How we check a deal before it goes live

Why a date matters more than a badge

Software offers change quietly. A credit programme drops from $300 to $200, a student plan starts asking for a card, a promo code stops working in one region. A badge that just says "verified" tells you nothing about when that was true. So every listing here shows the date we last read the provider's own page.

What a check actually covers

We open the provider's official page for that offer — not a coupon aggregator, not a forum post — and confirm four things: the offer still exists, the headline value matches what we publish, the eligibility rules are what we describe, and whether a card is required up front. When a well-known partner publishes the offer on the provider's behalf, we accept that page as the source and say so.

What it cannot promise

A check is a snapshot. It does not promise the offer will still be there tomorrow, that you personally qualify, or that terms are identical in every country. Where a provider gives no public end date, we say that instead of inventing one.

When we hold a listing back

If we cannot find an official source, the record stays unpublished. Several providers are sitting in that state right now. It is better for you to see sixteen offers we can stand behind than thirty we cannot.

When something looks wrong

If a deal has moved on and we have not caught up, tell us on the contact page. That is faster than waiting for the next sweep, and it is the main reason the check date is printed on every row.