Wishlist Alerts

Wishlist Alerts help you watch for marketplace signals on records you want. They are designed to answer a simple question: "Has something appeared that is worth checking?"

Alerts work best when a wishlist item has a usable price threshold, such as a target price or max price. DeepGrooves can then compare available signals against your buying plan.

Wishlist target panel showing alert controls

What Alerts Can and Cannot Do

Alerts are helpful, but they are not a guarantee.

Alerts can	Alerts cannot
Watch for marketplace signals	Guarantee a listing is still available
Compare signals to your thresholds	Verify every seller's grading accuracy
Record recent check history	Reserve a record for you
Notify you inside DeepGrooves	Promise the lowest possible price
Optionally send email if you opt in	Replace your own pressing and condition review

Use alerts as a prompt to investigate. Before buying, always review the listing, seller notes, shipping, condition, and exact release details.

Setting Up an Alert

Open a wishlist item.
Open the target or alert panel.
Enter a target price or max price.
Enable the alert.
Choose in-app alert, email alert, or both if available.
Save the target settings.

If DeepGrooves blocks the save, check whether the item has a usable price threshold. An alert without a threshold usually cannot tell whether a listing is good or not.

Choosing a Threshold

You can use either target price or max price, depending on how strict you want the alert to be.

Threshold	Best when
Target price	You only want to hear about strong candidates
Max price	You are willing to review anything under your hard ceiling

For rare records, a max price may be more practical. For common records, a target price can help reduce noise.

Alert Status

An alert can be in different states.

Status	Meaning
Watching	DeepGrooves should evaluate the item when checks run
Paused	The alert exists but should not trigger
Disabled	Alerting is off for this item
Missing threshold	DeepGrooves needs a target or max price before watching

Pause an alert when you still want to keep the target details, but do not want notifications for a while.

Some parts of DeepGrooves use the label Marketplace watch for the same idea. That means DeepGrooves should watch Discogs marketplace signals for the item when checks run. It does not mean a listing is guaranteed to exist, still be available, or match your exact condition expectations.

Manual Alert Check

Use manual check when you want to evaluate an item immediately instead of waiting.

Manual check can return several outcomes:

Outcome	What it means
Crossed threshold	A signal appears at or below your chosen threshold
Above threshold	Signals exist, but none meet your price target
Missing data	DeepGrooves could not compare because price or marketplace data is missing
Paused	The alert is paused
Disabled	Alerting is off
Error	The check could not complete, often because of network or service availability

If a manual check finds a possible match, open the Discogs action or listing path and verify the details yourself.

Alert History

Alert history shows what DeepGrooves found over time.

History is useful because it explains why an alert did or did not notify you. For example, you may see that checks ran but all signals were above your threshold, or that an item was paused during a check.

Alerts Menu

The alerts menu collects recent alert activity so you can review it without opening each wishlist item first.

From the alerts menu, you may be able to:

Open the related wishlist item.
Open a Discogs action or matching marketplace context.
Mark an alert as read.
Dismiss a notification.

Dismissing an alert notification should not delete the wishlist item. It only clears that notification from your attention queue.

Email Alerts

Email alerts are optional. Turn them on only if you want DeepGrooves to send alert email for that item or alert type when email delivery is configured for the environment.

DeepGrooves should avoid sending duplicate email for the same unchanged alert signal. Email is meant for a newly triggered alert state, not every time the same signal is seen again. If you receive repeated messages that look identical, check whether the item is being updated repeatedly or report it as a bug.

Some environments may support in-app alerts before scheduled email delivery is enabled. When email delivery is not configured, the alert can still appear in DeepGrooves history or the alerts menu, but you may not receive an email. If the product shows an email delivery note under the opt-in control, treat that as the source of truth for the current environment.

Discogs Availability Limits

Discogs marketplace data can change quickly. A listing may be gone by the time you click. A seller may edit a listing. Shipping can change the real total. Condition grading can be subjective.

For that reason, DeepGrooves uses cautious language such as "signal" or "possible match" instead of promising that a record is definitely available at that exact price.

Troubleshooting

I cannot enable an alert

Add a target price or max price first. Also make sure the item has enough release identity to check marketplace signals.

My alert did not trigger

The item may be paused, disabled, missing a threshold, missing marketplace data, or only showing prices above your threshold.

I got an alert, but the listing is gone

That can happen. Marketplace listings move quickly. Treat alerts as a prompt to check, not a reservation.

I dismissed an alert and my wishlist item is still there

That is expected. Dismiss only clears the notification. It should not remove wishlist data.

Email is too noisy

Pause email for the item, raise the threshold only if that matches your buying plan, or use in-app alerts only.