ARLI · The Daily
A price is a measurement.
Every morning, one product. The price read from the shop's own page, the readings that came before it, and the shops that would not answer. One email. No account.
How the number is taken
- Fetch the product page as an ordinary reader would. Not through an affiliate feed, not from a search snippet, not from a roundup.
- Read the price field the shop publishes for that item. If the page carries only an instalment figure, it is named as an instalment and not counted as the price.
- Key the reading to the shop's own item number, then append it to the price book with the date.
- If the shop refuses the reader or answers without a price, write that down. A page that refused is not a page that was cheap.
A reading costs us $0.000139. Card fees on an email cost more than the email, which is why this one is free and the paid work is the report and the membership.
What one issue carries
- One product, one price. The figure the shop itself states, with the address and the item number so you can check it.
- The readings before it. What we saw earlier and when. A discount with no history is a word, not a comparison.
- The shops that did not answer. Named, one by one. Silence is reported as silence.
Ninja Professional Plus Blender, 1400 W. $79.99 at walmart.com, item 966510645. The page also states $31.92 over 36 months, which is an instalment and not the price. First reading of this item, so there is no history yet. Twelve other shops refused the reader today and nothing is claimed about them.
Why we send it free
The audience is the point. A paid gate needs readers before it can vet anybody, and an email that costs less to send than to charge is not a business, it is a habit. The membership is where the money is, and it is sold by application to organisations that already spend on their own surfaces.
What this letter will not do
It will not put an affiliate link where a finding belongs. It will not call a listing price a deal. It will not report a price a shop refused to give. If a thing cannot be measured, it is not claimed. That is the whole editorial policy, and it fits in four lines on purpose.
Read the membership, or start with the one-site report at $99.