Woot off?

[gaemul]

I've heard of something that woot.com does, called a woot off? I can't find it on their site. Can anyone explain this to me and when it usually occurs?

[InfiniteNothing]

Usually once a month they get rid of all their inventory and sell another item after the first one sells out.

[Markel]

In recent history, most of the WootOffs have started on Thursday (at 12:01 am). They often manage to leak some advanced notice of one coming.

[Prngr44]

Damnit... I thought this was pointing to one that just started.

False alarm!! :laugh:

I just wooted yesterday (wine trio.)

[Prngr44]

Here's another link to some more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woot.com#Woot-Off

[Nija]

http://www.woot.com/WhatIsWoot.aspx#q9

I see some orange flashing lights on the main page – what do they mean?
No, you aren't seeing a side effect from your allergy medication. You have found a Woot-Off, a short term frenzied mutation of our product posting procedure. In Woot-Off mode, a new product is launched immediately after the sellout of the previous deal. There is a half-Woot-life of 12 hours maximum on any product within a Woot-Off that does not sell out. The number of Woot-Off items, sequence, and quantity will not be announced. When Woot-Off mode is over, the orange lights will disappear and our normal schedule will resume. Depending on its success, this may be a mode we would go into once or twice a month for a relatively short duration of time (24-72 hours generally.)