Thank you for this!

Hey Notbad,
Is it considered a duplicate when then price of a same product with a different color is different from one another? Hope you will clarify my problem. Than you in advance! :) Cheers!

Thank you

Thank you very much for your reply.

I updated an offer several days ago and put the expiration date in the correct way as you suggest, putting the date of the code that has the longest duration. However, an MM had my credits taken away and I advocate that the date had to be the first code that expires much earlier.

The offer that I updated was: https://www.dealsplus.com/apparel-accessories_deals/p_25-70-off-clearance-blowout-deals-extra-10-20-off (the comments I leave are still maintained)

Since I did well how we do so that my credits are returned from the period I did the update, since I did the update well.

It is important that all moderators use the same rules because in this offer an administrator says the opposite of what you suggest and says that the expiration date is that of the coupon that expires much earlier.

I leave here the offer with the comment of an admin (DealsorNoDeals) makes the comment:
https://www.dealsplus.com/jewelry_deals/p_up-to-65-off-fine-fashion-jewelry

thanks for valuable informatiion

I have a question @Notbad; In the post dated June 03, 2020 you say that "the same product but different color is considered a duplicate offer" in the case of the 6PM store where sometimes the product has different colors but different prices, is it also classified as a duplicate?

@wwhite0203,
Even if they are offered at a different price point, lead admins will consider them as duplicate. As advised, try not to submit too many similar deals from the same store.

Thank you

thanks @Notbad for the information

I don’t understand how to publish discount information. Where can the information I share be displayed? Is the administrator or a good sharer helping me? Thank you very much

got it :)

hi there! i've some confussion about expired date

U1a. Note: Adding a wrong or approx. the expiration date may lead to a Warning Message

if we couldn't find the exact expire date then? before some Dp admins told me just add date for 7 days not longer even not sure about expire date so what from now?

We will have a new/updated guideline for New - update - and Amazon deals. At juliesasha9, moving forward, if you don't know the expiration date for Amazon deals, don't put its expiration date. Thank you

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ok for amazon deals so what about others site deal?

if we dont know amazon deals expiry date we will not put any, so what about other site deals we have to put expire date or not?

@juliesasha9,
The expiration date issue on Amazon as well as other sites is in the discussion: how to eliminate expired/invalid offers on Dealsplus. Feel free to DM me if you have a good suggestion.

To answer your question, if you don't know the expiration date, do not put one on your deal. Thank you

DP deal search option need to improve. Like this type: sort by (date, lowest price, highest price). It will help to improve duplicate deal.

Deal Update

Did not solve many problems，But after the update

@prince16pream,
Upcoming offers (including sales) with a promo code, you can submit as early as possible. Using your example:
- as a deal: a day before
- as a coupon: as early as possible

Deal: 1-day before
Coupon: as early as you have access to the upcoming offer(s)

Yes, the lead admin removed all upcoming deals (sales). Please submit them again a day before its launching date. Reminder: try to update an existing sale (old or expired) instead of submitting new. Thank you

When admins update the deal, max earning per deal will reset.

Hello @Notbad, could you please clarify how the offers from Costco, Sam's Club, BJ among others will be treated.

According to everything written in this post, promotional AD Scans can be published in advance when they are published in retailers. And the deals (Sale) that contain those ADs will be published 1 day before, since it is something routine that these stores do, there would be no problem.

Would this be the way to work those deals or would there be something additional to take into account?

@prince16
Most of Costco sale should be submitted a day before, but sometimes, Costco would create a preview page for an upcoming sale > you can submit this offer when available with an indication of (Preview)

@BurnsE,
- on Sam's Club & BJs, we will apply the same rule as Costco (see above)
- Ad Scan is Ad Scan. The sale is a sale - Admins will treat them differently.
- Admins are aware that a lot of stores publish their weekly ads (Target, Aldi, HomeDepot and etc) and with currently rule, some MMs may/will start posting them in advance > this rule was originally intended for ad scans for BF &CM ads, but if it becomes a problem, we will apply "submit 1-day before" rule on all weekly ad scans.

