Can we get more Deal Notifications?

Hi, I hope you're well.

I was wondering if there was a way to increase the number of allowed Deal Notifications? I currently can have 100, but I have been finding myself deleting one to add another on a regular basis. Personally, 100 is great, but as I help dozens of friends keep an eye on deals, more alerts would be much appreciated.

If 100 is indeed the most a user can have at the moment, perhaps users can have the ability to earn more somehow, such as by being a registered user for a certain amount of time, having a certain amount of posts, and having a certain amount of reputation points. I would be for the first of the three listed options.

Thanks,
Tofu Vic

Hi. Don't forget that you can combine deal alerts, if you haven't already done so. Example, if you're looking for LEGO toys and also for an SSD in Hot Deals, you could combine those into one alert, by putting your keyword as lego | ssd (using the | pipe symbol as a logical OR, to search for either lego OR ssd). Or say you're looking for a screwdriver and also wrenches in Hot Deals, you could use screwdriver | wrench | wrenches as your keyword, etc. You can group similar items into one alert, or several different kinds of items, your choice I don't recall the character limit for the keyword field, but I think them max limit is somewhere between 64 and 99 characters allowed, so you can fit quite a few keywords in there.

The Deal Alert FAQ page might help, as it shows a ton of other combinations that you can use to get more use out of your DA's

Quote from widgit : Hi. Don't forget that you can combine deal alerts, if you haven't already done so. Example, if you're looking for LEGO toys and also for an SSD in Hot Deals, you could combine those into one alert, by putting your keyword as lego | ssd (using the | pipe symbol as a logical OR, to search for either lego OR ssd). Or say you're looking for a screwdriver and also wrenches in Hot Deals, you could use screwdriver | wrench | wrenches as your keyword, etc. You can group similar items into one alert, or several different kinds of items, your choice I don't recall the character limit for the keyword field, but I think them max limit is somewhere between 64 and 99 characters allowed, so you can fit quite a few keywords in there. The Deal Alert FAQ page might help, as it shows a ton of other combinations that you can use to get more use out of your DA's

That is great to know, widgit. I read the Deal Alerts FAQ many years ago when the system was still new, and I don't think I've been back to that page since then.

Thanks for the information. I have given you reputation points for your help.

Tofu Vic

We'll also look into increasing this limit

Quote from bryantq : We'll also look into increasing this limit

Thanks, bryantq.

I personally am fine - at least for the moment! - with using "complex logical statements," but am sure there are many people who would be turned off by such a thing. It seems like in terms of user-friendliness, allowing more deal notifications would be beneficial.

Thanks for the replies,
Tofu Vic

Quote from TofuVic : Thanks, bryantq. I personally am fine - at least for the moment! - with using "complex logical statements," but am sure there are many people who would be turned off by such a thing. It seems like in terms of user-friendliness, allowing more deal notifications would be beneficial. Thanks for the replies, Tofu Vic

it's always a challenge to create a system where those who really want more and are willing to put forth the time/effort/money for it get it, while those who don't don't, since not everyone can have everything for free or at the lowest cost (convenience is a part of cost) - if they let everyone have 1000 deal alerts, then the system would be very slow and late at sending them out, or SD would need to upgrade their server by quite a bit

Quote from slapshot136 : it's always a challenge to create a system where those who really want more and are willing to put forth the time/effort/money for it get it, while those who don't don't, since not everyone can have everything for free or at the lowest cost (convenience is a part of cost) - if they let everyone have 1000 deal alerts, then the system would be very slow and late at sending them out, or SD would need to upgrade their server by quite a bit

I completely understand this and thought heavily about it before even posting this thread. In the end, what I suggested was "the ability to earn more somehow" and gave some examples of my own.

Granting each user hundreds of deal notifications may not be ideal, but at the same time, I'm a bit confused about the "complex logical statements" that each user can use to potentially create thousands of deal notifications. My thinking is that the initial implementation of these complex statements could not possibly have been a way to deter users from having too many deal notifications. And as the system currently allows people to create virtually as many alerts as they want, wouldn't it be a good idea to just allow users to create more alerts easily?

Please note that these are just thoughts and I am not actually pushing this hard to get a bigger deal notification system in place!

Thanks,
Tofu Vic