Discount size matters
Broad percentage and cash discounts receive stronger scores when the benefit is meaningful and the conditions are not overly restrictive.
How Wolt Discount Monitor ranks deals
The value score is a practical comparison heuristic, not a promise of savings. It tries to make unlike Wolt promotion formats easier to compare while keeping conditions and uncertainty visible.
Value score tiers
The current scoring model is version 4. Scores of 75+ are classified as exceptional, 60–74 as great, 45–59 as good, 30–44 as fair and lower scores as low-value. The score is used for sorting and filtering; the actual checkout price in Wolt remains authoritative.
Minimum spend matters
Cash discounts are normalized against minimum spend when that condition is present. High spend requirements reduce the relative value of an offer.
Noise is demoted
Delivery-only, selected-item and “up to” promotions are treated differently from broad basket discounts so they do not dominate the ranking.
Notification thresholds
The monitor uses stricter rules for notifications than for display. Broad restaurant percentage discounts generally need at least 15%, grocery deals 10%, and other categories 20%, while the overall value score must normally reach 45. Multibuy offers use their own confidence checks and a default score threshold of 52.
These are ranking defaults from the open-source code, not Wolt rules. They can evolve as the parser and scoring model improve.
Freshness and search indexing
Interactive monitoring uses a one-hour cache for actively monitored cities. Static city pages are more conservative: by default a page must have a non-empty snapshot no older than 48 hours to become indexable and enter the sitemap. Stale or empty city pages remain usable but are emitted with noindex,follow.
Limitations
Promotions can be account-specific, location-specific, temporary or conditional. Parsing promotion text is imperfect, and the value score cannot know your basket contents or personal preferences. Always verify the final price, eligibility and terms in Wolt before placing an order.