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One thing that annoyed me about some of these AppSumo deals, is that I got bitten by that fact that some of them had an expiration date. There seem to be alot of constraints that don't show up until AFTER you pay for it. Would be nice to make some of these details more upfront

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Fair point. We have the finer details section under each item. How can we make that more clear?

Well, as an impulse buyer, I saw some of the headlines and just pulled the trigger without looking at the bottom row of fine print of every single deal. You're probably thinking great, ideal customer. That happened about twice though before I decided to just not bother looking anymore until I have a real pressing need for some of the offers, due to some of the expiration dates. True, the notices are there, but they really are in fine print at the bottom of each deal's page. IMO, there could even be a simple warning at the bottom of the main page like "Some offers are only redeemable before a certain date. Some restrictions may apply - See deal page for details" Even something along those lines would be a bit more informative for the buyer and offer a clue that there are possibly certain restrictions to pay closer attention to. No more buyers remorse.

Having bought like 10 deals I really miss having emails that tells me "hey this coupon is expiring in 1 month, 2 weeks, 1 week, 3 days"

I have let some coupon expire because I was lazy and didnt need them at that very moment

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