Deals / How it works

How deals work

You buy a license code from us at a launch price, redeem it on the vendor's site, and have 60 days to decide if it's a keeper.

1Check the review firstEvery deal links to our independent review and BSR score of the product. Vendors pay a share of sales; they can't buy a better score.
2Pick a tier and check outTiers differ by capacity (workspaces, users, credits). Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through Stripe. Buy one deal now or fill a cart.
3Get your codeMost deals issue a code the second payment clears. It's on your My products page and in your inbox. A few vendors activate your account by email instead.
4Redeem with the vendorOpen the redemption link on your order, create or sign in to your account there, and paste the code. Your access then lives with the vendor.

Lifetime vs. annual deals

Lifetime deals are one payment for access to the plan described in the deal for as long as the vendor runs the product. Annual deals are one year of access at a discount and don't auto-renew. Credit packs are prepaid usage. The deal's terms say exactly what's included and what isn't.

Stacking codes

Some deals let you buy more than one code and stack them to unlock a bigger plan. When a deal allows it, the tier says how many codes it includes, and the terms say how many you can stack. You can buy several at once by raising the quantity.

Refunds

Every deal has a money-back window, 60 days unless the deal says otherwise. Refund yourself from the order page: no email, no approval, and the code is deactivated right away. Full details in the refund policy.

Questions before you buy

Each deal page has a public Questions tab. Ask the founder about limits, integrations or the roadmap; their answer stays on the page for the next buyer. Upvote questions you also want answered.

Buyer reviews

Only people who bought a deal can review it, and reviews are about the deal: what you got, how redemption went, whether it lived up to the page. They're separate from our product scores, which come from testing.

Selling a deal

Software makers can launch a deal from the vendor dashboard. See how selling works.

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