Track new lifetime software deals on AppSumo automatically

Checks AppSumo every day for new or updated lifetime deals and logs them straight into a spreadsheet.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each deal listed.

Pattern: Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12) · Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
CRM & Sales PipelineSpreadsheet & Database OpsWeb Scraping & Data Collection
Connects
ScrapeOpsGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Checking AppSumo by hand for new lifetime deals is easy to forget, and by the time you remember, a good deal may already be gone. Keeping track of which tools you've already seen and which ones changed price is tedious to do manually.

Who it fits

A founder, agency owner, or deal hunter who wants to catch new software deals without checking a marketplace every day.

How it works

  1. Every day at a set time, the system checks the AppSumo listings page
  2. It reads through the page and pulls out each deal's name, price, discount, category, and rating
  3. It filters the results down to the categories or keywords you care about
  4. Each deal is checked against your spreadsheet to see if it's new or already tracked
  5. New deals are added as fresh rows and existing ones are updated with the latest details
What you get

Deals worth acting on before they expire

You get a running log of new and updated AppSumo lifetime deals filtered to the categories you care about, updated daily.

What you get

An always up-to-date spreadsheet of lifetime software deals matching your interests.

What you need

A ScrapeOps account and a Google Sheets account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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