With the Christmas just around the corner, it is a great time for me to explain how Shopping Boosters work. 
Feel free to read more as I cover the benefits of using shopping boosters as well as a few commonly asked questions.
To tell you the truth, I currently do not see any downfalls to using the shopping boosters. In my opinion, the following are the benefits of using a Moola.com Shopping Booster:
I personally did two shopping boosters (so far) one was a PriceLine booster ($11.20 back) and the other was a Newegg booster ($4.34 back). It may not seem like a lot of money, but it adds up.
My Newegg purchase was a really great deal, I got 20% back via Paypal (Cyber Monday Deal) plus the $4.34 back from Moola (which is now pending). This means that I would get my camera for about $254 when it is usually about $309 retail. A savings of about $55... sadly though, this is $55 which I won't be keeping in my wallet since I still have a lot of Christmas shopping left.
There a few common questions that I see around the forums, so I will do my best to answer some of them.
When will my booster show up on my "Pending" boosters list?
It depends on the merchant. Boosters will go pending as soon as Moola.com gets notified of your purchase. Some merchants only notify Moola on a weekly basis, while other will notify Moola within 24 hours.
I made my purchase, why haven't I received my Booster?
It will take at least a 3 weeks for you to get credited with a booster, sometimes longer.
Why don't I receive the Boosters right after I make the purchase?
Moola.com does not give you your boosters right away because most retailers have a return policy and it would not make good business sense to give away money before the money is safely in the merchants pockets. Besides, Moola.com probably has to wait until they get paid for the referral before they can give their members the boosters.
Is each booster offer only allowed to be completed once?
It depends on the booster. If it is a cash back booster (where you get a percentage back from your purchase) then you can use the booster multiple times. If it is a referral bonus (set booster amount) then you can only use it once. I suggest asking the question in the forums if you are not sure.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Guide: Shopping Boosters
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Leaderboard Nov. 26th
Let me remind you, some of the decreases in the balance is due to cashing out:
5 Largest Balance Increase
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Bal. Chng |
| 5 | thelopez | $1,082.44 | $217.39 |
| 6 | phatpat122 | $719.39 | $215.80 |
| 12 | clciri | $356.37 | $165.97 |
| 11 | JamesBJames | $358.09 | $157.44 |
| 28 | kioskgirl | $196.24 | $72.73 |
5 Largest Balance Decrease
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Bal. Chng |
| 14 | gimmesomemoola | $313.85 | ($172.62) |
| 13 | freejay32 | $345.78 | ($119.92) |
| 4 | MacNook | $1,328.55 | ($110.80) |
| 26 | omnichron | $207.04 | ($108.35) |
| 85 | doremi. | $112.81 | ($81.48) |
5 Largest Position Increase
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Pos. Chng |
| 28 | kioskgirl | $196.24 | 41 |
| 12 | clciri | $356.37 | 21 |
| 11 | JamesBJames | $358.09 | 18 |
| 56 | needlotsofmoola | $138.37 | 16 |
| 70 | senniss | $121.82 | 8 |
5 Largest Position Decrease
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Pos. Chng |
| 85 | doremi. | $112.81 | -54 |
| 26 | omnichron | $207.04 | -10 |
| 53 | misterss | $140.34 | -8 |
| 14 | gimmesomemoola | $313.85 | -5 |
| 22 | Libbyab | $220.53 | -5 |
Click the "read more" button to see the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
Overall Standing:
