Wow Discounts is a small, independent shopping & deals blog. With a small team and a focused beat, the only thing keeping us useful to readers is whether you trust what you read. This page lays out the rules we hold ourselves to.

1. Editorial independence

No advertiser, affiliate program, or product manufacturer has any influence over our editorial decisions. We choose what to cover. We decide which deals are worth your time and which aren't. We write the conclusions.

  • We do not accept payment in exchange for favorable coverage.
  • We do not accept "approval rights" or pre-publication review by manufacturers.
  • We do not run sponsored content disguised as editorial.
  • We are not paid more for ranking one product or deal higher than another in any roundup.

2. How we vet a deal

Before we recommend a deal, at least one member of our team checks it out — confirming the offer is real, the discount is genuine, and the product is worth buying at the price. Our standard process covers:

  • Real, current pricing. We confirm the price and the discount against the merchant's own page, not a stale screenshot, before we publish.
  • Price history sanity checks. Where it makes sense, we look at what a product has actually sold for over time so a "sale" isn't just an inflated list price.
  • Long-term updates. Some pieces get revisited later to flag when a deal has expired, a price has crept back up, or a better offer has appeared.

3. How we handle products and samples

The default is: we recommend deals on products we'd buy at retail with our own money. In a small minority of cases we may try a unit borrowed from a friend, neighbor, or a local store. Occasionally a manufacturer offers a product; if we accept one, the conditions are explicit:

  • We may, or may not, write about it.
  • If we write about it, we will say in the article that the unit was provided by the manufacturer.
  • We retain full editorial control. The manufacturer does not see drafts.
  • We are not obligated to keep the unit; we may return it.

4. Affiliate links

Some links on this site earn us a commission when you buy something. We disclose this on every relevant page and in our Affiliate Disclosure. Affiliate availability is never used to decide which deals or products we recommend.

5. Sourcing and accuracy

We work hard to get specifics right. Specs and prices come from manufacturer pages, retailer listings, or our own checks where applicable. When we cite a number we didn't verify ourselves, we link to the source. When we make a subjective claim ("this felt cheap"), we say so.

6. Health and safety claims

We sometimes feature deals on products in the wellness and personal-care categories. We write about shopping, not medicine. We never make medical claims, never promise health outcomes, and we frame our experience with sleep, recovery, and personal-care gadgets as subjective and personal. For anything affecting your health, talk to a qualified professional.

7. Use of AI tools

We use AI tools the way a writer might use spell-check or a thesaurus: as a drafting and editing aid, not as a substitute for first-hand checking. We do not publish wholesale AI-generated articles, AI-fabricated pricing data, or AI-generated photographs of products as if they were our own. Every recommendation is grounded in a real, verified offer.

8. Photography

The photos on this site are taken by us unless explicitly stated otherwise. We do not pass off manufacturer marketing imagery as our own. We will sometimes use stock or generated illustrative imagery in non-product editorial contexts (e.g., a generic header photo); when we do, the photo is clearly illustrative rather than a product photo.

9. Corrections

We make mistakes; when we find them, we fix them. Our policy:

  • For factual errors, we correct the article and add a "Correction" note at the bottom describing what changed and when.
  • For minor copy edits (typos, broken links), we update silently.
  • If a deal changes meaningfully after we publish (price increases, expirations, recalls), we add an "Update" note rather than rewriting history.

Spot something wrong? Email support@wow-discounts.com with the subject line "Correction." We take corrections seriously.

10. Conflicts of interest

If a member of our team has any personal or financial relationship with a brand we are covering — for example, a family member who works there — we either disclose it in the relevant article or recuse that team member from the coverage.

11. User comments and submissions

This site does not currently host public comments. We sometimes incorporate reader feedback into articles; when we do, we either anonymize the reader or attribute the quote with their explicit permission.

12. Updates to these standards

These standards will evolve as the publication does. We'll log significant updates here and date them. Last updated: May 18, 2026.

Questions?

Standards and ethics questions are some of the messages we most want to receive. Email support@wow-discounts.com.