questions → why deals from some website are not accepted by…

vote-for7vote-against

Why deals from some website are not accepted by Deals Woot?

Feb 28, 2013 6:43 AM

Hi all, I am new here! I encountered a problem In the submitting progress, want some advice from you guys here, thanks for the the help in advance.
I found some practical deals from the websites I regularly scanned, but some of them were not accepted, can anyone tell me how this happen? Are there any methods or endeavor can be used to deal with the Unacceptable deals? There are indeed some items I thought is useful to share with, can you just help me to solve the unacceptable case? Any advice is appreciated! :)

christinayoung christinayoung

4 Answers answer

Sort By:

vote-for5vote-against

I'm pretty sure Woot makes money when you click through to a deal. Some sites have it set up where they would get that money instead of Woot so they aren't allowed. There are probably other reasons a site would be blocked (like fraudulent transactions in the past).

benyust2 benyust2
vote-for7vote-against

Woot has some places that it just doesn't accept from. Anything that Woot deems fishy gets blacklisted. There's no real way to know ahead of time. Basically the rule is that it's Woot's playground so we follow their rules.

Either way, welcome to the community. Read through the unofficial FAQ. It should answer 99% of the questions you might have.

thedogma thedogma
vote-for-1vote-against

@benyust2: Thanks for your great answers very much, if there is a need I would contact the site administrator! Thanks again! :)

christinayoung christinayoung
vote-for-1vote-against

@thedogma: Agree, it seems that some website might be blacklisted for the user's safety's sake! We take advantage of the platform, then it is what we should do to follow the principles. :) Thanks for your advice, It make sense to me! :)

christinayoung christinayoung

Stats

Asked
Feb 28, 2013 6:43 AM
Asked By
christinayoung
Answered
4 times
Viewed
389 times
Voted Against
2 times
Voted For
9 times

Similar Questions

Related Deals

Not a farewell, just a forced redirect.

It's true, Local.Woot is no longer, but please don't despair.

Never-ending savings are still to be found on Deals.Woot each and every day, so come on in. Don't think of it as a time for tears. Think of it as a way to bring us all closer together under one roof.

Sorry

This is only for people who have bought woots

We restrict voting to users who have purchased something from one of the other Woot stores. It's not just because we want your money (which we do) - it's the best way to be sure all the votes are coming from real people and not spam-bots or phony accounts. The best way we can think of, anyway. For now.

You can always get voting rights by buying something from one of Woot's other sites:

Purchases through Deals.Woot don't count, because in that case you're not buying anything from us. And we don't have your account information for those purchases.

If you think you've bought something from Woot before and still can't vote, make sure you're logged in with the same account you used to buy from us.

Geez, why so negative?

You have to vote up more before you can vote down.

Don't get us wrong. Negativity has its place. And downvotes are just as essential as upvotes when it comes to making Deals.Woot a useful place to find deals.

But when your votes lean so heavily toward the dark side, we have to wonder. Go vote up a few things. Accentuate the positive for a little while. It'll do you some good, and it'll do the site some good, too. Then you can get back to dealing out the smackdowns, OK?

Too late, we all heard you!

Hmm... you're wanting to take your vote back?

Well, that's a bit tricky. See, we do a lot of stuff with your vote, using it to work out the popularity of what you voted for, compare that to all the other things voted on, tally up our leaderboard, work out your reputation. Someday we'll do a little cartoon showing just how hard your vote is working.

Anyway, taking votes back messes all that up, so we give you five minutes, in case you just mis-clicked. After that we've got to say no take-backs. Luckily, votes are free, so feel free to throw them around left and right wherever you see fit.