"On Our 20th Anniversary, I Can't Thank Our Readers Enough"
I can hardly believe it, but DealNews is 20 years old. We've been around for the same number of years as South Park ("WhatwhatWHAT?") and Harry Potter.
When I look back at where DealNews started, I'm in awe of how far we've come. I started dealmac in 1997 with my friend since middle school, Richard Moss, and we had a pretty simple goal in mind: to find and share Mac deals with other Apple fanboys like us. We were excited to show the world that you didn't have to pay full price.
Since then, Apple has certainly changed, but in a way, DealNews hasn't. We still get just as excited to discover an awesome deal as we did 20 years ago. But now, our deal sleuthing has expanded beyond Apple, to include everything from PCs to TVs to shoes to blenders — and beyond.
Our team has grown, too. We span multiple time zones, with offices on two continents, and we've even raised dozens of dealbabies — including my two sons, one of whom just had to enter this world one week before Black Friday.
At the heart of it, there's one reason why we've become the company we are today — and that's the devoted support of our fellow deal-shoppers. Readers, you are the reason we made it to 20, and you're the reason we'll make it to 40 and beyond.
So in our 20th year, we want you all to see, in the very fiber of DealNews, how much we love what we do; how much we adore our readers; and how much we value your feedback and opinions. We want to take this relationship to the next level. And we need your help.
The best way to improve our site so that it better serves you is to get your input. We want to hear from you, now and throughout the year. Tell us what you like. Tell us what you don't like. And tell us what, in your wildest dreams, you'd like DealNews to become.
If you're on Twitter, you can message me directly at @degrandpre. You can also leave your thoughts on this article in the comment section below, or send us an email at letters@dealnews.com. And if you don't have anything to say now, no worries. We'll be making more requests for your feedback over the coming months as well.
Thank you for making this an amazing 20 years. We're committed to making DealNews your ultimate happy place, for another 20 years to come!
Sincerely,
Dan de Grandpre
Also I do not like using your App and therefore I don't use the app. Why not just make it like the web site. Where i select a category and the are listed.
Please include deals on services like AC, plumbing etc.
My Top 5 ideas:
1) Restrictive deals, i.e., coupon codes only good for very limited number of items from the largest online retailers
2) Deals where the item is not in stock for immediate shipping or shipping that will come from China and take 4 - 7 weeks
3) Sponsored deals - please stop these unless they are truly a deal vs. paid advertising
4) Do non post the same deals over and over again (these are not really deals if they are always having a sale). For example, Macy's is always having a 40% off sale - the law states this is no longer a sale but rather deceptive advertising.
5) When readers report an error - pull the deal quickly. Often times, you waste time trying to get a deal that is no longer offered and go back to Deal News to post a comment about the deal ending and see a string of comments time stamped for hours and hours that the deal was over. :(
Thank you for all you do!
Please bring the "time" back to each deal so I know how far to scroll back when monitoring the site. Thanks.
The ability to directly reply to another users comment and the ability to edit your own comments would be wonderful addition.
Maybe take these feedback posts and put up a poll to see what is important to others.
If I could add a feature to dealnews, it would be a deal request section where I could tell you what I was shopping for and you guys would alert me when a deal on the item came up.
You have certainly helped fill my spaces with so many things I never realized I needed!
Thanks for your energy, flexibility, and empathy
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I remember back in the day when your offices were in Perimeter Plaza then on Zierdt Rd.
I don't wear promo t-shirts ever...except yours. I was always proud to promote a homegrown company like yours. Feel free to send a new one ;)
Thank for being there all these years.
Most of my Christmas shopping every year is done through DealNews.
BTW: The Dean & Rog Show on 106.9 The Eagle is also celebrating their 20th year on the air today. You should try write them on their website/facebook/twitter to get a little exposure in the Houston area.
Thanks
Bob P.
Now the positive. I have been using dealnews since about 2007. I am glad you and the crew of staffers keep this site running. I go nowhere else to look for deals, Just here. Thank You very much.
I would love to see more attention paid to free music & apps, and perhaps markets like Alibaba and Microcenter (we Denverites shake our collective fist at Fry's!)?
Keep it up. Don't change.
While searching is great, being able to eliminate certain categories, dollar amounts, prime-only, region-specific, vendors, etc... would be great.
That being said....congrats on stellar work and Kudos on longevity.