{"id":46,"date":"2018-08-19T22:05:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T02:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\/blog\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2018-08-19T22:05:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T02:05:50","slug":"get-notified","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\/blog\/get-notified\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: How To Get Notified of Hot Sony Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hope to answer many of the frequently asked questions about our e-mail notification feature!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#q1\">How do I get notified about the best Sony Deals?<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"#q2\">How do I sign up for blog post notifications?<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"#q3\">How do I sign up for product notifications?<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"#q4\">How does it work, and how fast are the e-mails sent?<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"#q5\">How many e-mails will I receive?<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"#q6\">How do I unsubscribe?<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"#q7\">How can I support this service?<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><a name=\"q1\">How do I get notified about the best Sony Deals?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>There are two notification mechanisms at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\">SonyPriceWatch.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The first is a blog post notification, where you get e-mailed whenever a post is made on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\">main page blog<\/a>.\n<li>The second is a product notification, where you get e-mailed whenever an item goes in-stock below your target price (either new, used, or refurbished).\n<\/ol>\n<p>Sign up for both. If you&#8217;re interested in a particular item, be sure to sign up for a specific notification on it &#8212; not just the blog post notification &#8212; and you&#8217;ll get e-mailed automatically when we see a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you&#8217;re only interested in one item, we recommend signing up for the blog post notifications as well. Or you might miss out on the next big unexpected deal or sale.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><a name=\"q2\">How do I sign up for blog post notifications?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>You can click the &#8216;Notify&#8217; button on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\">main page<\/a>, right above the first blog post. A window will pop-up; enter your e-mail address, press the button, and press the button again to confirm. That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<p>You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\/blog\/feed\/\">subscribe to our RSS feed<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WatchSony\">follow on Twitter<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SonyPriceWatch\">like us on Facebook<\/a> as well &#8212; the same deals will get posted across social media.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any problems, or aren&#8217;t receiving the e-mails, please don&#8217;t hesitate to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><a name=\"q3\">How do I sign up for product notifications?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>On any product&#8217;s page (e.g. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\/product\/06551\/Sony-Alpha-a7-III-price.html\">Alpha a7 III<\/a>) there is a &#8216;Notify&#8217; button under the description of the item (next to the picture). You can press this button to pop up a dialog box.<\/p>\n<p>The dialog box will allow you to sign-up for 4 types of notifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A notification when the item is in-stock at an authorized dealer below your target price.\n<li>A notification when the item is in-stock at any dealer (unauthorized or grey) below your target price.\n<li>A notification when the item is available used or refurbished below your target price.\n<li>A notification when the item is available for pre-order (new items only).\n<\/ul>\n<p>For each notification type you can set the desired target price, or disable this notification completely. If this is your first notification, you&#8217;ll be asked to confirm.<\/p>\n<p>To find a product&#8217;s page, you can either find it via the search box in the upper right, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\/prices\/\">the Sony Price List<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any problems, or aren&#8217;t receiving the e-mails, please don&#8217;t hesitate to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypricewatch.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><a name=\"q4\">How does it work, and how fast are the e-mails sent?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Product notification e-mails are automatically sent seconds after we detect the lower price or availability in used\/refurbished. <b>A specific product notification is the best way to get in on a deal!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For popular items we&#8217;ll detect price changes within minutes, and for the majority of Sony items we&#8217;ll detect a price change in about half an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Blog post notifications are sent after we write a blog post. But since a real human is involved in writing the blog posts, this can take some time, even though we have some of the fastest deal editors around.<\/p>\n<p>Especially when a big deal has started, it can take a few minutes to get all the e-mails out (we&#8217;re just a small website with an even smaller webserver). Also, when we send out thousands of e-mails, many mail providers may delay or slow down mail acceptance to make sure it&#8217;s not spam &#8212; when a huge, across-the-board deal starts, it may take 10-15 minutes longer than usual to get notifications.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><a name=\"q5\">How many e-mails will I receive?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>For blog post notifications, you&#8217;ll receive one e-mail per post; we average about one post a day.<\/p>\n<p>For product notifications, you&#8217;ll receive an e-mail only if the price drops below what you were previously notified at; after which you won&#8217;t be re-notified for five days.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><a name=\"q6\">How do I unsubscribe?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>At the bottom of the e-mails is a link to page of the item that generated the notification; clicking this, then clicking the Notify button again will bring up options to unsubscribe.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><a name=\"q7\">How can I support this service?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Thanks for asking! You can support the site by buying through the links on our site. Many of the links are affiliate links and we&#8217;ll receive a small amount from the retailer when you complete your order. Don&#8217;t worry, there&#8217;s no extra cost to you.<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hope to answer many of the frequently asked questions about our e-mail notification feature! How do I get notified about the best Sony Deals? How do I sign up for blog post notifications? How do I sign up for product notifications? How does it work, and how fast are the e-mails sent? 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