How SaleAlert checks deals
SaleAlert NZ is built to help New Zealand shoppers find useful sales without needing to open every retailer site first. It is operated by Web Design Auckland (www.webdesignauckland.co.nz).
Every public deal page is written for shoppers first: what the offer is, where it comes from, what to check before buying, and whether SaleAlert has enough information to keep it active.
Where deals come from
SaleAlert monitors a mix of public retailer pages, community deal sources, retailer newsletters, and shopper submissions. User-submitted deals are stored separately until they can be reviewed.
What gets checked before publishing
- The deal must be relevant to New Zealand shoppers.
- The link must resolve to a public merchant destination.
- Newsletter-only and tracking-only links are avoided or replaced with public retailer links.
- The merchant evidence must support the title and concrete price, discount, coupon or defined offer.
- Price, coupon, stock, delivery notes, eligibility and expiry are captured when the source provides them.
- The page needs an original summary, original shopper-focused commentary, a check method, evidence notes and a check timestamp.
- Expired, duplicate, irrelevant and non-public candidates are rejected. Incomplete candidates enter a protected review queue.
Quality gate and review decisions
Every automated publishing route uses the same server-side evaluator. It scores evidence and corroboration, offer completeness, original SaleAlert value, freshness and trust information. A standard-risk deal needs at least 85 out of 100 and no hard blocker to publish automatically.
Health products, supplements, insurance, credit, loans, cashback, fixed-term utilities or telecommunications, travel, accommodation and safety-sensitive products always require a person with publishing permission to review the evidence before publication.
Email review links only open the authenticated WordPress review screen. They cannot approve, reject or publish content. Approval requires a separate confirmation step and is recorded internally.
How expiry checks work
SaleAlert regularly reviews active deal posts against the retailer or source page. If the offer is clearly expired, no longer discounted, out of stock, removed, or materially different, the public post is marked expired and removed from active deal listings.
If a retailer page cannot be checked because access is restricted, SaleAlert keeps that technical reason internal. The public page stays shopper-focused and reminds visitors to confirm the final price, stock and terms directly with the retailer.
How automation is used
Automation assists with collecting candidates, checking public merchant pages, filtering weak links, identifying likely expiry dates and drafting fact-bound summaries. SaleAlert does not claim physical product testing or first-hand use unless that actually occurred. Automation does not make a retailer trustworthy by itself, and shoppers should still check the final price, stock, delivery cost and terms at checkout.
What the public status labels mean
- Checked: SaleAlert confirmed the merchant page and offer using its protected automated process or an authorised manual check. Both routes have the same public status and indexing treatment.
- Needs review: evidence or original value is incomplete, so the page is excluded from search indexing and structured deal data.
- Expired: the recorded date passed or the offer was confirmed as finished.
How deal pages are structured
SaleAlert deal pages lead with the offer summary, price or discount where available, expiry information where known, retailer context, and a short buyer checklist. Structured data is added so search engines and AI assistants can understand the merchant, offer, date and page purpose more clearly.
Corrections
Deal prices and stock can change quickly. Every deal page includes a report link so shoppers can flag an expired offer, changed price, broken coupon or retailer issue. You can also contact us at salealert.co.nz@gmail.com.
Process updated 21 June 2026.
Why SaleAlert exists
SaleAlert is currently built to help people find genuine savings faster. Monetisation may come later, but the priority is a complete, useful and transparent NZ deal website.