Woot is an e-commerce platform focused on electronics. Woot gained popularity among customers thanks to their “one deal per day” discounts. Since launching in 2004, Woot has created several spin-off sites offering a broad variety of products, such as Wine.woot, Kids.woot and Sport.woot. Woot was acquired by Amazon in 2007.
Alternatives to Woot
Snagshout
Company: Snagit LLC | Founder: Paul Johnson | CEO: Paul Johnson | Since: 2015
Launched in 2015, Snagshout invites people to review new products in exchange for discounted prices. This can be a valuable asset for sellers launching a new product, and a bargain for the consumer, as some of these products are discounted…
Massdrop
Company: Massdrop Inc. | Founder: Steve El-Hage, Nelson Wu | CEO: Steve El-Hage | Since: 2012
A community-driven commerce platform, Massdrop creates products inspired and designed by its online communities. Massdrop has millions of members discussing, recommending, creating, and buying gear, apparel, and accessories in categories like cooking, mechanical keyboards, ultralight backpacking, luggage, and audiophile tech. The…
Fasttech
Company: FastTech | Since: 2012
FastTech is an online retailer of tech and gadgets. Available in 10 languages, users can buy anything from microprocessors to device peripherals, from semiconductors to circuit boards, from smartphones to tablets. Since its inception in 2012, they have since expanded…
Gearbest
Company: Shenzhen Globalegrow E-Commerce | Since: 2013
Gearbest is an online retail shop that sells tech, apparel, electrical and tools, bags and accessories, toys, watches and jewelry, home and garden, health and beauty, sports equipment, party supplies, and vehicles. Their claim to fame is best product variety…
Geeks.com
Company: Geeks | Founder: Joel Evans | CEO: Scott E. Kusel | Since: 1996
TigerDirect
Company: TigerDirect | Founder: Gilbert Fiorentino, Carl Fiorentino, Orlando Ramos, Karlton Norman | CEO: Gilbert Fiorentino, Carl Fiorentino, Karlton Norman & Orlando Ramos | Since: 1987
Qvc
Company: QVC, Inc. | Founder: Michael C. Boyd, Joseph Segel | CEO: Mike George | Since: 1986
QVC launched in 1986 as a TV broadcaster specializing in home shopping with the aim to bring high-quality, high-value products to consumers. Nowadays, the company operates a satellite, cable and TV network and broadcasts content to more than 350 million…
Final edit: Jan Willem Beumer, editor-in-chief of Mindbogglingmedia