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Steam sale email reminder.

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just got my 1st email 😀 bravo sir, bravo

EDIT: it would be pretty cool if you could set a price to be emailed at. For instance, Dead Island is on sale now for ~$20. It would be even better if i could put in a price say $10, and if the price drops to 10 or low, then send an email.

gj thus far though. it's certainly a HUGE improvement over nothing at all
 
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ockky - thanks for update. Good to hear it's working.
I'm a day away from having "strike price" in.
Check back later tonight to adjust any games you have being watched.

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ockky said:
just got my 1st email 😀 bravo sir, bravo

EDIT: it would be pretty cool if you could set a price to be emailed at.
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Can we expect the Holiday sale to be as big as the last day of Black Friday?
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I've also started doing more data tracking.
For the last 10 days, this is how many unique games per day are on sale.
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Very interested in your Steam sale email reminder, CuriousMike.

Currently, I'm using both Steam Alerts and Unofficial Steam Daily Deals Feed to keep an eye on things.

Having a very low-end cell, I've set up gmail to forward these alerts to my phone. The (SMS) messages are text-based only. Thus, any fancy formatting, excessive spacing, and ALL images are a waste of memory that I'm stuck paying for each time I request the next page of the alert!

What I'm wondering is … how brief are your alert messages? Also, can I easily opt out of your service if I change my mind?



P.S. … You need to put a title on your nice website!

P.P.S. … I don't think it's necessary to be checking the Steam site for current specials EVERY HOUR! Steam sales begin predictably at the start of their working day (about 10:00 EST) … Perhaps check again a couple times hourly after that just in case the servers are over-taxed or the specials are a late-posting.
 
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1. Unfortunately, my alerts are pretty plain.
Example:
Subject:
Just Cause 2 is on sale.
Body:
This is a message to let you know Just Cause 2 is on sale at Steam.
Link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/8190/?snr=1_7_7_204_150_1
Original Price 14.99
Sale Price 5.09
You will not be notified again unless you visit www.coustier.com and modify your game tracking list.

I like your idea of adding an image into the email.
I don't have an option for deleting an account or freezing it - I need to do that.
However, you could simply DELETE any games you are tracking, and you'd receive no notifications.

2. What do you mean put a title on it? I've added the normal <title></title> to it.

3. Steam is predictable for their daily or weekly or weekend sales. However, when actual new releases hit at some % off, those are not part of the normal sales. Part of my project is data collection, and this lets me know when a new title is released. On average, 4-5 new releases per week show up "on sale", but they're not part of the normal daily/weekly/weekend sales timing. i.e., new releases aren't necessarily listed on sale as part of the normal 10a.m. flow.
 
Looks solid, unfortunately I'm pretty sure I've bought almost everything on steam I want already lol until Skyrim is down to $10 territory
 
Been waiting awhile to catch Gish on sale...got me yet another game i wont be playing thx to your app. probably wouldn't have caught it since i dont check steam everyday
 
Great to hear it's working as intended.

I sorta wish I hadn't started it, because I'm now buying more games than ever.

🙂
 
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