Amazon acquires deal-a-day website Woot!

By on Jul 1, 2010 at 6:51 AM
Retail July 1, 2010

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Woot! announced on Wednesday that it is being acquired by online retail giant Amazon. Known for its daily deals, marathon Woot-Offs, and the server-crashing Bag Of Crap, Woot has been a daily stop for online shoppers since 2004. Faithful wooters should not be concerned as The Carrollton, TX-based company, will continue its zany operation as an independent subsidiary of Amazon — similar to Zappos and Audible. No word on the details of the acquisition but sources from Tech Crunch estimate the deal to be worth $110 million in cash. Woot!

[Via TechCrunch]

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  • zxc

    Nothing to say about this but….Woot!!

  • Greg Young

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    • Joshie

      Yeah, just noticed the Kindle deal. That didn’t take long.

  • Verizon Guy

    We all saw this coming years ago…when I saw the Kindle deal late last night I knew it was going to be “official” soon! Congrats guys!

    And for those of you who think this is a bad thing…let’s just say that having access to Amazon’s relationships with suppliers should make for better loot in future deals!

  • rwc

    i dunno, somehow i think they’ll have a lot more woot offs and really water down the site. i suspect that getting a BoC going forward just wouldn’t be the same.

  • http://www.usetobewoot.com drorez

    booo! I love woot and have been wooting for years now, I find this very sad.

  • http://alghienkad06.student.ipb.ac.id thea

    love it

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