Amazon's sale is on its fifth day and Flipkart's on its fourth. We've looked at day one on Amazon and on Flipkart, and at which record to measure against. The question we haven't asked is the plainest one: how many prices are sitting at their lowest?
We ran the same test on two dates, 2 October, before either sale, and 12 October.
What we measured
A series is one product on one platform. We looked only at Amazon and Flipkart, and compared Amazon with Amazon and Flipkart with Flipkart, never one shop's sale with another's normal price.
For each date we took a series' previous 21 days of readings, using the lowest in-stock price recorded each day. A series needed readings on at least 4 of those days, and its latest reading had to be within 5 days of the date. Packs and bundles are left out.
A price is at its own lowest if it is within 3% of the lowest reading in that window and the window's prices ranged by more than 4%. That second condition keeps out products whose price never moves, which are trivially at their own low. It is under its usual price if it is at least 4% below the middle value of the window.
What changed
| 2 October | 12 October | |
|---|---|---|
| Series measured | 267 | 261 |
| At their own lowest | 78 (29%) | 166 (64%) |
| At their lowest and 4% or more under usual | 42 (16%) | 134 (51%) |
All 134 of the 12 October ones have a reading from 8 October or later.
247 series are in both counts. 108 weren't at a low and under their usual price on 2 October and are now. 20 were and still are. 19 were and aren't, and 100 weren't on either date.
So more of what's on sale is also at a low, which is roughly what a sale should look like. But 95 of the 261 series, 36%, are not at their own lowest even now.
The 19 that left
3 of the 19 are dearer than on 2 October and 2 are cheaper. The other 14 are at about the same price. Their usual price has fallen to meet it, because a price that has stood for a few days stops being a dip and becomes the usual one. 11 of those 14 are still at their own lowest.
Four examples
All four are single listings with a title that matches the model, read on the day shown.
| Product | Before the sale | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Philips MG3927 trimmer, Amazon | ₹1,699 to ₹1,749 | ₹1,099 on 10 October |
| Vega VHTH38 trimmer, Amazon | ₹749 | ₹549 on 10 October |
| Vega VHTH32 trimmer, Flipkart | ₹1,699 to ₹1,749 | ₹1,349 on 9 October |
| Philips HP6388 trimmer, Flipkart | ₹1,488 to ₹1,499 | ₹1,197 on 10 October |
Before the sale means the readings from 20 September to 7 October. That's a fall of 35%, 27%, 21% and 20% against the last reading before the sale.
What this does not tell you
A low isn't the lowest ever. It's the lowest in three weeks, and our history starts on 10 August. A price that was lower in July isn't in this count.
It says nothing about value. A product can be at its three week low and still be dear, or poorly rated. A low is a statement about its own recent history, not about whether you should buy it. Our guide on whether paying more gets a better rating is the other half of that question.
The 2 October count already contains early deals. Flipkart's early deals have been running since 24 September, so some of the 29% were lows that early deals had already set.
Readings are in rotation. Each product is read once a day at most, and often less, so a latest reading can be several days old. We required one within 5 days.
It's our own measure. We applied it identically on both dates, but the deals page uses a related rule rather than this one.
A correction
Our 2 October piece on what counts as a real deal gave figures that were wrong. It has been corrected, with the corrected figures and an explanation of what changed.
Prices read up to 12 October 2026, against the previous 21 days on the same platform.