So my logic was that the retailer's own watch or notify me buttons would be the fastest way to know but then I saw a thread saying those are basically just marketing traps to get u on an email list and they dont actually send the price drop alerts until the item is already sold out... which is so frustrating if true. Ive been manually refreshing tabs like a maniac every hour but there has to be a better way to get a ping on my phone the second the price hits my target. Is there an app that actually does real-time pings for specific URLs or am I stuck just clicking refresh forever? I really dont want to miss a flash sale while I'm at work or something...

im super new to all of this so sorry if this is a really basic question but i keep seeing girls on tiktok talking about how they never pay full price for high end brands and they mention things like deal alerts or stacking coupons and i am just sitting here so confused lol. i tried to find some of these deals myself by just googling stuff but i ended up on these weird websites that looked like they were gonna give my laptop a virus or something. i dont really know which sites are actually real and which ones are just fake ads.

im just looking for something easy and safe that a beginner could use to save some money. maybe like an app that pings your phone when sephora or ulta has a big sale? or somewhere that actually lists real coupons that work? i dont want to spend hours hunting things down i just want to know when the prices drop so i can grab what i need before the wedding. i live in a pretty small town so i mostly have to shop online anyway because our local stores dont carry the good brands.

• are there specific apps that are actually legit for this?


• do people use like certain groups or something else to find the secret codes?


• is there a way to get alerts for specific brands like elf or mac?

i really have no idea where to even start looking so i would love some help finding some reliable ways to track these sales without getting scammed...

so i was thinking maybe we need to make a shared list but then does that go into the cart automatically? i am so confused and i feel really dumb asking this but i cant find a share button anywhere. i looked at the help page but it was all talk about business accounts and stuff we dont have. my logic was that there would just be a button that says share cart or something but i cant find it for the life of me. is there just a simple way to link our accounts so we can see what the other person is buying before we hit the buy now button?? we really need to get this done tonight before the items go out of stock or shipping takes too long...

I spent all morning looking at Amazon and I am just more confused than when I started. Everyone says Wasabi Power is the way to go for cheap spares but then I read a bunch of forum threads saying they swell up after 3 months and get stuck inside the camera body which would basically ruin my $700 camera so that is a hard no. Then I looked at the SmallRig ones because they have the built-in USB-C port which looks super convenient but some people are saying they dont actually hold the full charge or they cause errors on the screen saying 'accessory not supported' or whatever.

The official Sony NP-BX1 batteries are like fifty bucks each where I live and that is just highway robbery for something that lasts less than an hour. I really need a dual charger too because charging inside the camera via micro-usb is slow as hell and I hate leaving the port flap open all night. I am trying to stay under $60 for a couple batteries and a decent charger that wont explode or fry my circuits.

Is there a specific third party brand that is actually reliable for the RX100/ZV-1 series or should I just bite the bullet and buy one single overpriced Sony battery? Does anyone have a charger they actually trust that isnt a total fire hazard?...

My logic was that a simple browser extension would be the way to go but the ones I've tried lately are so glitchy. I messed around with MyRegistry and it kept failing to pull the item images correctly from these smaller boutique sites which is basically a dealbreaker. Then I looked at Zola but it feels way too wedding-centric and the UI is just cluttered with stuff we don't need for a birthday.

I just want a platform where I can paste a URL and it actually scrapes the data accurately without me having to manually type in the price and description every single time. It shouldn't be this hard to find something that isn't bloated with ads or weird tracking. Does anyone know which one actually has the fastest setup right now? I'm honestly about to just make a Google Doc at this rate...