flash sale

Brief bargain event

A flash sale is a brief, heavily discounted sale event, typically lasting hours rather than days.

Retailers use flash sales to create urgency and clear inventory quickly: The flash sale ends at midnight.

Online shopping has made flash sales ubiquitous, with countdown timers pressuring customers to buy immediately.

discount

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Reduction in retail price

savings · deal · steal · bargain · half-price · doorbuster · rollback · slashed · reduced · rock-bottom

urgency

countdown

Backward enumeration to zero

rush · hurry · now · quick · fast · impulse · snap · pressure · racing · scarcity

e-commerce

online

Network-connected state

website · app · notification · alert · popup · banner · click · promo-code · subscribe · sold-out

retail

doorbuster

Deeply discounted promotional item

warehouse · outlet · merchandise · inventory · stock · products · shoppers · queue · frenzy · stampede

promotion

marketing

Promoting goods to consumers

advertising · branding · buzz · hype · teaser · preview · exclusive · VIP · members-only · influencer

Categories
Opposites
availability/exclusivity

flash saleclearance

Permitted passage or approval

preorder · waitlist · backorder

exclusivity/access

flash salepermanent collection

Institution's owned artworks

open access · public offering

Family

flash, sale, flashing, flashed, flashes, flasher, flashers, reflash, flash sales

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G