Dealblob is a fully automated deal aggregator. Instead of editorial curation, every deal you see passes a hard-coded algorithm. Here's step by step how it works — and where we make money.
A Playwright-based scraper running a real Chromium browser scans Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowe's and Amazon every 6 hours. We simulate human browsing with randomized delays (2–4s per request) so we don't hammer the retailers' servers.
Every product is run through our quality score. Rejected: items with fewer than 10 reviews, a star rating below 3.5, prices under $10, or no real strikethrough price. Typical low-quality clones are filtered out automatically.
We only accept deals with a verifiable strikethrough price. The current price must be at least 5% below the retailer's listed MSRP. Fake markdowns with invented “was” prices get rejected. For long-running products we store price history in our database.
Deals the scraper doesn't see for two consecutive runs (about 8 hours offline) are automatically hidden. This prevents “deal expired” clicks — nothing is more frustrating than chasing a price that no longer exists.
What survives lands on the site — including the retailer's original star rating, review count, discount percentage, and where available a price-history chart. Each deal links directly to the retailer.
Amazon deals: We participate in the Amazon Associates Program. If you click an Amazon link and buy the product, we earn a small commission from the retailer. Your price stays the same. This commission funds hosting, scraper servers and ongoing development.
Target, Walmart, Best Buy & others: We don't have affiliate programs with these retailers — we earn nothing on those clicks. We show their deals because they pass our quality score.
No paid placements: No retailer can buy a spot in our listings. Sort order is purely driven by the quality score. Ranking and commission are decoupled.
