The merchant name and price are already displayed directly below the deal title, so we can eliminate the need for duplication in the deal title and allow the focus to be on the listed offer. Deal titles can have a maximum length of 140 characters. Additionally, we will begin using the 'Shipping costs' field, which is something you have asked for.
An example below of the new title layout:
And how we did share deals on hotukdeals - with the information listed in the title, and then some of those details are duplicated on the next line in orange text:
The price, shipping cost and merchant name is listed directly below the deal title, eliminating the need for duplication of that information in the title. Here are some key points:
There is no longer a need to include an existing merchant name and the total deal price in the title.
New merchants that don't have a merchant name assigned can be added to the title.
Sales threads or titles with multiple items can still list multiple prices in the title.
For contract deals, the total cost should match the deal price, so it doesn't need to be duplicated in the title.
The main deal price should not include the shipping cost, if applicable.
Shipping costs should be listed in the relevant field. This field can be used for any collection or delivery cost applicable to the deal.
Marketplace listings can include the seller's name in the title, but not the platform name (e.g. not 'eBay').
Fulfilled by Amazon listings will list the marketplace seller's name followed by 'FBA' in the title (e.g., 'Anker FBA').
Subscribe and Save prices can be added to the title and listed as £price + S&S.
Amazon Prime exclusive deals - Free delivery can be ticked under £25 (as it applies to Prime members only)
Minimum spends can still be added to the voucher title if relevant.
UK mainland only items will be included in a merchant banner assigned to all deals for that merchant. For eBay listings, we can include it in the title as it depends on the specific seller.
Instore deals already list 'instore' below the title. For store specific instore deals, that aren't national, we can include the specific store location in the title. The general geographic region will display under the title.
Digital movies and TV series can be listed as 'Download & Keep' or \"Download & Rent' in title to show they aren't tangible items (as some sellers, such as Amazon, may offer both options).
And we hope that using the shipping costs field will help make the deal price breakdown clearer.
Some acceptable acronyms for titles where relevant (and please share any other suggestions in comments for review if they would be frequently used):
S&S - for subscribe and save prices on Amazon
FBA - for items fulfilled by Amazon but sold by a marketplace seller
C&C - if there are delivery options but you want to highlight that the prices / charges quoted related to buy online and collect in store
BOGOF - Buy one get one free
BOGOHP - Buy one get one half price
w/code - With code
w/voucher - With voucher
yr - Year (e.g. 3yr guarantee / 2yr Warranty - when it’s a non-standard additional benefit)
T&Cs - Terms and Conditions
FVF - Final Value Fee
Prime Excl - Amazon Prime Exclusive
Also wanted to mention deals where there may be currency price fluctuations on a still live offer, if parts of the deal are fulfilled by non-UK countries, particularly for holiday sales or travel tickets outside of the UK, there may be slight price variations for the featured offer on the deal. We wouldn't automatically expire a deal because of this - but the Community team will review the thread if reported.
We aim to be flexible in terms of what is allowed and fully supportive of member feedback. Our goal is to share the best deal title format with our community while avoiding duplicating information. This approach will enhance the layout of deal titles when using the web, a mobile browser, or our app, and it will also enable the inclusion of additional deal information within the title.
TL;DR - The community team is responsible for making necessary edits, and members can hopefully have a better experience when sharing deals. ","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50592621","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"pirate1"},"datePublished":"2023-07-15T16:11:54.000Z","text":"There doesn't seem to be any sense to separate the postage cost like this, particularly when it's hardly visible compared to the price without. Why would people be required to calculate the total cost themselves? The highlighted price should be the total everyone pays, otherwise it just appears misleading and only of benefit to retailers"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50733698","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"mike279"},"datePublished":"2023-08-05T20:29:48.000Z","text":"Glad I'm not the only person saying that the new format of displaying the postage as a separate cost is rubbish and makes it look like something is a good deal until you then add another £3/4/5+ onto it. Needs reverting back ASAP as it's unclear on how much something is. The total cost is the only thing relevant when scrolling through deals."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50746380","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"hi0parag"},"datePublished":"2023-08-08T08:58:24.000Z","text":"A very regressive move to mislead people by not showing the final price to be paid ..Hiding shipping fees in a separate field and making a person to mental maths on every deal is a very bad idea.
