How DealEveryWeek Verifies Amazon Limited Time Deals
A search result can suggest that a product is discounted, but only the product page can confirm that it is participating in Amazon’s Limited Time Deal program.
Why a search badge is not enough
Amazon search pages combine several kinds of savings signals. A card may show a coupon, a crossed-out reference price, a Subscribe & Save offer, a Prime benefit or a Limited Time Deal badge. Those signals are not interchangeable. Treating every price reduction as a Limited Time Deal creates inaccurate listings and leaves old offers visible after the underlying promotion changes.
Our first step therefore treats search results only as candidates. We record the ASIN and the visible search-page signal, but we do not publish the product as an LD at that point.
The two-stage check
- Candidate discovery: the search card must visibly contain the words “Limited time deal” or the corresponding Amazon badge element.
- Product-page confirmation: the product page must show the deal badge inside its own main price area. Badges in recommendations, ads and “customers also viewed” modules do not count.
What we record
Each confirmed record includes the ASIN, exact verification time, displayed USD price, badge text and the selector location used for confirmation. The record type is always amazon_ld. It never contains a merchant promo code, because an Amazon LD and an independently sourced exclusive code are different offers with different evidence.
Ratings and review counts, where displayed, are recorded separately from deal status. A high rating does not prove that a deal is active, and an active deal badge does not prove that a product is the right choice for every shopper.
How active status is maintained
LD records are time-sensitive. We recheck the product page in a visible US-localized browser. If the badge disappears, the page cannot be verified, the location is wrong or a challenge prevents a reliable reading, the product immediately leaves the active list. We do not keep it active merely because its previous price looked attractive.
An ended record can remain in the historical archive with its original publication date, but it receives a prominent ended notice and no active deal action. This separation lets readers distinguish what is verifiably active from what documents an earlier check.
A shopper-side confirmation
Even a freshly checked deal can change before checkout. Open the relevant Amazon product page, confirm the Limited Time Deal badge still appears for the selected variation, and compare the final checkout price. Size, color, seller and delivery location can affect eligibility.