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 We record the ASIN and the visible search-page signal, but we do not publish the product as an LD at that point.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 internal verification record includes the ASIN, exact verification time, badge text and selector location used for confirmation. Operational logs may capture the observed price for verification, but manually copied Amazon prices are not displayed on public pages. The record type is always amazon_ld and never contains a merchant promo code.
Deal status is evaluated independently from product popularity. Until DealEveryWeek has its own Creators API access, public pages do not display manually copied Amazon ratings or review counts.
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.
When an offer ends or goes more than 24 hours without verification, its public WordPress page is moved to draft. It is not kept public as an active offer or historical deal page while the current policy is in effect.
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.