Verified, re-checking, stale: what the freshness dot means

By Throbbs editorial team · Published June 8, 2026 · 4 min read

A green dot, a gold dot, a grey dot. Our freshness states tell you exactly how much to trust the price you're looking at — here's how to read them.

Prices move. A promo ends, a creator flips a segment to free, a network quietly raises its rate. Our scraper checks each deal on a schedule, and the freshness dot tells you where that check stands.

The three states

Green (verified) means we confirmed the price recently and stand behind it. Gold (re-checking) means the last check was ambiguous or blocked — we show 'price unconfirmed' rather than a number we can't back. Grey (stale) means the check has aged past our freshness window and the deal is deprioritised until we re-scrape it.

The rule is simple: we never show you a confident price we can't currently confirm. A false 'now free!' is the fastest way to lose your trust, so we don't take the risk.

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