@Notbad thanks

It is the best choice to treat Costco offers in this way, it is the most logical to place the offer when it is advertised as a preview at Costco.com. It does not like certain MM that they published in advantage with 2 months of advance and without a valid source. 100 points for that rule!

With regard to ad scan in advantage, I do not think there is any problem since if these are published as preview is valid, it would be a case similar to Costco.

You have to define well the rules that you want to apply so that when the months of BF and CM arrive there are no problems.

another point if an MM publishes the preview the same should update it when it is live and it should be the valid offer, not publish a new one when it starts.

Example the online member offer only Costco publishes on their portal the next date that it starts but as a message only, it is valid to place that offer since it is officially published on Costco??

Something happened to me with a deal, posted a new offer much earlier. Another MM updated 4+ Hours later a similar offer and added the code and offer that I had published, this offer was promoted. When claim admin tell me that they prefer the one that was updated.

My question, is that DP have the need to educate us in updating more than anything, but the effort that a MM publishes the offer much first is not valid?

Here I leave the offer with the detail.
https://www.dealsplus.com/apparel-accessories_deals/p_up-to-84-off-sale-styles-extra-15-off

I'll try to answer one question at a time:

@prince16pream, Since the link you will use for the preview will lead to a sale, I would not submit a separate sale for it. But it would be a good idea to indicate when the sale will begin within the description.

@BurnsE, agree & that's what admins are planning to do. Thank you

@prince16pream, we are going through an adjustment period of adopting new rules. Sure, you can find a deal that wasn't executed correctly, but I'm also confident that I can find deals that were.

For every MMs, as a reminder, admins came up with these new rules to eliminate invalid & expired deals on DP. Whenever you see an issue or have a concern, try to see things from the benefit of general users.

dsvictor40, that's why we have closed the door for new MMs at the moment. Focusing on existing MMs to be on the same page. I've made a comment on a situation like this. If there is an MM who intentionally updated FP deals to create conflict, admins will consider suspending that account. However, an associated MM for this deal always updates an existing sale and since that's what we are promoting, the lead admin decided to promote the other deal over yours. Thank you

@Notbad :) , Thank you very much for your response.

It's good to remember the whole community. "If there is an MM who intentionally updated FP deals to create conflict, admins will consider suspending that account."

But it's my attention to mentioning that situation in view of what didn't happen in my deal.

don't think I'll explain myself, I add the deal and code of J.crew's , by spending several hours another MM updated another existing deal and included the same information as me. I never updated that offer only report as duplicate since I had put it first on DP.

Returning to the starting point you said about "MM who intentionally updated FP deals to create conflict". If you want no one to update FP you set a rule that is prohibited to update FP, even if deal have erroneous information or are not included details of expiration date, shipping price, links, additional information and how to save more.

The updates I usually make are based on what is written in this post "What defines a Deal Update:" from rule U.1 to U.8.a

If there are any complaints from other MM about my updates, the best way to fix issues is by talking by DM and looking for a fix. Personally day by day I keep learning things in DP.

Have a good day, and I will continue to contribute day by day to make DP the best option of people to save money and time.

@Notbad, can anything be done to eventually remove old buried deals? They come up very often when submitting new deals and cannot be updated. In many cases it's a general link to the site and (unless there's a comment indicating a duplicate deal) any previous deal that is eligible to be updated is nearly impossible to find. Thanks.

@prince16pream, Costco is a unique case, and I would not consider this preview as an ad: a dedicated link with the same product. Since every retailer promotes things differently, let's continue to communicate openly and try to make the best decision possible.

@dsvictor40, it happened to one of your many deals. I'll continue to monitor so let's move on. Regarding your suggestion, I will consider it: I see pros, but just as many cons. Personally, as long as admins are being active, I believe most of the issues can & will be resolved. We will do our best. DM will be utilized for pointing out repeating issues and warnings.

@DealBuster2, Good suggestion & yes, we are looking into deleting very old & buried deals. Thank you

@prince16pream,
Specifically for Costco Online-Only Member Savings - post one as soon as the preview page is live > admin will continue to use the same deal to promote the sale. Thank you

@prince16pream,
Regarding HomeDepot Special Buy of the Day - they use the same link with a different offer. So yes, update an existing updated deal.

