Woot-Offs?!?! Woot-Offs?!? You’re talkin’ about Woot-Offs?!?

If you have not yet heard of the incredibly popular WOOT.com, well in a minute you can thank me. Woot is a company that (normally) sells 1 thing a day. That’s it. Just one. Granted they do have shirt.woot.com and wine.woot.com (and the widely overlooked sellout.woot.com), each one of these sites only sells 1 thing a day. When the inventory is depleted, the item will be listed as Sold Out: you missed your chance at today’s woot! You can only buy 3 of each Woot maximum, and shipping, no matter what it is or how many you buy, is always 5 bucks.

But over the past 2 days, Woot has had what it’s known as a Woot-Off. Woot-Offs occur about every other month it seems, but it can happen anyday. During a Woot-Off, they sell one item after another, each until the set amount they plan to sell is sold. That’s it! You can buy up to 3 of each Woot like on normal days. You can tell a Woot-Off is occurring due to the Sirens that are under current product’s image, as well as the bar between them depicting the total left in stock before the next item.

Some items sell REALLY fast, and some sell REALLY slow. You never know how many Roombas you’ll see in a given Woot-Off, but keeping yourself from buying one is always tough. The real gem though, is getting that BOC :) I won’t give away all the secrets, but to be honest, startup online-shoppers that read Dave’s post last week about 10 Random Things to know about Online Shopping should REALLY consider taking a look at woot. Here’s why:

1.Woot.com is a highly repretable site that is very secure and very popular.

2. It’s much like shopping at a discount store. You’ll see lots of great prices on Refurbished (Respiffed) electronics.

3. The prices are usually decent for 1 woot, good for 2 woots, or great if you get the max 3 of the day’s woot.

4. Shipping is always 5 bucks! Only shirt.woot allows you to pay for overnight shipping, and that is $5 too. Shirts at shirt.woot are free to ship.

5. It’s fun to check each day’s woots in the morning. My dad checks it daily, and he found out about it on his own. ::So Proud::

6. The chance of a Woot-Off always mean good times. You can really get some fantastic deals if you pay attention, or see some very very odd items.

So the Woot-Off is over, but there will be another, and until then, go check out Woot’s offers. If you live in a state that allows Alcohol shipments, check out wine.woot, and if you like one-of-a-kind T-shirts (Designed by the Woot Community) check out shirt.woot. If you’re new to shopping online, there’s nothing better to get you familiar with the process then getting you first Woot!

It’s fun to see what “today’s item is.” There’s nothing like starting off work with an online purchase