The one thing I liked about HUKD was the full price disclosure"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-51339085","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"JohnnyBlazeon"},"datePublished":"2023-11-02T20:12:36.000Z","text":"Feedback: the change to the way deal prices are displayed has introduced friction to the deal process. Now we have to do mental arithmetic (or grab a calculator) and do even more deal comparison calculation to figure out if a particular deal is actually worth it. Removing the total cost of the deal is a mistake for that reason.
For example, I was wondering if there was a Mario Wonder deal for closer to £35 and I thought the was one posted from Amazon France for until I found out there was an additional delivery fee that wasn't included in the total deal price. Not particularly happy with this change."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50611038","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Discotech"},"datePublished":"2023-07-18T14:59:44.000Z","text":"If shipping is part of the price, show it as the full price, not 2 separate prices we have to work out what the total is, what an awful change"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50662753","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dcx_badass"},"datePublished":"2023-07-26T14:52:31.000Z","text":"Can you confirm what's transparent or easy to use about the below. The hottest deals highlights makes no mention of postage and shows a price that's not in any way available, it's flat out fraudulent.
"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50746131","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"DealHunterChaos"},"datePublished":"2023-08-08T08:14:40.000Z","text":"This new system is not very good for the consumers who use this website. It makes two deals look very similar until you read the grey price \"small print\".
Nice the delivery charge is shown but it is not particularly user friendly and only relevant to separate if there is a pickup option."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50576969","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"bozo007"},"datePublished":"2023-07-13T13:47:13.000Z","text":"The problem is the font and change in the data field. Merchant name is in a different colour and smaller size making it a bit difficult to quickly understand who is the seller. For me personally, as a fast reader who mostly uses the Android app, a glance at just the title that tells me everything is far more convenient than having to see different fields."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-51259145","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"jco83"},"datePublished":"2023-10-25T00:57:54.000Z","text":"I'll tell you why you shouldn't have changed to this new way of displaying deal prices - because it doesn't matter if the product can [possibly] be had cheaper, what matters is exactly how much it costs someone clicking GET DEAL and buying that item (by itself) right then and there.
If something can be had for cheaper by way of *insert reason here* then that's great - an added bonus. But what actually matters MOST to a deal is the \"how much to buy it then and there by itself price\" that ANYONE can click through knowing that is the final price they will pay (or even better due to *insert reason here*).
Call it a \"worst case scenario price\" if you like, what matters is the average Joe knows they won't be asked to pay any more than the highlighted deal price when they click through and go through the purchase process only to find out it will actually cost more than they thought = LOST CUSTOM . LOST TRUST . BYE-BYE 👋
What the change has done is introduce unnecessary doubt, and risks losing trust.
That is my opinion. Rant over."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50577159","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"EmeraldGreen"},"datePublished":"2023-07-13T14:13:39.000Z","text":"Can you add helpful information to the deal title such as the genre of game and price history?
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove (8-bit inspired platformer, last time digital version was on sale it was for £21.59)
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove (Xbox One) £8.85 delivered @ Hit"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50599232","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason"},"datePublished":"2023-07-16T17:55:06.000Z","text":"Thanks for the feedback. Just to go back to the point made earlier, makes good points about how we reached this decision. .
We first started talking about making changes about 9 months ago as we knew we did want to change it because we have all of these fields on the submission form and it would cut down the work the member has to do to submit their thread but also the time it takes for the team to moderate. The biggest factor was to simplify the title to make it easy for users to see the product plus the key specs or information without having a big duplication of content.
The biggest stumbling block was the format of the price. Last year we surveyed many users and presented to them the three options:
1. Total price includes the product price + shipping and we stop using the shipping option. 2. Total price is product + shipping and we add the shipping price in too; and 3. Total price is product price without shipping and shipping option displays the cost to pay on top.
Option 1 feedback was that it looked like the product was more expensive because of the shipping and sometimes the shipping could be avoided (minimum order thresholds, subs, free delivery codes missed etc) and option 2 was overwhelmingly the least favourite because members told us it looked like the shipping price was on top of the main price which also included shipping.
The overwhelming preference from surveyed users was option 3. They told us they could easily work out the cost and they wanted to know what the product cost + the shipping.
