Early peek at Black Friday holiday shopping sites

It’s early October- barely autumn -but already the Internet is abuzz with talk of holiday shopping and Black Friday bargains.

Black Friday being the day after Thanksgiving when stores advertise their best deals for the coming holidays. But already this year, those early shoppers are targeting their merchandise.

My NBC-TV "High Tech Talk" report this week looks at the following sites:

  • GottaDeal Black Friday info http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/
  • Elmo TMX http://www.tmxtracker.com/
  • Fatwallet http://www.fatwallet.com
  • Deals of America http://www.dealsofamerica.com/
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    This article was posted by Tech Reporter Mike Wendland. It has been archieved under .

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    28 Responses to “Early peek at Black Friday holiday shopping sites”

    1. Kristin Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 1:24 am

      I LOVE GottaDeal – the forum is very friendly and the Black Friday info can’t be beat :)

    2. Elizabeth Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 5:49 am

      GottaDeal is a great site!

    3. David Hasselhoff Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 1:16 pm

      GottaDeal.com is the best!!!

    4. Lynda Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 1:43 pm

      GottaDeal is the best Black Friday site that I know of. They even have forums that stay up year round.

    5. Cecillia Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 1:45 pm

      GottaDeal.com is wonderful, has great info and is so so much fun!

    6. Cher Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 2:18 pm

      There is NO OTHER Black Friday site! This is the place to get the ads first and get the best info from the people who really know!

    7. chad Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 3:46 pm

      Gottadeal is the best hands down. Want proof just look at my gottadeal t-shirt I am wearing

    8. Shazam Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 4:29 pm

      There is no better site than GottaDeal for deals. Check out their forums too. There you will find a survey and research forum with Real Legit Actual Paying Surveys and Research Projects. They Cost You Nothing! Then check out the freebie forum for Real Legit freebies! The people are all very nice and will welcome you with open arms!

    9. Charlie Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 5:38 pm

      All Gotta has it stuff copied from bfads.net. What is that they posted first in year 2005 ?

      Other two sites mentioned here are professionally managed and are NOT Seasonal website like Gotta so there is NO Comparison. However, these two websites are NOT black friday web sites.

    10. Michael B. Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 7:28 pm

      GottaDeal had more ads posted first last year than all the other BF sites combined. Check the watermarks on the scanned ad. Looks like the folks at bfads.net are getting a little scared that they’ve been taken over by GD as the #1 BF site :P

    11. Charlie Says:

      October 3rd, 2006 at 9:25 pm

      Michael seeems to the Gotta owner as his words matches with what gotta “claims”. But any one can claim anything. Fact is fact and monitor this year again – bfads.net will have first flyers out.
      That being said, Gotta has good blackfriday website – better then bfads.net.

    12. mom2thegirls Says:

      October 4th, 2006 at 2:29 pm

      Gottadeal is about black friday and more. I save more money checking them out first.

    13. Jack Williams Says:

      October 5th, 2006 at 5:02 pm

      You’re leaving out one of the bigger Black Friday sites – http://www.blackfriday.info/

    14. Kym Says:

      October 5th, 2006 at 9:16 pm

      Awesome site with great people to talk to about items before you purchase. The B-E-S-T mods. If you want info on items first this the site for you. Everyone is welcome and made to feel right at home.

    15. ihatespam Says:

      October 8th, 2006 at 5:02 pm

      STOP SPAMMERS!
      most Of these posts are from spammers from gotta. They have spammed me a lot too.
      One spammer is from keepcash guy who is spamming around the web. He bought this new url blackfriday.info recently and claiming following

      “Jack Williams Says:
      October 5th, 2006 at 5:02 pm
      You’re leaving out one of the bigger Black Friday sites – http://www.blackfriday.info

      Height of spam!!
      New URL- new site and bigger site ?

    16. GeeCee Says:

      October 16th, 2006 at 6:44 pm

      GottaDeal is the BEST for Black Friday and for great deals all year long! They have great mods and a wonderful community! All of the other sites are “Wannabees”!

    17. Tracy Says:

      October 24th, 2006 at 11:52 am

      GottaDeal is the BEST place to find your holiday deals.So much help from the owners and the people on there…CHECK IT OUT,YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!

    18. pete Says:

      October 25th, 2006 at 11:23 pm

      After looking at the different BF sites, it appears that the BF site BFADS.NET is the site with the first BF ads leaked in 2006. Also this site was the mosted visited and viewed site last year (2005). This site has almost not advertisment or pop up ads like Gottadeal and a lot of the others. BFADS.NET is a first with the BF ads. You can see the BFADS watermark on the adds listed in Gottadeal. It appears gottadeal gets it info from BFADS.NET

    19. Christy Garner Says:

      October 27th, 2006 at 1:08 pm

      This is the best site hands-down. I have been a member for a year now. They have contest giveaways, wonderful forums, and all the black friday information you will need. They have ads that are accurate and release them as soon as they are leaked. Check them out. They are the bomb.

    20. Tony Luna Says:

      November 1st, 2006 at 5:25 pm

      There is a new site for 2006. Check out http://www.blackfridaygear.com It is the first web site that offers Black Friday Themed Apparel. Pretty Funny!

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      November 15th, 2006 at 8:46 pm

      I often wondered how this all worked but I guess I will never know.

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