Say goodbye to JellyFish and SmackShopping
For those who aren’t familiar, SmackShopping was a shopping engine that offered live shopping and sort of worked in a reverse way as typical shopping sites. It has changed a bit since it was purchased by Microsoft in 2007.
It had a service called the Deal of the Day. When the Smack Deal of the Day started the price would typically be the average price you would pay at another store or slightly higher. The timer would start and the price would slowly start to drop. Here’s the catch: There is a limited supply available and they don’t tell you how many are left. The price will also only drop so low, so you need to decide when is the best time to lock in your purchase. You would then purchase the item from that particular merchant and JellyFish.com would have a rebate for you. So you did have to pay the full price upfront for the item. It seemed to work pretty well.
The site also offered a live chat where users could discuss the products, share information and TALK SMACK! I thought the site was pretty cool and I’m still trying to figure out how a site like that disappears when everyone is looking for a deal these days.
Now visitors to the site are being asked to go to Microsoft Live Search cashback. Members have until May 15, 2009 to cash in the remainder of their rewards.
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