Slickdeals Hot Deals Scraper (Original Merchant Links)

Get structured data from the Slickdeals Hot Deals forum. This actor scrapes deals with 3 thumbs up and above, providing direct links to the original merchant (e.g., Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy) rather than the Slickdeals forum post.

Note: Deals are fetched with a ~10 minute delay to ensure rating stability.

🚀 Features

• Direct Merchant Links: Returns the actual deal URL (e.g., Amazon, Walmart), bypassing the forum thread.
• Hot Deal Extraction: Filters for deals with 3+ thumbs up from the Slickdeals Hot Deals forum (~10 min delay).
• Structured Data: Returns clean JSON with title, pricing, discounts, and visual assets
• Discount Analysis: Automatically calculates savedAmount and percentOff when available.
• Verified Deals: Includes only community-validated deals with positive feedback.

📋 Usage

This scraper is designed to be simple. You only need to configure the limit of items you wish to retrieve.

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
limit	Integer	20	The maximum number of deal items to scrape. (Max: 100)

📦 Output

The actor stores results in a dataset. Each item is a separate JSON object representing a deal.

Average daily count is ~50 items.

Example Output

[
    {
        "id": "24341",
        "title": "Under Armour Men's Iso-chill Golf Glove (Black/White) $9.99 + Free Shipping w/ Prime or on $35+",
        "dealPrice": 9.99,
        "regPrice": 18,
        "savedAmount": 8.01,
        "percentOff": 45,
        "imageLink": "https://static.slickdealscdn.com/attachment/1/5/5/7/3/6/2/450x450/19485613.thumb",
        "slug": "under-armour-mens-iso-chill-golf-glove-blackwhite-dollar999-free-shipping-w-prime-or-on-dollar35",
        "keyword": "",
        "country": "us",
        "origDealLink": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093JQ7DXV?creative=9325&camp=1789&ie=UTF8&linkCode=ur2&th=1&psc=1",
        "origDealDomain": "amazon.com",
        "dateScraped": "2026-02-02T22:56:25.779Z"
    }
]

Output Fields Explanation

• id: The unique deal identifier.
• title: Product name or listing title.
• imageLink (Optional): URL to the product image.
• origDealLink: Direct URL to the store listing (e.g. Amazon, Walmart).
• country: Target market (e.g., us).
• dealPrice (Optional): The current discounted price.
• regPrice (Optional): The original regular price.
• savedAmount (Optional): The absolute numeric value saved.
• percentOff (Optional): The percentage discount.

💡 Use Cases

• Competitor Analysis: Monitor trending deals and pricing strategies across major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy.
• Deal Aggregation: Populate your own deal site, app, or Discord server with high-quality, community-vetted offers.
• Retail Arbitrage: Identify deeply discounted items for resale opportunities on other marketplaces.
• Affiliate Marketing: Discover high-converting products to promote to your audience with direct merchant links.
• Market Research: Analyze consumer interest and detect popular products or pricing errors before they sell out.
• Personal Alerts: Build custom notification systems for specific products when they hit "Hot Deal" status.

🔗 Related Actors

• Amazon Deal of the Day Scraper: Scrapes Amazon's daily deals (Direct Amazon links). https://apify.com/scralab/amazon-com-todays-deals
• eBay Daily Deals Scraper: Scrapes eBay's daily deals (Direct eBay links). https://apify.com/scralab/ebay-com-daily-deals

⚖️ Legal & Privacy

This actor is a tool for extracting public data. Please respect the target website's potential restrictions, robots.txt, and terms of service.