For the 2nd scenario, send me a link. But generally speaking, if the landing page includes a new offer, update an existing deal. If not, should not be updated.

Thank you

@prince16pream, If there a new offer, you can submit a new deal for it, but it would be better if you can update existing expired deals.

If you are referring to a Weekly Ad, I think it would be best if MMs can update on the first day of ad (not in the rule, but admins are considering to add) - What do you think? I understand that your intention for your question is a clear guideline for everyone to follow.

Just in case, the admin's intention for allowing early posts for Ads was for BF & CM ads.

@dsvictor40, No, it should not. And if you see an offer with wrong information, feel free to make a comment or contact admin to double-check. In this case, it would help if you can provide a good reference. If there is an admin who does this regularly & intentionally, admins will suspend the account.

@prince16pream,
- If you submit a new deal, especially a product deal, that's not available in DP, you will get full credit.

- However, if you are referring to a sale, please update an existing expired sale. And I've seen what you were able to do and should not be difficult to find an old/expired sale.

- Weekly Ad, in a discussion.

- Regarding "Now Available from $1, Under $10" admins may keep the info. but not all updates get approved for the credit.

Hi @Notbad is MMs program opened? would like to enter and make some extra money ;) I submitted a ticket to support a few days ago but I don't received a response

This is very useful for me

Hello notbad

It is good to notify if you have decided to handle the WeeklyAD with publication date the same day as with the product deals. An admin told me that would work that way, but haven't officially published that new rule.

I wanted to have your comments on this.

In discussion, planning to finalize it by this week & up the rule after. Thank you

New rules on Weekly Ads added. Thank you

To all users, here are the following weekly ads we will continuously use. Please do not create or update any other weekly ad from the stores listed below (only the deals listed below):

-ALDI: https://www.dealsplus.com/food-beverages-tobacco_deals/p_new-weekly-ad-for-4-21-4-27

-Bed Bath & Beyond: https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_bed-bath-beyond-january-circular-1-6-1-28

-CVS: https://www.dealsplus.com/health-beauty_deals/p_cvs-weekly-ad-3-21-21-3-27-21

-Dollar General: https://www.dealsplus.com/media_deals/p_dollar-general-weekly-ad-4-11-4-17

-GameStop: https://www.dealsplus.com/electronics_deals/p_gamestop-weekly-ad-2-21-2-27

-Home Depot: https://www.dealsplus.com/media_deals/p_home-depot

-Lowe's: https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_lowes-preview-4-22-4-28

-Staples: https://www.dealsplus.com/media_deals/p_staples-ad-valid-today-4-4-4-10

-Target: https://www.dealsplus.com/apparel-accessories_deals/p_target-weekly-ad-3-28

-ULTA: https://www.dealsplus.com/health-beauty_deals/p_ulta-love-your-skin-ad

-Walgreens: https://www.dealsplus.com/health-beauty_deals/p_weekly-ad-3-14-3-20

-Walmart: https://www.dealsplus.com/media_deals/p_walmart-ad-4-5-4-27-now-live

Hello @Notbad, agree with the new title and template in the description is very clear.

Regarding the use of a single link, this will bring much worse problems in the future, here list my reasons.

1. The MM have no way of knowing the history of updates with date and time (to be able to claim in case of problems with another user)
2. It may happen that multiple MMs try to update the same link at the same time, which may cause problems in your system and it may be the case that the one who updated first does not manage to earn credits.
3. We do not know how many updates the admins can see if more than 2, since if at the same time they update more than 5 users.

As said in the first paragraphs, it will bring many debates, especially with the MM that we all love.

As an alternative, until it is clear, think it is convenient to leave in the comment box each time it is updated with the exact time.

It is also good to make it clear that the rule not to create or update other links must be complied with, I know that in these first weeks there will be several MM who are not aware of this new norm and make the update or creation of new links. It is not that later admins going to give credits to that other MM and take it away from the MM who does comply with the new rules.

Now go with the coupons of weeklyAD: it will be handled in the same way as the deals? I do not understand if the MM cannot update codes? So we can't upload more WeeklyAD or Preview coupons?

