How We Verify Offers

Evidence levels

Checkout confirmed means an authorized reviewer genuinely observed the promotion at checkout. Merchant page confirmed means the offer was found on an official merchant promotion page. Network supplied means an affiliate network supplied or reconfirmed the listing; this is useful provenance, but it is not described as checkout verification. Community reported means a moderated shopper outcome exists. Unverified means no stronger current evidence is recorded.

Confidence score

Offer cards show a simple high, moderate, or low confidence pill. The 0-100 score combines evidence quality, verification freshness, qualifying shopper feedback, terms completeness, destination health, and source reliability. High confidence is 80-100, moderate confidence is 50-79, and low confidence is below 50. The score is a comparison aid, not a guarantee or a predicted success rate.

Freshness and stale offers

Coupon codes default to a 14-day freshness window, automatic deals to 7 days, free-shipping policies to 45 days, and evergreen merchant benefits to 60 days. Administrators can change thresholds. Passing a threshold moves an offer to stale or active-unverified and creates a recheck item; it does not delete the offer.

Failures and limitations

Expired, failed, and unavailable are separate states. An empty expiry date does not prove an offer is active. Affiliate feeds, shopper reports, and merchant pages can change, and DealsDasher cannot guarantee an offer for every basket, account, region, or payment method.

Methodology version 1.0. Last materially reviewed August 2, 2026.