Store clearance versus online savings
Why a store markdown and a website deal are different, and when to scan each.
Guide · updated 2026-09-22
Two different inventories
A store clearance item is priced for one location. Another store in the same chain can have a different price, or none of that SKU left. An online saving is the website or app offer. It can ship, be pickup only, or exist only on the national site.
Coupon blogs often mix those two and call everything a “deal.” Dealzcan keeps them separate so you do not drive to a store for a website-only price, or skip a nearby rollback because a homepage banner looked similar.
When to scan Store
Use Store when you can visit the location, or when you care about rollback and clearance that never hits the national deals hub. You must pick a real store number after the ZIP search. “Online” in the store list is a skip, not a warehouse.
Walmart store clearance is the main store path today. Other banners may only have store locators until their product APIs are approved. If a retailer is stores-only in the catalog, Dealzcan will say so instead of inventing shelf prices.
When to scan Online
Use Online for site-wide savings, flash deals, and catalogs that do not need a store number. Amazon and eBay are online-only. Home Depot and Target, when their catalogs are connected, are also online in Dealzcan.
When to leave both on
Both is the honest default for Walmart: store browse plus the website savings page. You will see some overlap. Dealzcan does not relabel a website clearance item as “in-store” to fill a quota. If a card says Store clearance, it came from a store-scoped source.
More guides
- How a Dealzcan scan works — What happens after you pick store or online, enter a ZIP, and start a scan.
- Find Walmart store-level clearance — How to pick a real store number so Dealzcan can read that store’s clearance aisle.
- How we verify a markdown — What counts as a sale price, what we drop, and why commission never changes rank.