Editorial Standards
Birthday Hunter is a directory people trust to get free meals, drinks, gifts, and birthday discounts. This page is the public record of how we verify every offer, how we handle corrections, and what separates an editorial listing from a sponsored one.
Sourcing
Offers are found from brand websites, loyalty program emails, app store descriptions, and direct outreach to corporate teams. User-submitted offers are accepted but never published without independent confirmation.
Verification before listing
No offer is listed until a Deal Editor reproduces the enrollment flow end-to-end and confirms the offer exists in the brand's terms of service, loyalty program dashboard, or written reply. Screenshots or URLs are stored for every listing.
Re-verification cadence
Top-volume offers are re-checked every 30 days. All other offers are re-checked at least every 90 days. When a brand changes terms, the listing is updated within 7 days and users who saved the deal are notified.
User spot-checks
After a user redeems an offer, they can rate whether it worked as described. If multiple users report an offer is dead or changed, it is flagged within hours and reviewed by the Deal Editor team before the next user sees it.
Corrections policy
If we publish an incorrect offer, wrong brand, wrong terms, expired, it is corrected within 7 days of verification. Corrections are noted on the listing with the date and a short summary of what changed.
Paid placements
Sponsored offers (ads, paid placements, promoted raffles) are labeled "Sponsored" in the UI and never appear in the core birthday freebies directory unless they also pass the same verification as unpaid listings. A brand paying us does not change whether, or where, they appear in the core listings.
What we publish
- Free or discounted offers available on or around a user's birthday.
- Offers available in the United States, with a US-based brand or US franchise location.
- Offers that a typical consumer can claim without specialized credentials (no business, trade, or licensed-professional-only deals).
What we won't publish
- Offers that require the user to give payment details to "unlock" a "free" birthday item.
- Deals that depend on purchasing another item at regular price ("BOGO") unless the birthday portion is clearly the free side.
- Offers we cannot reproduce in the actual brand enrollment flow, even if a brand has publicly claimed them.
- Sweepstakes or giveaways where the odds, prize value, or eligibility are not clearly disclosed.
See something wrong? Tell us.
If an offer we list has changed, expired, or was never available as described, email us and we'll correct it within 7 days, or remove it if we can't confirm the fix.