So that is what we went for and it tied in with our desire to simplify the title because we could present the costs in the available fields at submission.
The fact that this is actually a pretty big change visually to the most visited section of our site, we've been so happy with the feedback so far and for those not quite on board, lets give it a bit more time and if there are things you think we can do better in terms of the presentation or format do let us know."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50604294","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"nimbusgamer"},"datePublished":"2023-07-17T15:15:39.000Z","text":"I have keyword alerts for certain merchants that would appear in title, which I find incredibly useful. Will this change mean I no longer get alerts for them?
On bulky titles, it could be made best practice for titles to use shorter synonyms. Fewer characters used mean more space for actual info. [1] via 'code' instead of via 'voucher' / 'voucher code' [EDIT: / 'discount code'] where applicable [2] 'select users' instead of 'selected' 'specific' 'accounts' 'customers' [3] '20 locations' instead of 'select locations' if locations are easy to count"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50745741","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"chigger1"},"datePublished":"2023-08-08T06:30:27.000Z","text":"Hi, the recent change to the advertised headline price not including maditory changes such as delivery and other charges should be included as before. This new change has had be going on to deal links and not finding the price shown.
Please revert to the more sensible previous policy as users should not be duped when using HDUK. Thanks"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50876622","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"EQL"},"datePublished":"2023-08-28T18:08:15.000Z","text":" There's some feedback about the new deal titles in this deal's comments: hotukdeals.com/dea…72/"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50597875","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"MrAlbert"},"datePublished":"2023-07-16T13:29:39.000Z","text":"This is a brilliant change and I never understood why people put the price in the title when it was displayed directly underneath!
Does this mean we can get compact view back? I think one of the reasons given for getting rid of it was no one used it because they couldn't read all the details of if the title "},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-51103157","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"awiew"},"datePublished":"2023-10-01T18:20:55.000Z","text":"The new delivery charge format is misleading.
When you see a deal you see the price, and then in small tiny writing you'll see the delivery charge. What's the point in that? Everyone here is looking for good prices and then the delivery charge stated below just kills it. Always unnecessary changes and overthinking from your end. Just put the complete price including delivery charge in the title of the post."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-51202963","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"sidesey"},"datePublished":"2023-10-16T12:33:06.000Z","text":"I’m a bit late to this and never knew it was changing until I commented on a post and it was removed. I can see why it has changed to some extent but it now makes it harder to see an actual deal. That is what I thought this site was for. If we have to have the new system then surely first have total price including postage larger as that is the deal after all. Then can have postage and price without postage if that is what people want.
Personally it annoys me when I see a great deal on here or elsewhere for example that costs £5. I then sign up to the site put in all my delivery details and get to the checkout and find out it’s £8 postage and I can get it elsewhere with free postage for £7. I won’t use that retailer again. I don’t think I’m alone. I’m not seeing postage clearly on here now so it’s very similar.
Hopefully some sort of remedy will be found as now a lot of things that seem a deal on first glance are actually not.
Also is there a way to hide certain retailers? I asked this before but so far I have not found an answer.
Thanks."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50577173","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"innocent"},"datePublished":"2023-07-13T14:15:06.000Z","text":"Personally don't mind duplication of information, rubs it in better as I am slow on the uptake!"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-51104469","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"64bit_Dan"},"datePublished":"2023-10-01T21:58:26.000Z","text":"Please revert back to how this was before. So many deals now are getting inflated \"heat\" because the majority of users see the big price shown in orange and vote hot/cold based on that.
You can see in nearly all deals being posted having comments littered about them voting hot but then noticed the shipping when they got to checkout (as the shipping being shown separately in small grey text is very easily missed).
IMPORTANT: Remember the main deal pages are feeds, people scroll through them quickly briefly looking at the title and the big price shown and then quickly vote based on that (not small text, like postage)."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50585102","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"HappyShopper"},"datePublished":"2023-07-14T13:56:15.000Z","text":"As this is now live, does seem much 'cleaner' - just a bit of adjustment on my part to read the second line for info that was previously contained in the title.
