About Deal Notes
Deal Notes is an independent site that helps people shop Amazon with less guesswork: buying guides by category, plain explanations of big sale events, and short news on sales, recalls and product launches.
Who runs this site?
Deal Notes is run by Sam Barth as part of a small network of sites on samcbarth.com.
The other sites in the network are linked in the footer of every page.
How do you choose products?
We do not run a test lab, and we never claim hands-on testing we did not do. Each pick is a current recommendation in a published, test-based review, which we link, cross-checked against the maker's specs.
Each guide has a "How we chose" section that says exactly what it is based on. If a pick is recalled or drops out of the source review, we update or remove it.
Where do event dates and news facts come from?
From primary sources: Amazon's own announcements for deal-event dates, the Consumer Product Safety Commission for recalls, and company press releases for product launches.
Every news story links its source. If we cannot verify a fact, we leave it out.
How does the site make money?
Through affiliate links. When you buy through a "Check price on Amazon" link, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Commissions never decide which products we include. Details are on our affiliate disclosure page.