Stats From Latest Woot-Off and Some New Dealspoon Woot Features

Steve Au — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:56:21 +0000

The latest Woot-Off was a usual barrage of uniquely random Woot deals at bargain-basement prices. This round provided some entertaining and lust-worthy deals. Some of my favorites included the $1.99 Screaming Monkey (random) and $4.99 Philips PowerSquid 5- Outlet Power Strip, and the $139 Shun Pro 3 Piece VG-10 Super Steel Knife Set.

Before we jump into the Woot-Off stats, we wanted to note that we recently trickled out some Woot specific features on Dealspoon. First up, you can subscribe to all Woot deals via RSS. Second, our Woot trackers will get you instantly subscribed to every deal for whichever Woot site you want to be notified. (Hit the ‘Never Miss a Woot-Off‘ in the Woot tab over at Dealspoon.com).

Back to the stats! These stats have a time discrepancy of plus/minus a minute and reflect the recent Woot-Off that started on 4/26/2010.

Total Deal Count: 112 Deals
Woot-Off Start Time: 4/26/2010 22:02:03 PST
Woot-Off End Time: 4/28/2010 22:01:10 PST
Total Woot-Off Time: 47.98 Hours
Fastest Deal: 1 Minute for the Uniden 5.8Ghz Phone System with 2 Handsets
Slowest Deal: 84.07 Minutes for the Apple 8GB iPod Touch 3rd Generation
Cheapest: $0.01 for the HP 3 Button USB Optical Mouse
Most Expensive: $659.99 for the Vizio 42” 240Hz 1080P LCD HDTV
Average Price: $97.03
Average Duration Priced $0-10: 17.05 Minutes (24 Deals)
Average Duration Priced $11-25: 22.92 Minutes (21 Deals)
Average Duration Priced $26-50: 26.65 Minutes (19 Deals)
Average Duration Priced $51-75: 28.19 Minutes (6 Deals)
Average Duration Priced $76-100: 21.92 Minutes (10 Deals)
Average Duration Priced $101-200: 25.07 Minutes (18 Deals)
Average Duration Priced $201-400: 45.13 Minutes (10 Deals)

Thoughts: Oddly, people do love their Woot-Offs in the wee hours of the night (10pm PST start time), cheaper stuff sells slightly faster, there are more cheap deals than expensive ones, and we want those knives. The notions are pretty obvious, but it’s cool to see the data.

We can’t wait for the next one. If you want to know the instant a Woot-Off starts (via email or sms), make sure you get your Dealspoon Deal Alerts setup for Woot.

Until next time, happy Wooting!

Taxes suck, Dealspoon procrastinates, You get more deals.

Steve Au — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:59:18 +0000

We Really Should be Doing our Taxes…

Instead we decided it would be more fun to launch a major update to Dealspoon.com. Take a look below to see the hot new features we’ve added to fuel your Deal a Day addiction.

My Deal Alerts
We reduced the bloat and sprinkled it on every page. You can do everything that you were able to do without ever losing site of your favorite deals!

Categories, now that’s neat.
Further hone your deal hunting ninja skills by browsing deals organized in bookmarkable tabs by Outdoors & Apparel, Computers & Electronics, Woot!, and Lightening Deals (Steep&Cheap, Tramdock, etc).

Live Updating.
Give that refresh key a break and watch new deals load in real-time.

Deal Alert Filters.
Only get Deal Alerts for the product types you want because World of Warcraft isn’t for everybody.

Easier on the Eyes.
Bigger pictures and a cleaner layout make it a bit easier to lock your gaze for extended periods of time.

More Retailers.
Lastly, but not least, we’ve added a bunch more retailers to quench your Deal a Day thirst.

Alright, get back to those last-minute taxes. We’d love to hear what you have to say. Let us know what you think, what you would like to see, or even how your taxes went. Hit us up on Facebook, Twitter, or email.