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About Home.Woot
- Home.Woot, huh? What's the point?
- "Brand-name", you say? I thought Woot was that site that sold crap.
- How does Home.Woot work?
- How do I become a member of Home.Woot?
- What other Woot sites? This is the only one I know.
- "Awesomening"? Did you guys seriously just say that?
- I'm on fire with a purchasing question, returns question, complaint or other burning consumer “need” – where do I go to get help?
- What if I have a question about the product, or I own one and love it, or I own one and hate it, or I know of a better product that does the same thing, or I know where to get this product cheaper?
- Why is your own product description saying such unflattering, bizarre, or ridiculous things about the product?
- Are there any risks associated with shopping at Home.Woot?
- Home.Woot, huh? What's the point?
- In the business sense, to bring brand-name decor, linens, appliances, cookware, and more into your home at the lowest prices on the web, with a side order of that inimitable Woot flavor. In the existential sense, we have no idea what the point of anything is. Consult your local philosopher.
- "Brand-name", you say? I thought Woot was that site that sold crap.
- Brand-name, yes. And we mean real, credible, top-shelf brands that you've actually heard of and bought before. Not those Chinese knockoff brands where they switch one or two letters of some big-name brand, like Soniy or Mottarola.
- How does Home.Woot work?
- Like the other daily-deal stores under the Woot umbrella, Home.Woot offers a new deal every night at midnight Central time, in limited quantities at a discounted price. Only one product is available on any given Woot site at any given time. If you want one, you click that big orange button that says I WANT ONE. When it sells out, or the next midnight rolls around, that deal is gone. No backorders, no rainchecks, no do-overs. And no, we don’t tell you what the next product is. What fun would that be?
- How do I become a member of Home.Woot?
- A free, low-fat, gluten-free Woot member account can be yours by signing up today. Along with a freakish little cartoon avatar to represent you in our forums, you'll automatically be a member of all the other Woot sites, too.
- What other Woot sites? This is the only one I know.
- There’s the original flavor, Woot.com, featuring a wide variety of daily deals since 2004. Kids.Woot features kids' products, Wine.Woot features wine, Shirt.Woot features t-shirts. There’s Sellout.Woot, featuring deals that didn't quite make onto regular old Woot. And if we can't sell you something, we'll point you to someone who can on Deals.Woot (online deals voted on and discussed by our big, loud community) and Local.Woot (the same approach applied to local coupon/voucher deals).
The FAQ on our main site goes into way too much detail about all this. Or dive into the unofficial user-edited morass of the Woot Wikipedia entry. But the best way to understand Woot is to hang around for a little while. In no time, you'll notice the many ways Woot starts awesomening your life.
- "Awesomening"? Did you guys seriously just say that?
- Home.Woot believes that language is a living, constantly evolving phenomenon that should adapt to changing needs and perspectives. Innovations in verbal communication have always made language more expressimungus.
- I'm on fire with a purchasing question, returns question, complaint or other burning consumer “need” – where do I go to get help?
- First, if you're literally on fire, stop reading right now and put the fire out. You're no good to us as a pile of ashes. Second, Home.Woot lives by the same warranty and returns basics spelled out in the original woot.com FAQ. Post a question to the community or visit the Write Us page to ask a question directly. Our prices are low in part because we don't have a vast Customer Service army, but the people we have do a pretty decent job.
- What if I have a question about the product, or I own one and love it, or I own one and hate it, or I know of a better product that does the same thing, or I know where to get this product cheaper?
- Then get into that day’s discussion forum and blab your story to the world. We won’t stop you. Maybe somebody will know the answer to your question. Maybe you’ll know the answer to somebody else’s question. Maybe your opinions or insights will save somebody from buying something they don’t really want. Maybe, if you find it somewhere cheaper (you won't), we’ll buy it ourselves. Just keep it PG-13 and expect to have your opinions challenged. Wooters never met an argument they didn’t like.
- Why is your own product description saying such unflattering, bizarre, or ridiculous things about the product?
- Because there are millions of words of dull, tedious, borderline dishonest sales copy on the Internet already. Rather than exaggerate the good, ignore the bad, and carefully avoid the controversial, we do the opposite. We'd rather have your trust than grab a quick buck off of you and make you our sworn enemy for life. We've got enough enemies, thanks. As for the jokes, we just love sharing the gift of laughter, because it's really cheap and we don't have to drive ourselves crazy trying to wrap it.
- Are there any risks associated with shopping at Home.Woot?
- Only one: your house may soon fill up with so many brand-name bargains from Home.Woot that people will start to talk. You know, "I wonder how they afford such nice things on a lowly patrolman's salary", that kind of thing. So if you're involved in any embezzlement or bribery, you may want to limit your Home.Woot purchases lest you call unwanted attention to yourself.
