Scrolling through deals can feel like a waste of time when everything claims to be “on sale.” You click, compare, second-guess — and half the time, the price is never better than last week. That’s especially true if you’re shopping under $50, where small discounts can be easily taken advantage of.

CNET’s shopping experts focus on finding deals that will actually save you money, not ones filled with inflated list prices or clever wording. If the discount isn’t real or the product isn’t worth owning, it won’t cut it.

The team and I continuously track and select the best offers from your favorite retailers, including Amazon and Walmartas well as others, for our CNET Deals text subscribers. I’ll text the best sales for free straight to your phone, so you can keep track of the hottest deals and jump on them before anyone else. It’s not a bad time to save money, but with recent holiday spending behind us, finding bargains in early 2026 is more welcome than ever.

Why go through the effort of sifting through sales yourself when we can do it for you? Signing up for the CNET Deals text group (just scroll down) takes less than a minute. It is safe and reliable, and you can choose anytime. And the best part: It’s free. The service costs nothing, and you can save money on the products you love.

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More about our text curation deals

This is the good stuff, not just “discounts” on things that were artificially inflated last week. We check every deal to make sure the price is accurate and the product is in stock when we send the text.

We send a major Deal of the Day most days. During major shopping events, we send two texts a day on outstanding sales. When we find great deals at a rock-bottom price, we hook you up with a text.

My team and I apply the same care we do to all of CNET, just in bite-size form. When texting the daily deal, you will receive the same level of in-depth research and the same confirmation that these discounts are legitimate. And there is no AI pulling the strings. Real people are behind these texts and the research achieved in finding the best deals.

We are a passionate and dedicated group of bargain hunters. So when we come across something interesting for an affordable price, usually under $50 with a significant discount, you’ll hear about it. When we find a cool item for sale, we share that discovery. It’s as simple as that. Join us today!