 to $120 off $600, with matching tiers in EUR, CAD, AUD, GBP, MXN and BRL, plus extra codes for US shoppers and new users. All are valid from 1 to 18 November 2026.