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Last Pos. | Pos. Chng | Bal. Chng | 1 | freyman23.5 | $8,453.68 | 1 | 0 | $0.00 | 2 | TechCrunch Winner | $5,242.90 | 2 | 0 | $0.00 | 3 | Jabber | $1,404.63 | 4 | 1 | $57.55 | 4 | MacNook | $1,328.55 | 3 | -1 | ($110.80) | 5 | thelopez | $1,082.44 | 5 | 0 | $217.39 | 6 | phatpat122 | $719.39 | 8 | 2 | $215.80 | 7 | twotontim | $499.48 | 6 | -1 | ($17.78) | 8 | MrFreeze1125 | $476.27 | 10 | 2 | $3.90 | 9 | GsWinner | $471.57 | 11 | 2 | $2.04 | 10 | fahashee | $358.94 | 14 | 4 | ($4.46) | 11 | JamesBJames | $358.09 | 29 | 18 | $157.44 | 12 | clciri | $356.37 | 33 | 21 | $165.97 | 13 | freejay32 | $345.78 | 12 | -1 | ($119.92) | 14 | gimmesomemoola | $313.85 | 9 | -5 | ($172.62) | 15 | DFlash | $313.39 | 15 | 0 | ($3.40) | 16 | caid | $291.21 | 18 | 2 | $0.00 | 17 | skipdeal | $268.41 | 23 | 6 | $31.07 | 18 | penny_lover | $256.60 | 21 | 3 | $0.00 | 19 | ARiC | $253.56 | 22 | 3 | $1.98 | 20 | Graveyard | $233.48 | 24 | 4 | $1.62 | 21 | TheClockIsLaughing | $226.29 | 25 | 4 | $0.00 | 22 | Libbyab | $220.53 | 17 | -5 | ($79.66) | 23 | xTheUntouchablex | $213.40 | 20 | -3 | ($63.72) | 24 | FoolishJordan | $212.50 | 26 | 2 | $0.00 | 25 | FinalGroundz | $210.88 | 28 | 3 | $1.04 | 26 | omnichron | $207.04 | 16 | -10 | ($108.35) | 27 | biged78 | $207.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28 | kioskgirl | $196.24 | 69 | 41 | $72.73 | 29 | Goose | $195.46 | 30 | 1 | $0.93 | 30 | zylum | $193.38 | 32 | 2 | $0.00 | 31 | Sarkar | $190.17 | 34 | 3 | $4.05 | 32 | TheEnd | $186.06 | 35 | 3 | $0.00 | 33 | Aglet | $183.93 | 36 | 3 | $6.71 | 34 | rroroy | $176.21 | 37 | 3 | $0.00 | 35 | CorporateRaider | $174.18 | 38 | 3 | $0.31 | 36 | psuturtle | $169.68 | 39 | 3 | $1.97 | 37 | khashab | $166.20 | 40 | 3 | $0.00 | 38 | OutSider81 | $162.17 | 42 | 4 | $1.70 | 39 | Necral | $160.11 | 43 | 4 | $0.04 | 40 | SCS1 | $156.04 | 47 | 7 | $0.94 | 41 | keefer268 | $155.97 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 42 | 2sarcastic | $155.37 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 43 | tkyoshi | $153.74 | 46 | 3 | ($3.74) | 44 | pammer | $153.65 | 48 | 4 | $0.00 | 45 | nono059 | $150.96 | 49 | 4 | $0.00 | 46 | Maroline | $150.39 | 50 | 4 | $0.00 | 47 | belhaven14 | $149.08 | 51 | 4 | $3.03 | 48 | plurt00 | $146.67 | 52 | 4 | $2.36 | 49 | SpiveyJr | $145.13 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50 | Warrition | $143.18 | 53 | 3 | $0.48 | 51 | Tazdevil1622 | $142.71 | 57 | 6 | $9.58 | 52 | moolapimp | $140.38 | 58 | 6 | $7.91 | 53 | misterss | $140.34 | 45 | -8 | ($17.38) | 54 | trogdor | $138.91 | 54 | 0 | $0.16 | 55 | roadruner150 | $138.68 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 56 | needlotsofmoola | $138.37 | 72 | 16 | $16.32 | 57 | DaveMatthews | $135.77 | 55 | -2 | $0.17 | 58 | chuggmore | $134.86 | 56 | -2 | $0.49 | 59 | mcar1919 | $133.05 | 59 | 0 | $1.45 | 60 | amakley | $131.96 | 61 | 1 | $0.97 | 61 | Ender22 | $131.60 | 60 | -1 | $0.50 | 62 | Snyder97 | $130.75 | 66 | 4 | $3.39 | 63 | gardenduchess | $130.17 | 62 | -1 | $0.73 | 64 | vergro | $128.53 | 65 | 1 | $0.82 | 65 | Likuid | $128.31 | 73 | 8 | $6.78 | 66 | jeffbg123 | $125.57 | 67 | 1 | $0.00 | 67 | jessicap | $123.51 | 70 | 3 | $0.00 | 68 | AllieBaBa | $122.60 | 71 | 3 | $0.18 | 69 | Greedy | $122.27 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 70 | senniss | $121.82 | 78 | 8 | $1.57 | 71 | PurpleAngel23 | $121.56 | 74 | 3 | $0.51 | 72 | FMXCHAMP | $121.55 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 73 | hurdlinmasta | $121.48 | 77 | 4 | $1.21 | 74 | YouDirtyDog | $120.71 | 76 | 2 | $0.00 | 75 | deanie | $120.06 | 79 | 4 | $0.00 | 76 | ryanr34 | $116.72 | 80 | 4 | $0.93 | 77 | rockwild | $116.42 | 81 | 