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Black Friday is Nov 27. Cyber Monday is Nov 30.

Your promo works in the ad. Does it work after the tap?

Mobot's robots tap your ad on real iPhones and Androids, the way a customer does, and follow it through install or app open to the offer, checkout and attribution. We test your promo links before they go to production, so you verify the path before the spend peaks. That's why to start now.

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Behind it: the $10K Promo Path Check.

Get the same promo-path validation DoorDash and Macy's rely on, before Black Friday.

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Nobody owns the path

After the tap, the promo has to survive the in-app browser, your link vendor, iOS or Android, and, if they don't have your app yet, the install, then your app and promo engine. When it breaks, nothing throws an error. You just pay for clicks that don't convert.

  • The tap opens a browser page instead of your app.
  • The app opens on the home screen and the offer is gone.
  • A new customer installs the app and the offer never shows up.
  • The code doesn't apply at checkout, or attribution never fires.

From the blog

Why Black Friday Promo Links Break After the Tap (and How to Catch It Before Launch)

Black Friday promo links often fail after the tap: broken deep links, wrong app-vs-web routing, and codes that don't apply. Here's how to verify every path before launch.

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Why it's getting harder

  • Linkrunner estimates 40–60% of paid social traffic opens inside an in-app browser, where Universal Links don’t fire. (Source: Linkrunner)
  • iOS 26 Safari freezes the user-agent OS version, which breaks deferred deep link matching. (Source: Branch iOS troubleshooting docs)

The Promo Path Check: $10K

One promotion, checked end to end on the channels and devices you actually run.

  1. Tell us the promotion and where it runs.
  2. We build Mobot test cases for each way a customer reaches the offer.
  3. Our robots run them on real iPhones and Androids with real social apps.
  4. You get pass/fail for each path, device screenshots for every failure, defects filed into your Jira or Linear, and a re-test after fixes.

The full $10K is credited toward a Mobot subscription signed by Dec 31, 2026.

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Why a robot on a real phone

Scripts (Appium, Maestro, XCUITest, Espresso) stay inside one app. Emulators don't have logged-in social apps or real App Store installs. Mobot starts where your customer starts: the ad, on a real phone.

FAQ

$10K for one promotion. The full amount is credited toward a subscription signed by Dec 31, 2026.

No. The robots tap the screen like a customer.

The validator checks the link. We check what the customer sees, through checkout and attribution.

Step-by-step screenshots from the device for every failure.

Learn more: Mobile rewards app success story · Top 10 social network success story · 2023 State of Mobile Deep Linking · How to test deferred deep links on iOS · Why Real Devices

Check your Black Friday promo

Check your Black Friday promo

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