I hope comments from other MMs that bring positive things and solutions!

We keep creating, we keep making dealplus the best offers page!

Greetings.

@dsvictor40
- Check the description
- Update on the first day of the new weekly ad
- Keep in mind that not all updates get approved for the payment.

All admins will monitor them closely and evaluate.

Thank you

PST please

@prince16pream, admins are doing what we can and I know you (along with other MMs) are doing the same. If we all can put a bit more effort & trust, things will be much better. :)

Hello John,

This Links are buried for ALDI and Walgreens

-ALDI: https://www.dealsplus.com/food-beverages-tobacco_deals/p_new-weekly-ad-for-4-21-4-27

-Walgreens: https://www.dealsplus.com/health-beauty_deals/p_weekly-ad-3-14-3-20

Will we use those or will you send other links?

Consider me confused. I have no idea what to list when. PST vs. EST, even if the deal/ad is published live before PST? I missed the memo on this. Considering ads are new product prices and coupons, wouldn't it be feasible to list each ad as it becomes live, on it's own link as a new deal? This would eliminate so many problems....no dupes, disputes, or admin refereeing. The time stamp is judge and jury.

@pgarcia2484, PST
- Sales as early as a day before
- Product deals/ads on the day of

Logically, yes your suggestions make sense and that's what we've been doing. If it was working well, admins would not have created new rules to regulate ongoing issues.

Some MMs were not posting when new offers are live. Instead, they were posting because they knew when new offers are going to be alive including ads, upcoming offers from Macy's, Kohl's Target and etc.

i.e. Weekly ads. - at one point admins had to deal with 10 different deals submitted for the following 10 weeks for the same store.

Another issue is that with abbreviated/shortened, affiliated links w/ data tacking tags, the system can not recognize all duplicate deals. So a lot of efforts from multiple MMs were not being utilized, which often lead to disappointment/discouragement.

For specific stores & offers, yes, we can create a rule for it. But the same rule will not work in the other stores. At the same time, we can't create a rule for every issue we encounter.

We know you are always posting new/update deals when an offer is live. Appreciate your effort.

Lastly, when both offers were updated or submitted as new, yes, we are using the time stamp to decide which deal to promote & bury.

@BurnsE all links are checked and good now.

Hello @Notbad, 2 months ago you told me that you should not publish more than 5 products from the same store on the same day, it is good that you add and remember that rule in this post.

you told me here: https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_this-week-s-huntington-home-3-wick-candle

screenshot: https://ibb.co/fN6497K

Because I bring this to this topic, a couple of weeks ago wrote in the forum that a MM violated the rules and published more than 5 offers from the same store during the same day and nobody did anything or pay attention to my message.

Here is the post where made the comment:
https://www.dealsplus.com/answer/how_many_expired_deals_can_update_in_tnhe_same_time/32136

Today 5/5 again that same MM violates the rules again and nobody does anything ?? Today he publish 9 products from the same store.

Here are the 9 links:
https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_10-stem-tulip-bouquet-assorted-colors2
https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_mothers-day-bouquet
https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_premium-mothers-day-bouquet-aldi-us
https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_05-05-premium-flowering-plant-assorted-varieties
https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_5-easy-orchid-assorted-colors-aldi-us1
https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_mason-jar-succulent-assorted-varieties-aldi-us
https://www.dealsplus.com/kitchen-dining_deals/p_crofton-10-piece-food-storage-aldi-us
https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_gardenline-4-tier-or-drop-over-greenhouse-aldi-us
https://www.dealsplus.com/home-garden_deals/p_huntington-home-garden-candle

hope my message can be heard, and that the rules are applied to that MM.

@dsvictor40,

Issues like this, send me a direct message. I made a comment on one of this MM's deal and I'm sure he knows what I'm talking about.

Let's move forward.

@Notbad think you need to adjust the Early Submission rules for coupons and place them all 1 day before. Because in the same way they are shown the day they are alive.

@BurnsE,

Rules for the coupons are still the same: Offer with code, no restrictions. Everything else, a day before.