For those who don’t know, the website woot.com sells stuff. But the catch, or gimmick, to Woot’s site is that they sell one item per day, starting at midnight central time. The items are usually tech type items, such as mice, speakers, monitors, but sometimes the items are completely off the wall like today, where they are selling a pool cleaning device. From time to time Woot hold a “Woot Off” when items are sold as soon as the quantity on hand is sold out, meaning there is no clue when an item will sell out bringing a new item up, and there are always items with small quantities with a very low price.
Woot has to be pretty successful. Why? Because they are branching out! Started with the OG woot.com, now there are three “other” Woot sites. First came Wine Woot! Instead of selling one per day, it is one Wine per week. Sometimes a small sampling of different wines per week. I’m not a drinker, and definately don’t know squat about wine, but the prices seem pretty fair if you’re into the grapes.
Next came Shirt Woot! This is another great idea, sell one t-shirt per day, and the design is made by a person, not a company. They hold design derbies and the winners have their shirts made and sold on the site. All the designs are Woot originals, so you get to get a rare shirt with any purchase. Shirts are always $10, with free shipping.
Then came the new Sellout Woot! When Martin Lawernce made “Rebound” you could call that “selling out.” So when Woot did a calboration with Yahoo is there a better name than “Sellout Woot!” Sellout is new, so it’s hard to tell what they are trying to do there, but the items so far have been usually cheaper than normal Woot’s, but still great items. Recently there was a set of $5 binoculars, as well as a $1 AC to DC adapter.
So why am I posting this? Because I check the Woot’s every night and never buy anything, and the things I try to buy I am always late on. Pisses me off. That’s it.
