How to Find the Best Deals Online

January 15, 2025

Not all deals are created equal. Retailers have gotten good at manufacturing urgency — inflating "original" prices so a 20% discount looks like a steal when it's really just the normal price.

Here's how to cut through it.

Check the price history

Tools like CamelCamelCamel (for Amazon) let you see how a product's price has changed over time. If the "sale" price is actually the price it's been at for the last six months, it's not a sale.

Look at the discount percentage, not just the dollar amount

A $200 item marked down $20 is 10% off. That's fine, but it's not worth getting excited about. We filter for meaningful discounts — typically 30%+ — because anything less is usually noise.

Watch expiration dates

Flash sales and limited-time offers create real urgency. But "sale ends soon" banners that never expire are a dark pattern. Real deals have real end dates.

Don't ignore the category

Electronics hold value differently than apparel. A 15% discount on a TV during Black Friday is significant. A 15% discount on a t-shirt is Tuesday. Context matters.

What we do at Dealery

Our scrapers pull from popular deal aggregation sites daily and filter out the noise — inflated originals, low-percentage discounts, expired listings. What you see in our feed is what actually cleared our bar.

If you spot a deal that slipped through that shouldn't have, hit the dislike button. We use that signal to tune the feed.