Flipkart's "steam iron" search and Vijay Sales' own iron and garment-steamer category pages, both read 8 November 2026, logged out, from India. Two Bajaj models appear on both, matched on the model code in each retailer's own title, and Vijay Sales is cheaper on both. The MX 45 is Rs. 1,799 there against Rs. 2,047 on Flipkart — a Rs. 248 gap on an identical stated MRP of Rs. 3,800. The MX 3 Neo is Rs. 1,099 against Rs. 1,199, and the cheaper listing carries the shallower badge: 48% against 51%, because Flipkart states a Rs. 330 higher reference price. Flipkart shows the identical 19,702 rating count on three different Bajaj irons; Vijay Sales publishes no rating on any of its 33 listings. And 21 of Flipkart's 68 results are accessories, not irons. Nothing was handled.

Tata CLiQ's own mixer grinder and cookware search results and Amazon's own 750W mixer grinder results, both read 8 November 2026, logged out, from India. Exactly one model appears on both sites: the Wonderchef Vista 750W with four jars, at Rs. 2,799 on Amazon and Rs. 3,499 on Tata CLiQ — a Rs. 700 gap on an identical stated Rs. 6,500, with 221 ratings against four. The bigger finding is that Tata CLiQ's discount badge is set per brand, not per product: 17 of its 24 Prestige listings badge exactly 30%, seven of 13 Borosil listings exactly 20%, and all six Meyer listings exactly 10%. Across 80 Tata CLiQ listings there are 19 distinct percentages; across Amazon's 14 there are 14. Tata CLiQ's median published review count is two and its highest is 18; Amazon's median is 2,883 and its highest 75,245. Nothing was run or tested.

A read of Myntra's own cushion and cushion cover listing pages on 8 November 2026, logged out, from India — 51 distinct listings, 21 seated here. Ten listings from seven brands state a Rs. 1,999 reference price and sell at Rs. 450, Rs. 712, Rs. 762, Rs. 762, Rs. 762, Rs. 779, Rs. 901, Rs. 903, Rs. 919 and Rs. 1,999 — a 4.44x spread under one number, and the tenth is shown at 0% off. Three LA VERNE listings display 4.3 stars from exactly 3,722 ratings across a Rs. 1,237 price gap. Two BALLEY tiles share a title and a Rs. 450 price while stating Rs. 1,999 and Rs. 1,499 on pools of 247 and 12. The deepest badge, 86%, rests on twelve ratings and costs Rs. 100 more than a 49%-badged set on 1,076. Prices run Rs. 404 to Rs. 1,999. Nothing was handled.

A read of Myntra's own men's kurta set and Nehru jacket listing pages on 8 November 2026, logged out, from India — 66 distinct listings, 21 seated here. Four Jompers listings display 4.3 stars from exactly 2,116 ratings and sell at Rs. 1,139, Rs. 1,305, Rs. 1,305 and Rs. 1,318 against one stated Rs. 2,999. At Rs. 1,305 alone, four tiles share a price, a reference price and a badge while carrying review counts of 2,116, 2,116, 235 and 218. One Jompers Nehru jacket appears three times identical in every published field; two SOJANYA tiles share a title, a stated Rs. 5,663 and a 2,097-rating pool while selling Rs. 443 apart. The deepest pool in the read, 10,152 ratings, sits on a Rs. 988 listing; the highest star average, 4.8, rests on six. Prices run Rs. 499 to Rs. 4,499, badges 0% to 89%. Stated MRPs are sellers' own reference prices. Nothing was handled.

A read of Myntra's own men's night suit, loungewear and pyjama listing pages on 8 November 2026, logged out, from India — 71 distinct listings, 24 seated here. Four Pepe Jeans lounge-short listings display the identical 4.5 stars from exactly 9,432 ratings: three sell at Rs. 599 and the fourth at Rs. 1,199, which is precisely the reference price the other three print — so Myntra shows it at 0% off. Three Pepe lounge pants repeat the pattern at Rs. 749 on one 15,884-rating pool. The deepest pool in the read, 35,825 ratings, sits on two identically titled Levi's tees Rs. 32 apart. The 14 U.S. Polo Assn. listings badge a median 13% against the shelf's 50%. The three deepest badges — 80%, 73%, 66% — rest on 8, 668 and 13 ratings. Prices run Rs. 389 to Rs. 1,822. Nothing was worn.

