Q1: Is there a SEARCH function for Woot deals?
(Search via name /model #?)
Way to Filter by price, etc?
Q2: How do you set-up email notification for a particular item?
/Price Alert?
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On the right side there is a field box to use the āGoogle Custom Searchā, and it should find the item.
No way to set up email notifications.
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Thanks!
Note Iād like to CLARIFY Iām wondering if there is a way to search for a item via main Woot /listing pages, NOT via the forums.
(When I saw the Google Custom Search box (In the forums) I thought that might be a work-aroundā¦ Search results left a lot to be desired.)
Search term used in Google Custom Search box:
āYukon Tactical Scout Sling Packā
(Which is listed HERE:
http://sport.woot.com/offers/tactical-scout-sling-pack-2-colors)
*Also searched with less words, and included āWootā. Adding Woot just giving a link to main Woot page (LOL)
SEARCH RESULTS ?=
Figured results would list the item near the top.
After enabling Googleapis scripting got 175 hitsā¦
Havenāt seen the link for the item yet. Youād think using the exact name used in the listing & āWootā one of the first few links shown would take you right to the product page, but it didnāt.
Yeah, we donāt have a good search function yet. Itās been on the list for a long time of things we want. 
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What is the ETA on getting a proper search function added? 2020, 2025?
Seems like if itās been on the list for a long time itās time to put it on the priority, must do this week list.
Amazing oversight /omission.
You need to have a search function that allows a search via name, model #ā¦
Along with a way to search via priceā¦with the ability to sort via price.
Guess the thought process in not having a way to search is āfear of lossā and/or you hope that persons see something of interest while on the site. Thing is most people donāt have TIME to diddy around, drill down thru all the listings.
Thanks for the info.
Real life calls. Got to go!
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If itās that serious, why not just use amazon? What if the item was sold out and thatās why you can not find it? Just curiousā¦
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2 years old and no search feature! itās annoying, every online shop with 5 items have a search feature! It would be nice to search for all ālogitechā items currently on the site! so many times I give up searching and scrolling pages, search is the easiest thing possible to implement next to echo āhello worldā. Iāve literally seen something I wanted, lost the tab or something, but can never find where itās buried.
I get bad headaches scrolling pages upon pages, while becoming ever frustrated.
This site exists to offer deals aside from Amazonās main site, but it, and you say go away. go back to amazon. itās probably been 2 years since they started sending me woot spam, and Iāve had issues with the site all along. and Iāve wanted to complain about the lack of a search feature the entire time, itās google that brought me here asking it how to search this damn site!
It would be interesting to understand the logic, or lack thereof for not having a search feature. the internet literally exists on searching, all the way down to the root servers searching and connecting domains to ip address!
okā¦ sorry for necroing this, that last post was annoying, and Iāve been asking myself why there isnāt a search feature for too long.
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I agree 100% with JSArencibia. Iāve been a Woot customer for a long time, and Iāve had the same issues about finding a product I might have seen and can no longer find it. A search feature would just help me find items I might be on the lookout for faster. Putting in a search function is not difficult, however, I believe Woot/Amazon wants us, or rather, forces us to browse through items, so we might find other things we donāt really need but end up buying anyway, just because it seems to be a good deal. Yes, Bad for the customers; yes, good for them. This is also another reason I donāt buy from woot as much anymore. I donāt like to be pushed around. They have a search option for t-shirts, why do they have one there? because they understand that for t-shirts there is more value for Woot.com to provide a search to customers.
I ask Woot to re-analyze this feature request. A long time ago, before Amazon bought them, they used to be more āfriendlyā to customers. Maybe, they can show a hint of that spirit with a simple search feature for their products.
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Itās something we think about often. We donāt carry a full range of products so a search function will most often return no results which is also a poor experience.
Sewing Machine
nope
Cricket cutter
nope
Dyson
nope
Ok that last one was a joke but you get the idea.
Iāll pass on your feedback.
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Best way Iāve found to search the site is just to use Googleās functionality to search an entire website. For example, Iām looking for a water hose reel on wootā¦ so Iād type the following in Google:
āsite: www.woot.com hose reelā (without quotes). Then, instead of clicking on every single linked result, Iāll just go to Images within Google.com search results and search visually to see if thereās something worth clicking on. Itās not efficient, but the best I have for Woot and valuable if youāre really hunting for a deal.
I see no reason why they couldnāt easily and cheaply insert the Google Search Appliance (yeah, thatās old now but works). If thereās no results, thatās a perfect oppty to sell something similar, track what people are shopping for, etc. (ahhh Marketing, Insights/Analytics) Anyone who knows Woot, knows its hit or miss and timing has to be right in order to find a dealā¦ I donāt think thatās a bad experience on this site. And thereās plenty of crafty ways to sort out sold out items, explain no results, etc. to improve the UX. Boggles the mind why thereās no search.
Orā¦ Iām a complete moron and thereās a search function somewhere that I canā find. Itās plausible.
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I get this, but wonder if thereās some sort of bold, italic, all-caps language you can use on the search page to explain how Woot works?
In fact, why not make the search function such that when a search turns up a ānope,ā thereās a listing of results below that showing the results from the same search at Amazon?
Possible language: āSORRY! We donāt have any [widgets] on WOOT right now! But we found these [widgets] at our parent site AMAZON that you might be interested in. And check back, because we might get a shipment of [widgets] in soon!ā
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PLEASE make some sort of search! I see your e-mails with your deals (often with photos with links that take you to a category or a clearance page with no way to find the product I am interested in. I have spent 15-20 minutes clicking through pages to find what I am looking for today alone just to find that it is not available in the size I would need! If you are not going to create a search, CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE AN OPTION TO āSHOW ALLā instead of clicking on the āNEXTā page 40 times and wasting countless hours of my time? Then I can so a āfindā search on the text that is displayed on the ā40 pagesā worth of items.
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See All is a good suggestion. Iāll pass that along. Weāve got a lot on our plate in development so no overnight cure.
All Deals may be a better option for you. You can sort by price, new, category, etc.
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Well I guess not 2020. This site is ridiculous, no search option yet and this site that been around for years. 
We aim to disappoint. We seem to be doing pretty well.
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No search function makes this site a non starter for many. The owner (Jeff baby) expects us to waste the hours away looking at anything and everything. Oh, and no search function will also prevent this site from actually competing with amazon.
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We are a browsing site. Itās hard to have a search when you donāt carry a full product line. Most searches would not return anything and thatās not a good experience either.
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Technically Groupon is a browsing site also, but they still have a search feature. It even has a <3 or save feature. And it has just as many items sell out.
My biggest issue with Woot not having a search or save/favorite list goes like this: āOh thatās a cool thing, I really want that.ā Something reallife comes up - phone call, dog needs out, etc. Come back to find the app was accidentally closed and now I canāt find the item I was looking at, without hours of potential scrolling through lists. Its not that I missed the deal, itās that I cant find the deal again.
Iām more frustrated by - I saw it, and now I canāt find it again. Then Iāve been trying to see if a deal might be available.
My only āsolutionā has been to immediately place an item in the cart if Iām remotely interested in it, so it isnāt lost.
Bad thing about this option is I canāt just purchase one item from the cart without removing the other items, so I still loose many items.
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Search the forums for the thing and sort by latest topic. If it was listed correctly itāll be there.
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Thatās a big if. #wootoops
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