How we check codes
What "opened and checked" means: the five steps behind every red tag.
“Opened and checked” is printed on every tag. This is what it stands for, in the order it happens each morning.
1. Only retailer feeds
Offers are pulled from the affiliate programme feeds that retailers publish. Anything that is not a real, usable discount for a US shopper is discarded: foreign-currency deals, plain links dressed up as codes, restricted categories, duplicates.
2. Opened by a person
A person opens each remaining offer, rewrites the title so it says what the saving is, pulls the conditions out into short lines and tries the code with an item in a basket. A code that does not apply does not get a tag.
3. Dated as given
The retailer’s end date is printed on the tag. Where the retailer gave none, the tag says “no end date given” rather than inventing a deadline.
4. Down on the day
On its end date the tag leaves every live list. It stays for a short time in a clearly marked expired area so you can see what changed, then it is deleted.
5. Flagged by you
A code that fails for you can be reported here. It is re-tested the same day and removed if it is dead.
Never printed on SupremeSaving: star ratings, “verified today” badges, usage counts, or prices we have not seen.