A read of Amazon's own colour pencil, sketch pen and crayon search results on 8 November 2026, logged out, from India — 39 distinct listings, 26 seated here. Sorted by brand, the discount badge splits cleanly: all 17 listings from established stationery houses — Doms, Apsara, Camlin, Camel, Faber-Castell, Flair, Fevicryl, Kores, Brustro — badge between 1% and 28%, and every one of the 20 listings badged above 28% is a marketplace-only name. Per piece the badge inverts: the 86%-badged marker set is Rs. 12.00 a pen and the 5%-badged Apsara box is Rs. 3.39 a crayon. A Doms tin badged 1% and a Cable World set badged 82% both work out at Rs. 7.46 a piece. Two Toy Imagine kits 104 pieces apart share one 397-rating pool. Prices run Rs. 95 to Rs. 439. Nothing was drawn with.

A read of AJIO's own search response for "dupatta" on 8 November 2026, logged out, from India — 44 distinct listings, 21 seated here. "AVAASA MIX N' MATCH Women Printed Chiffon Dupatta" appears four times in one result set, selling at Rs. 140, Rs. 235, Rs. 239 and Rs. 243, and all four state the same Rs. 399 reference price — the dearest is 1.74 times the cheapest and the badge swings 26 points. That Rs. 399 is printed above seven listings in total, spanning Rs. 104 to Rs. 243. Two AVAASA tiles reading identically state Rs. 499 and Rs. 699 and both land on 65%; two Fabindia tiles state Rs. 1,499 and Rs. 1,699 and both land on 51%. Not one of the 44 listings publishes a star rating or a rating count. Prices run Rs. 104 to Rs. 2,159 and badges 35% to 82%. Stated MRPs are sellers' own reference prices. Nothing was handled.

AJIO's own search response for "dupatta" and Myntra's own dupatta listing pages, both read 8 November 2026, logged out, from India — 44 listings against 66. AJIO runs Rs. 104 to Rs. 2,159 with a median of Rs. 295; Myntra runs Rs. 302 to Rs. 866 with a median of Rs. 543 — so AJIO's median sits below Myntra's cheapest listing. Twenty-two of AJIO's 44 sell for less than anything Myntra stocks. But brand for brand it flips: AJIO lists three Clora Creation dupattas from Rs. 680 while Myntra lists ten from Rs. 482, seven of them below AJIO's cheapest. Myntra uses just 15 stated MRPs across 66 listings — one Rs. 999 sits above eighteen of them. And AJIO publishes no rating on any of its 44 listings; Myntra rates 38 of 66. Nothing was handled.

A read of Flipkart's own search results for "casserole" and "hot pot food warmer" on 8 November 2026, logged out, from India — 136 distinct listings, 21 seated here. Six NARIYA listings display exactly 21,959 ratings under six different titles, selling at Rs. 251, Rs. 257, Rs. 265, Rs. 273, Rs. 463 and Rs. 543 — a 2.16x spread on one review pool. "VelloreFoods Thermoware Casserole" appears seven times, identical in every field; "PRDENTERPRISES Insulated Hot Pot Casserole" appears four times at Rs. 436 to Rs. 577. Three cello sets at the identical Rs. 599 carry review counts of 196,123, 196,123 and 44,096. Two cello Midas listings share a title and a 38,968 pool at Rs. 629 and Rs. 999 — the dearer one states the lower MRP. MILTON's own nine listings badge from 12% to 71%. Prices run Rs. 226 to Rs. 3,999. Nothing was handled.