Just wanted to make a suggestion - would it be possible to incorporate the retailers logo by their name in the second line?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50610760","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"joshp"},"datePublished":"2023-07-18T14:23:54.000Z","text":"Love most of the changes, except the price being displayed without shipping. So much more hassle having to try and check each deal if postage is included in the price. Feels a step back"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50742475","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"qal1h"},"datePublished":"2023-08-07T14:16:36.000Z","text":"This change takes something away from the user and only seems to help the retailer get clicks and in turn HDUK to get referrals if someone buys despite seeing a £4-10 increase to listed price.
So I can see why HDUK would do this, but is an anti-hduk'er move."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-51257942","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"jsmooth1uk"},"datePublished":"2023-10-24T20:06:35.000Z","text":"Could we potentially have a setting to include delievery in total price, to many times have I thought there is a great deal but the greyed out delivery price is something I don't notice."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50577773","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"merb0786"},"datePublished":"2023-07-13T15:41:12.000Z","text":" - I understand the changes (I am familiar with the way Mydealz title format) - however the way in which this is turning into an actual rule might be a bit much, considering the things you are not allowed to mention.
After all, it is not a rule on Mydealz either, but rather best practice so I hope HUKD adopts a similar approach (I see you mentioned flexibility, so will try and provide feedback where I can).
Thanks."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50635825","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"imdurc"},"datePublished":"2023-07-22T03:01:20.000Z","text":"I think there are two main issues that I am seeing with this new change:
1. Today, I viewed a deal where the postage was not shown in the title or the deal price. Having to click on the deal just to check the description for this kind of extra cost, is an easy way to waste a users' time when skimming deals on the site.
This info change has created an extra step here when checking a deal on the main page.
And 2. The \"Hottest\" section on my front page no longer indicates which store/webpage a deal is from. This means that you can't quickly skim deals in that section. Again, the problem created here is that a user has to click on each and every deal in this section to see where an item is being sold. Combine that with the other issue I've listed above and it really slows things down.
So, while I can see the point to the change, and how it can clean up the formatting of a deal, it appears to have introduced some issues which are problematic."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50651278","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"The.Fat.Cat"},"datePublished":"2023-07-24T18:50:35.000Z","text":"Not sure this is what the people that gave 'positive feedback' were expecting. It's leaving many people confused, even more so when mods go removing important information from deal titles that leave deals looking very vague and people then need to go through comments to find out simple details that should be seen from the title.
OP put in the title that the deal is for iOS, but a mod decided to remove 'iOS', leaving the deal showing it's sold by 'App Store'... What app store? Windows? Google? iOS? Any other app stores? Deleting 'iOS' helped exactly 0 people.
I haven't seen a single positive comment about these changes since they happened.
This old phrase comes to mind - \"If it ain't broke, don't fix it\"."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50746073","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mr_HDD"},"datePublished":"2023-08-08T08:02:45.000Z","text":"
The delivery information is now clearly displayed both in thread view and list view across web, mobile, and app platforms.
Small light grey fonts on the delivery price compared to the large bright Orange fonts on the item price doesn't make it that clear.
It's like something an unscrupulous retailer would do hoping people didn't notice the delivery cost..."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-51103852","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Whitedot"},"datePublished":"2023-10-01T20:11:42.000Z","text":" That's not the price of the item (the Xbox controller); there's a £4.99 delivery charge on top which is a significant increase and makes it far less of a 'hot deal'. Misleading website design."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-51324114","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Justintime12"},"datePublished":"2023-10-31T23:23:36.000Z","text":"9 out of 10 times, these deals seem to be one off deals in a b&m store in dudley or an out of stock item in outer Mongolia
Am I the only one who just doesn't bother looking into each and every hot deal listed on the front page at the top as it doesn't now show the merchant or shipping ?
Some don't even have any price
Eg.
Don't get me started on the headline price of every deal now not including the p&p....
Rant over"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50584345","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Frank30uk"},"datePublished":"2023-07-14T12:24:17.000Z","text":"This is much better"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50585162","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"SaturdayGigs"},"datePublished":"2023-07-14T14:03:28.000Z","text":"All looks good to me."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50631020","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"marvhuk"},"datePublished":"2023-07-21T11:49:12.000Z","text":"This change does make sense, and it looks good in the Android App as the information is still grouped together in a similar style. In the web browser (desktop AND mobile) view, it's hard to read. I would recommend changing the colour of the price and retailer to match the item title (black/dark grey), and lining them up vertically - so it would be title above retailer above price (just like in the app view, although the price there in a different colour doesn't bother me as much.
