How we check information.
Offers change quickly. Shiok99’s editorial policy is to distinguish confirmed promotions from unverified information and archive or mark expired deals clearly.
Primary sources first
For a promotional article, we aim to link to the merchant’s original website, app announcement or official social channel. Third-party reposts can be useful leads, but are not sufficient on their own for a verified claim.
Terms that should be visible
- Offer price or benefit, and exactly what is included.
- Start and end date, including time zone when relevant.
- Participating locations, exclusions and minimum spend.
- Official source link and when the details were last checked.
Corrections and expiry
When an offer ends, the article should be marked expired rather than quietly left looking current. If a claim cannot be verified, its status should be clear before publication.
About AI assistance
Writing tools may assist with outlines and editing, but they are not a substitute for checking merchant details, dates and conditions. The final article should reflect a human editorial decision.
This policy is reviewed whenever our sourcing, corrections or commercial practices change.