Buxr: Sharing Good Deals & Getting Rewarded for It
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Buxr is a site that aggregates shopping deals automatically via its own Internet-scouring technology while at the same time incentivizing community members to submit deals they find via daily and monthly competitions.
There are already plenty of deal sites out there (SlickDeals.net, TechBargains.com, and CheapStingyBargains.com being three of the bigger players), but Buxr tries to differentiate itself in a number of ways. For one, the deal listing area looks nicer and is easier to scan/read (it remind me a little of our own Amazon Price Drop Tracker but obviously more broad in focus).
Buxr’s main draw is its method of building a community in a number of ways. To do more than just scan through deals, you need to setup an account. The sign up process is simple enough with your basic three requirements of username, password, and email. As an added bonus, they pass the first test for credibility in that they don’t send your password over email.
Once you’re logged in, you can fully participate. It’s like a social network or Digg-like site that’s focused around deals. You can submit deals, comment on deals, vote on deals (vote them up or down), etc. If a deal you submit is picked as the best for the deal, you get $10. If over a month’s time, you acquire the most points (by submitting good deals and voting actively on deals that turn out to be considered good), you win a free iPhone (current prize, it could change).
All in all, it seems like a fun site. Although, I don’t really know what it takes to make sites like these take off. I’m guessing that first and foremost the deals themselves have to be better than what can be found elsewhere (which is a difficult comparison to make objectively across these sites). But the “social” side is done well and seems like a nice addition.
For more details, check out the FAQ and the separate section which explains the contests and give aways.
Disclosure: The owner of Buxr did contact me and compensate me for reviewing the site. I accept compensation for reviews only with the understanding that I will openly state any such agreement and be as candid as I please in any review.
1 Comment 
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May 27th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Hi Bob!
Thanks for the review. I appreciate the honest and detailed description of what Buxr is about. Let me just clarify your first statement. At Buxr we do not aggregate shopping deals automatically but rather hand-pick and submit them manually on a daily basis.
The site has been up since December of 2007 and the contests we launch next month are the next logical step of engaging the community of bargain hunters we gathered around Buxr deals.
I would also like to point your and your readers attention at the shopping widget we offers as a part of our “Share and Earn” experience. It is in the concept very similar to the ShoppingAds you have on the right-side bar of your blog, but instead features the bargains that let your readers truly save money and you earn commission.
Cheers,
Yan
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Buxr.com co-founder