Research on new tech has never been easier to find. Good deals haven’t caught up.
For most people, if a thing isn’t at a local store or on Amazon, it might as well not exist. That’s never sat right with me. If I want something, I want to find it, and I want to find the best price on it.
I’ve been the kid in the electronics aisle my whole life. Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, RadioShack. I could never buy anything, and I didn’t need to. I read the spec cards, played the demo games, and tapped on every keyboard. Not much has changed. I still window shop.
Over the years, friends and family kept asking me the same two things. Had I seen any good deals lately? And did I have a tablet or a computer I’d be willing to part with? I build websites for a living, so it finally clicked. cDeals, my hand-picked tech deals site, is where I post the deals I come across.
What is on it?
Tech, sorted the way most of us actually shop: computers, laptops, tablets, phones, cameras, audio, TV and home theater, smart home, wearables, gaming and accessories.
The deals come from Amazon, B&H, Target, Newegg, Woot, OWC and more, and the links go straight to the store. Browse every deal, or start with a category, like laptops or smart home.
How is it different from a deal feed?
Every deal is hand-picked. Nothing goes up just because a price moved.
Expired deals drop off automatically. You’re not scrolling past last month’s price.
Tips are welcome, not guaranteed. If yall spot a deal I should look at, submit the deal with a link and a short note. Every tip gets a look before anything goes on the site, and I don’t promise to post it.
It’s free to use. The next section explains how that works.
How does it pay for itself?
Now this is the honest part.
Some links on cDeals are affiliate links. If you buy through one, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. That keeps the site running and the deals coming.
I’d rather you know that before you click anything. The cDeals affiliate disclosure explains exactly how the site makes money, so you can decide how much weight to give what you read there.
The other honest part: prices change fast. A deal that was real this morning can be gone by lunch. So check the price at the store before you buy.
Is a good price enough?
No. A good price on the wrong thing is still a bad buy.
So cDeals also has a blog of buying guides. A few to start with:
- How to spot a fake discount. Not every sale tag means you’re saving money.
- How to read price history before you buy. A price chart tells you whether a sale is really a deal.
- When are Prime Day deals actually real? How to tell a real discount from a regular price in a party hat.
- Why refurbished and open box are not bad words. What the labels really mean, and when to buy new instead.
- How to choose a laptop for work and monitor buying basics. The right work laptop is the one that fits how you actually work.
And once the new machine is home, keep it running well. Specs are not maintenance. I wrote about that in Computer optimization.
What is coming next?
Down the road, I’ll sell some of my own well-cared-for gear on cDeals too. That part isn’t live yet, so for now cDeals is deals only.
Getting started
- Go to cdeals.co and see what’s fresh.
- Use the categories menu if you already know what you’re shopping for.
- Read a buying guide before a big purchase.
- Check the price at the store before you buy. It may have moved.
- Send a tip if you find something better.
Questions go through the cDeals contact page.
The short version
cDeals is the tech deals I find, from stores you know and a few you might not, hand-picked and free to use. Some links pay me a small commission, and the site tells you so up front.
And if the gear is for a business, and the business needs a website, a brand or the systems behind it, that’s the work I do. Send it through the contact form. I’d love to help.
