What it was

Deal Start was a deal-shopping website from before online deal hunting was a default hobby. Coupons, finds, and the hunt — published as a site instead of a group chat.

Deal sites are traffic businesses with brutal competition and thin loyalty. This was an early swing at that category.

Timeline snapshot

  • Early deals web: Deal-shopping site, then archived.

Why it existed

People already forwarded deals. Putting that habit on a domain was the whole pitch. It was also a way to learn affiliate and commerce content without a warehouse.

Where it is now

Retired. The category got professionalized by bigger players. The archive keeps the timestamp.