4 | $0.87 | 78 | anq159 | $115.54 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 79 | liminaldust | $115.17 | 85 | 6 | $1.87 | 80 | mr.greenjeans | $114.64 | 82 | 2 | $0.29 | 81 | Nail | $114.03 | 87 | 6 | $1.22 | 82 | kessld | $113.91 | 83 | 1 | $0.17 | 83 | fr0gprinces | $113.31 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 84 | chrisgs77 | $112.87 | 86 | 2 | $0.05 | 85 | doremi. | $112.81 | 31 | -54 | ($81.48) | 86 | skinneylady123 | $112.22 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 87 | Laura01 | $111.06 | 91 | 4 | $0.76 | 88 | CatalinaThePirate | $110.42 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 89 | Airwolf | $109.94 | 94 | 5 | $0.79 | 90 | 0luck | $109.65 | 92 | 2 | $0.20 | 91 | tortue | $109.30 | 93 | 2 | $0.00 | 92 | wtf_albino | $109.14 | 95 | 3 | $0.00 | 93 | zenbunny | $108.91 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 94 | patrickmaher | $108.47 | 98 | 4 | $1.73 | 95 | LeRoy3rd | $108.27 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 96 | PorchMonkey4Life | $108.19 | 96 | 0 | $0.00 | 97 | Juce | $108.03 | 97 | 0 | $0.16 | 98 | mcbeth | $106.82 | 99 | 1 | $0.16 | 99 | trd12 | $106.43 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 100 | Girish | $106.38 | 100 | 0 | $0.00 |
Monday, November 26, 2007
Are Elephants Scared Of Mice?
I know... I know... this has nothing to do with Moola, but I thought it was an interesting question. I mean, Dumbo tells us that elephants are scared of mice, but are they really scared of something that tiny?
Well, follow the link to find the answer.
Cyber Monday
Happy Cyber Monday. If you missed out on Black Friday, today is the day to get great deals online.
One good example of the deals you can get is 20% off everything at Newegg.com. Plus you will get a shopping booster via Moola.com if you use their link. The only catch is that you need to pay with Paypal. How can it get any better/easier?... oh yah... you also get free shipping on most products! Check out the other stores in the Booster zone and who knows you may find some great deals!
Edit: This deal lasts from 11/26/2007 to 12/10/2007 (Full Terms & Conditions)
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Leaderboard Nov. 19th
With Techcrunch over, Ross the winner of the $5000+ contest is now in second place on the learderboards. Congratulations on the win Ross.
Let me remind you, some of the decreases in the balance is due to Moola.com members cashing out:
5 Largest Balance Increase
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Bal. Chng |
| 3 | MacNook | $1,439.35 | $314.22 |
| 8 | phatpat122 | $503.59 | $307.32 |
| 4 | Jabber | $1,347.08 | $186.26 |
| 7 | iseegreen | $517.01 | $162.94 |
| 19 | HOANI | $284.07 | $86.36 |
5 Largest Balance Decrease
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Bal. Chng |
| 23 | skipdeal | $237.34 | ($250.18) |
| 6 | twotontim | $517.26 | ($54.46) |
| 12 | freejay32 | $465.70 | ($14.64) |
| 14 | fahashee | $363.40 | ($10.20) |
| 63 | chancerisk | $129.31 | ($9.91) |
5 Largest Position Increase
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Pos. Chng |
| 33 | clciri | $190.40 | 56 |
| 47 | SCS1 | $155.10 | 25 |
| 69 | kioskgirl | $123.51 | 21 |
| 8 | phatpat122 | $503.59 | 21 |
| 29 | JamesBJames | $200.65 | 19 |
5 Largest Position Decrease
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Pos. Chng |
| 23 | skipdeal | $237.34 | -17 |
| 63 | chancerisk | $129.31 | -11 |
| 12 | freejay32 | $465.70 | -5 |
| 52 | plurt00 | $144.31 | -5 |
| 46 | tkyoshi | $157.48 | -5 |
Click the "read more" button to see the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
Overall Standing:
| Pos. | Username | Bal. | Last Pos. | Pos. Chng | Bal. Chng | 1 | freyman23.5 | $8,453.68 | 1 | 0 | $0.00 | 2 | TechCrunch Winner | $5,242.90 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3 | MacNook | $1,439.35 | 3 | 0 | $314.22 | 4 | Jabber | $1,347.08 | 2 | -2 | $186.26 | 5 | thelopez | $865.05 | 4 | -1 | ($4.88) | 6 | twotontim | $517.26 | 5 | -1 | ($54.46) | 7 | iseegreen | $517.01 | 12 | 5 | $162.94 | 8 | phatpat122 | $503.59 | 29 | 21 | $307.32 | 9 | gimmesomemoola | $486.47 | 10 | 1 | $37.88 | 10 | MrFreeze1125 | $472.37 | 8 | -2 | $1.86 | 11 | GsWinner | $469.53 | 9 | -2 | $13.14 | 12 | freejay32 | $465.70 | 7 | -5 | ($14.64) | 13 | jayfitz111 | $371.11 | 14 | 1 | $54.57 | 14 | fahashee | $363.40 | 11 | -3 | ($10.20) | 15 | DFlash | $316.79 | 15 | 0 | $12.34 | 16 | omnichron | $315.39 | 16 | 0 | $13.50 | 17 | Libbyab | $300.19 | 19 | 2 | $34.89 | 18 | caid | $291.21 | 17 | -1 | $0.00 | 19 | HOANI | $284.07 | 28 | 9 | $86.36 | 20 | xTheUntouchablex | $277.12 | 21 | 1 | $23.92 | 21 | penny_lover | $256.60 | 20 | -1 | $0.00 | 22 | ARiC | $251.58 | 22 | 0 | $0.73 | 23 | skipdeal | $237.34 | 6 | -17 | ($250.18) | 24 | Graveyard | $231.86 | 23 | -1 | $1.94 | 25 | TheClockIsLaughing | $226.29 | 24 | -1 | $0.00 | 26 | FoolishJordan | $212.50 | 25 | -1 | $0.00 | 27 | alexb7 | $210.66 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28 | FinalGroundz | $209.84 | 26 | -2 | $1.06 | 29 | JamesBJames | $200.65 | 48 | 19 | $55.34 | 30 | Goose | $194.53 | 31 | 1 | $2.28 | 31 | doremi. | $194.29 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 32 | zylum | $193.38 | 30 | -2 | $0.00 | 33 | clciri | $190.40 | 89 | 56 | $77.69 | 34 | Sarkar | $186.12 | 34 | 0 | $5.97 | 35 | TheEnd | $186.06 | 32 | -3 | $0.00 | 36 | Aglet | $177.22 | 50 | 14 | $32.23 | 37 | rroroy | $176.21 | 35 | -2 | $0.00 | 38 | CorporateRaider | $173.87 | 36 | -2 | $1.36 | 39 | psuturtle | $167.71 | 38 | -1 | $2.56 | 40 | khashab | $166.20 | 37 | -3 | $0.00 | 41 | toogood | $165.38 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 42 | OutSider81 | $160.47 | 42 | 0 | $3.43 | 43 | Necral | $160.07 | 40 | -3 | ($0.08) | 44 | HereKittyKitty | $158.35 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 45 | misterss | $157.72 | 43 | -2 | $3.19 | 46 | tkyoshi | $157.48 | 41 | -5 | $0.19 | 47 | SCS1 | $155.10 | 72 | 25 | $32.44 | 48 | pammer | $153.65 | 44 | -4 | $0.01 | 49 | nono059 | $150.96 | 45 | -4 | $0.00 | 50 | Maroline | $150.39 | 46 | -4 | $0.00 | 51 | belhaven14 | $146.05 | 49 | -2 | $0.96 | 52 | plurt00 | $144.31 | 47 | -5 | ($2.84) | 53 | Warrition | $142.70 | 51 | -2 | $1.14 | 54 | trogdor | $138.75 | 54 | 0 | $1.42 | 55 | DaveMatthews | $135.60 | 55 | 0 | $0.37 | 56 | chuggmore | $134.37 | 59 | 3 | $0.48 | 57 | Tazdevil1622 | $133.13 | 58 | 1 | ($1.22) | 58 | moolapimp | $132.47 | 66 | 8 | $4.97 | 59 | mcar1919 | $131.60 | 62 | 3 | $2.94 | 60 | Ender22 | $131.10 | 61 | 1 | $0.86 | 61 | amakley | $130.99 | 60 | -1 | $0.40 | 62 | gardenduchess | $129.44 | 63 | 1 | $1.25 | 63 | chancerisk | $129.31 | 52 | -11 | ($9.91) | 64 | shadybet | $128.65 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 65 | vergro | $127.71 | 65 | 0 | $0.07 | 66 | Snyder97 | $127.36 | 67 | 1 | $0.62 | 67 | jeffbg123 | $125.57 | 68 | 1 | $0.00 | 68 | BlowDaWhistle | $124.71 | 69 | 1 | $0.99 | 69 | kioskgirl | $123.51 | 90 | 21 | $10.93 | 70 | jessicap | $123.51 | 70 | 0 | $0.00 | 71 | AllieBaBa | $122.42 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 72 | needlotsofmoola | $122.05 | 76 | 4 | $0.45 | 73 | Likuid | $121.53 | 87 | 14 | $8.60 | 74 | PurpleAngel23 | $121.05 | 78 | 4 | $0.56 | 75 | Beretta | $120.82 | 71 | -4 | ($2.05) | 76 | YouDirtyDog | $120.71 | 77 | 1 | $0.00 | 77 | hurdlinmasta | $120.27 | 73 | -4 | ($2.30) | 78 | senniss | $120.25 | 80 | 2 | $2.16 | 79 | deanie | $120.06 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 80 | ryanr34 | $115.79 | 81 | 1 | $0.60 | 81 | rockwild | $115.55 | 82 | 1 | $0.94 | 82 | mr.greenjeans | $114.35 | 86 | 4 | $0.71 | 83 | kessld | $113.74 | 85 | 2 | $0.05 | 84 | SEPPE | $113.68 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 85 | liminaldust | $113.30 | 91 | 6 | $1.19 | 86 | chrisgs77 | $112.82 | 93 | 7 | $2.70 | 87 | Nail | $112.81 | 92 | 5 | $0.91 | 88 | zakfa | $112.46 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 89 | phillies2626 | $111.84 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 90 | chinaman727 | $111.21 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 91 | Laura01 | $110.30 | 94 | 3 | $0.92 | 92 | 0luck | $109.45 | 97 | 5 | $0.53 | 93 | tortue | $109.30 | 95 | 2 | $0.14 | 94 | Airwolf | $109.15 | 98 | 4 | $0.57 | 95 | wtf_albino | $109.14 | 96 | 1 | $0.00 | 96 | PorchMonkey4Life | $108.19 | 99 | 3 | $0.00 | 97 | Juce | $107.87 | 100 | 3 | $0.21 | 98 | patrickmaher | $106.74 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 99 | mcbeth | $106.66 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 100 | Girish | $106.38 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Moola.com @ TechCrunch Meetup
Last week was the big TechCrunch Meetup and Moola.com was there to announce their next phase of the beta test. Over 800 people attended this meetup in Boston and overall it seemed like a success. I personally watched part of the Moola.com meet up via a live feed that Moola had setup.
During the event Moola conducted one game for $5,242.90 in which a current member (Greedy) played against a random person from the audience (Ross from Boston). Sadly for Greedy, he lost the game and the random opponent was able to walk away with free money.
I have never been able to place faces to some of the names until this event. I took a few screenshots that you may or may not be interested in:
NeedLotsOfMoola (NLOM), one of the Moderators on the Moola.com forums.
Aric, another moderator on the forums.
Arlen Ritchie a.k.a. Archie (Founder/CEO) (thanks Chasby for the pic)
Greedy, a member of Moola.com who was selected to compete against a random guest at the event:
After Greedy (in Black) lost the game to Ross (In White):
As an added bonus, follow the link to watch a video of Mike Arrington (from TechCrunch) interviewing Arlen Ritchie, the Founder/CEO of Moola.com.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Internal Lawsuit
I found out that VentureBeat.com wrote an article about Moola yesterday (and Moola Addict was linked in that article, yippppeee!). The article mentions that the "company is a little rocky right now, suffering from a nasty lawsuit between the co-founders".
Unfortunately, we’ve just learned there’s a nasty law suit going on between Moola’s founders. Founder Jason White is being paid not to come to work, while the lawyers fight it out.I posted this information on the forum today, but the mods took it down because they did not want it publicized on the forums, so on my blog it goes.
Update: Message from Grant (one of the main admins of the site about this topic "the "lawsuit" has been over for almost a year, it's actually quite old news -- and you can judge for yourself from Moola's growth what happens in this situation. Even though legal issues are not so unusual (given that every company deals with legal issues all the time), I can understand why people might be curious about the situation last year. So, for anyone who's curious, after the launch activities, Admin will prepare an update about what happened in 2006..."
via VentureBeat.com
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