A read of Amazon's own badminton racket, cricket bat and football search results on 8 November 2026, logged out, from India — 82 distinct listings, 26 seated here. Nine listings badge 98% or 99%, and eight of them state a reference price exactly one hundred times the selling price: a Rs. 589 Yonex GR 303i stating Rs. 58,900, a Rs. 18,990 ArcSaber 11 Pro stating Rs. 18,99,000, a Rs. 229 roll of grip tape stating Rs. 22,900. The ninth states exactly fifty times. The next-deepest badge in the entire read is 82% — nothing at all sits between 83% and 97%. A Yonex ZR 100 at the identical Rs. 589 states Rs. 800, badges 26% and carries 24,973 ratings against the 99% tile's 3,268. Prices run Rs. 150 to Rs. 96,919. Nothing was picked up.

A read of Flipkart's own data cable, USB Type-C cable and charging cable search results on 8 November 2026, logged out, from India — 155 distinct listings, 23 seated here. Flipkart prints a current rating in the tile title; it appears on 103 of the 155 listings and runs from 1 A to 10 A, with 32 listings stating a figure above the 5 A that an electronically marked USB Type-C cable is specified to carry — one of them a Micro-USB cable, a connector specified at 1.8 A. 24 listings state Rs. 999 and sell from Rs. 139 to Rs. 320. Eight Cellvision tiles share a title, that Rs. 999 and one photograph across a Rs. 102 price gap. Flipkart's own SmartBuy label states a median 9.89 times its selling price; Apple states 1.12 times. Prices run Rs. 109 to Rs. 1,699. Nothing was metered.

Hostinger's own WooCommerce hosting page, read 8 November 2026, logged out, from India. It sells two plans: Unlimited at Rs. 199 a month badged 75% off a Rs. 799 list, and Cloud Startup at Rs. 599 badged 65% off Rs. 1,699. Both match Hostinger's Business and Cloud Startup web-hosting tiers on every published figure — badge, list price, intro price, Rs. 9,552 and Rs. 28,752 upfront totals, and Rs. 649 and Rs. 1,599 renewals. Only the name differs. The page shows two of Hostinger's five tiers, so its ladder appears to start at Rs. 199 when the web-hosting page starts at Rs. 69. Unlimited renews at 3.26x its intro rate; Cloud Startup renews at Rs. 1,599, within 5.9% of the list price its 65% is measured from. And Rs. 199/mo is Rs. 9,552 charged today.

Hostinger's own cPanel VPS hosting page, read 8 November 2026, logged out, from India. The advertised Rs. 599 a month is Rs. 14,376 charged upfront for 24 months — Hostinger states under the grid that all plans are paid upfront. The four plans renew at Rs. 999, Rs. 1,199, Rs. 2,399 and Rs. 4,399 a month, which are increases of 66.8%, 53.9%, 118.3% and 100.0% — and the deepest badge on the page, 69%, belongs to the plan that more than doubles. Every struck price sits above its own plan's renewal rate, so measured against what a continuing customer pays the real first-term discounts are 40.0%, 35.0%, 54.2% and 50.0%. And Hostinger's own FAQ confirms the cPanel licence is bought separately. Nothing was purchased and no performance claim was tested.

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026 opened at 12 a.m. on 8 October 2026, the start date Amazon published on its own newsroom, one day before Flipkart's Big Billion Days opened to everyone. The confirmed bank offers on Amazon's event-page banner are a 10 percent instant discount on SBI debit cards, SBI credit cards and SBI credit card EMI (up to Rs. 57,750 off), 5 percent unlimited cashback with the Amazon Pay ICICI Bank credit card, 10 percent cashback on Amazon Pay Later EMIs and up to 10 percent extra savings for Prime members. Amazon has not published an end date. This living page tracks the sale, the bank offers and a 15-minute prep checklist, updated through the festival.

Flipkart Big Billion Days 2026 is official: the sale starts 9 October with early access on 8 October for Plus, Black and Flipkart credit card members, and Axis Bank and ICICI Bank cards get a 10% instant discount. This living page tracks the official announcement, the expected timeline (teaser week, early access, flash windows), Axis/HDFC bank offers, which categories genuinely bottom out at BBD vs what to buy earlier, and how BBD compares with Amazon Great Indian Festival - re-verified every week until the sale goes live.