(I'm also an RSS user and would love the retailer and price to be added to the rss item.title field so it works like it used to, but I appreciate RSS users are few and far between)."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-51227674","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Change_Me"},"datePublished":"2023-10-19T21:10:57.000Z","text":"bring back the store name in title it makes using the search button even harder"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-52419919","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"peteh79"},"datePublished":"2024-03-19T22:50:39.000Z","text":"Just to add my two pence worth here. I think the reviewed design is poor. Not having the merchant in the main 'hotlist' is irksome as I have to click into the deal to realise it's a merchant I don't have near me. I've tried with the new design but still don't really see why it was changed! "},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50576904","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sigma"},"datePublished":"2023-07-13T13:36:58.000Z","text":"When we discussed this change in the current format of deal titles, we received lots of positive feedback. We hope that it will make it easier for our Community to share offers, as titles can now focus on the deal without the need to add duplicated information. Additionally, viewing on mobile browsers and apps should improve. However, we would appreciate your feedback and suggestions. "},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50577077","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sigma"},"datePublished":"2023-07-13T14:02:51.000Z","text":"hi, quick request - can we please keep comments in this thread on topic and relating to this change in title formatting. We have other threads in Announcements and also in the Feedback forum if you would like to discuss something else. It allows us to review feedback and engage in on topic discussions much easier. Thank you"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50579793","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"pb-live"},"datePublished":"2023-07-13T20:11:41.000Z","text":"Interesting changes, I can see the logic behind them. I agree with the seller change as it's already below but not sure about separating price and postage, surely will just make working out the full price that bit more time consuming (or perhaps there's an initiative to make HDUK users more adept at Maths? )
Anyway, it will possibly take a little getting used to but I can't see anything majorly wrong with this change."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50579976","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"AndyRoyd"},"datePublished":"2023-07-13T20:36:31.000Z","text":"Mixing terms of \"merchant\" with \"seller\" may cause confusion, and in attempt to apply in comparable context to OP statement:
how is
The merchant name.. displayed directly below the deal title
decided in relation to sellers / webstore operators who are not the actual merchant? Will it be similar to Amazon marketplace where the \"platform\" is not mentioned?
Examples:
1) Motorola UK webstore items are not sold by Motorola; the merchant appearing on sales invoices indicates products from that site are
sold by the company Digital River UK Ltd. (limited liability company based in Netherlands)
indicating the consumer is contracting with a foreign company. Similarly, the Lenovo UK Outlet webstore states:
Digital River UK Ltd is the authorised reseller and merchant of the products and services offered within this store
(although that version of Digital River UK Ltd is confusingly not based in Netherlands. Go figure), yet on the checkout page the merchant changes to
Digital River Ireland Ltd. is the authorised reseller and merchant of the products and services offered within this store
so another foreign merchant not otherwise obvious to HUKD members if the brand is stated as the merchant under deal title.
2) EE UK webstore items are not sold by EE; the merchant appearing on sales invoices indicates products are sold by British Telecommunications plc and buyers
are still contracting with British Telecommunications despite seeing EE branding
Similarly the Eufy UK webstore states the merchant as
Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd
3) What will happen for unidentified merchants such as Lenovo UK webstore where no merchant is stated within the sales t&c that the customer accepts at checkout, but as
all orders issued hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York
the merchant is assumed to be based in US, so yet another \"hidden\" foreign merchant if the brand is stated as the merchant under deal title."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50585042","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"rad."},"datePublished":"2023-07-14T13:49:55.000Z","text":"Should we separate the price and shipping cost for deals from Amazon DE/FR/ES/IT?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/discussions/changes-to-the-standard-information-included-in-deal-titles-draft-4165412#comment-50585083","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"PaulLFC"},"datePublished":"2023-07-14T13:54:19.000Z","text":"I don't think this change works, as it doesn't consider that one outcome is that it breaks HUKD RSS feeds.
Now, all deals are shown without pricing, so it's impossible to know if a deal is a good one without visiting every single one, which isn't practical.
I hope this change is reconsidered and reverted."}],"commentCount":186,"interactionStatistic":106,"articleSection":"Official Announcements"}