Like Wine Woot, which we featured not long ago, RadCru offers one wine a day, often at a good discount. Based in San Francisco, the online wine marketplace started its beta phase today. (During beta, the offering will be three wines per week; each wine selling for 24 hours or until the wine sells out, whichever comes first.)
But the key selling point isn't deep discounts. Rather, it's the access to boutique wineries that consumers might otherwise not be able to buy from. The majority of RadCru's featured wines will be hard to find, limited quantities or new releases: "small vines, rad wines."
RadCru is a prime example of nouveau niche, the Long Tail, or whatever you want to call the phenomenon whereby niche tastes are catered to, and individual consumers are offered greater choice than ever before. RadCru holds no inventory. Instead, wines are shipped directly from winery to consumer, minimizing costs of inventory storage and distribution. Producer, smart online middleman/curator, and consumer all benefit. And then there's the added sense of exclusivity and urgency created by offering a limited selection each day. RadCru Chile, RadCru Australia, RadCru France anyone?
Website: http://www.radcru.com
Contact: info@radcru.com
Plus, there's MacZot and Bits du Jour for software, Yugster for electronics, Daily Zort for sports stuff, and several other new One Deal a Day sites.
And there is CharlesandMarie.com and they offer a lot more than just products...
I wonder how radcru.com got around the State of California law prohibiting selling of alcohol on consignment?
Another Awesome site to check out is
www.fruper.com
They have great deals on absolutly everything!
You also should look at www.dailyswag.com they have a great new twist to the daily theme.
WOW! Newest site Shnoop.com is pretty cool, just bought jersey there for $6.95 each. I had to get 3. Good luck.
Its a pain following all of these sites, just use the masterlist and monitor at http://www.zerodaydeals.com/ makes following all of these easy
Also check out http://www.gamedujour.com/ for downloadable casual games.
Another good one is http://www.DailyTool.com and they have a ton of links to other DOD sites on the left column of their site.
Check out another great deal-a-day aggregator at http://www.dealvu.com. It makes searching current deals very easy.
Ah... perfectly paired with Cork'd.
Jennie Robinson | July 11, 2006 6:06 AM