Badges and health on PayoutDeals

What the labels on deal cards and network rows mean. Short definitions also live in the Jargon Buster.

New

The programme was listed here in the last 7 days, counted from the listing date (created_at), not from when the merchant launched the product.

You’ll see it as a New badge on the card. Sort the directory by Latest to see recent listings. What’s new uses the same 7-day window.

Featured

An editor pin so the programme (or network) sits first in the default sort. The public label is Featured — the same word on programmes and networks, never “Top Tier”.

Default directory sort is Featured: pinned listings first, then by payout. It is not a live community-score threshold.

Verified

An editor confirmed the programme or network is actually open — not only that the apply or signup URL still loads. The badge is hidden when the flag is off.

A healthy link check can still pass when a programme is suspended on the portal. Verified is never set automatically from that check. What’s new “Recently verified” uses the date an editor marked it, not the last health probe.

Link health

We probe the Apply destination (network join or programme page), not a merchant homepage stand-in. Shared join URLs are checked once.

Green “healthy” only appears after a check has run and the status is healthy. Dead and warning stay muted, not green. A live join page is not the same as Verified.

Community sentiment

A 0–100% score from publisher discussion. We only show it when that listing has been refreshed — it is not a default 92%.

It is a word-of-mouth signal before you apply or send traffic, not a live ranking of every programme.

New, Featured, Verified, link health, and sentiment in the Jargon Buster.