From the person who built this — what it's good at and where it falls short
It's best at verifying deals on popular products from major retailers — the kind of stuff that has extensive price history online. Think electronics, headphones, laptops, kitchen appliances, brand-name clothing. If the product has been widely reviewed and sold across Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, and Target, SaleOrNOT can usually tell you whether the sale price is genuinely good or just the normal price dressed up with an inflated "was" price.
Niche products, international pricing, and rapidly changing deals. If you're looking at a no-name brand on a small retailer, there might not be enough public data to verify the price. Flash sales that last a few hours can also be tricky — by the time AI searches the web, the deal might already be gone or the price changed. And international pricing is a different world — SaleOrNOT is primarily calibrated for US retailers and USD pricing.
It can spot common red flags: impossibly low prices, fake urgency tactics ("only 1 left!" on 50 different products), unknown retailers with no reviews, and prices that are too good to be true. But sophisticated scams — fake websites that clone real retailers, social media ads leading to phishing sites, or counterfeit goods sold at "discount" prices — can fool AI just like they fool humans. Use SaleOrNOT as one signal, not your only defense.
More often than you'd think. There's an entire industry around price anchoring — setting a high "list price" that nobody ever actually pays, so the "sale price" looks like a steal. The FTC has actually sued retailers for this. SaleOrNOT compares the sale price to what the product typically sells for across retailers, not what the seller claims it "was" priced at. That's the real comparison that matters.
You shouldn't trust it over your judgment — use it to inform your judgment. SaleOrNOT does in 10 seconds what would take you 15 minutes: checking prices across multiple retailers, looking at typical price ranges, and flagging obvious red flags. But you still know your situation best — whether you need the item now, whether shipping costs matter, and whether the seller is someone you trust.
Your shopping habits are your business. That's why SaleOrNOT has zero servers — your screenshots go directly from your phone to Groq's AI and back. We literally cannot see what deals you're checking. No logs, no database, no user accounts. Just static code on Cloudflare's CDN. What you buy (or don't buy) is nobody's business but yours.
— The Creator of SaleOrNOT