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MyzteryZOT ExplodedWe got our bonus – a game by Freeverse Software. We’ve been working hard to bring our fans a HUGE, HUGE deal. I really don’t know if I’ll be able to pull off something like this again. So, please, tell every mac person you know. Tell them to invest $15.00 one time and be blown away with the value they receive in today’s MyzteryZOT. For example, we are including 7 (seven) applications. 4 of them are more than the $15.00 No Widgets (that was a question) How can we do this? Our developers want to appreciate the trust you have in the Mac platform. They know you’re the true test of the quality of their applications. If you like them, you’ll spread the word (and please do). The total value of today’s MyzteryZOT is now $131.85 for only $15.00 Spread the word. |
April 7th, 2006 at 9:48 am
WooHoo! This deal keeps getting better and better!!! :) Wonder what it’ll stop at? *curious*
April 7th, 2006 at 9:55 am
I am impressed! I hope that this placates the hordes of first day whiners upset that they didn’t get to know what they were getting last night at midnight. I am happy to wait for quality (and in this case, quantity).
April 7th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Yup – pretty cool. This might be the best MysteryZot yet. I’m going to have to stay away from this website for a little while, I’m worried I might be getting addicted!
April 7th, 2006 at 10:16 am
Zot,
Showing a preview of one of the apps was DEFINITELY a good move on your part.
This is shaping up to be a really rocking deal.
Look forward to seeing all of this come to fruition!
ZOT on!
April 7th, 2006 at 10:19 am
Honestly, I think the waiting constitutes at least 50% of what I paid for. Which means I’m getting a doubly good deal: twice as much waiting for the same price, AND $132 worth of software for $7.50!
April 7th, 2006 at 10:31 am
Okay everybody: Go spread the word. ZOT worked through the night to get you this deal. I told all the vendors we’d get them some exposure.
I leave it in your hands!
ZOT out!
April 7th, 2006 at 10:43 am
Zot: I have one word for you that will probably summarize the view of many others–REDEMPTION :)
April 7th, 2006 at 10:46 am
Agreed. Good job – gonna go tell some friends.
April 7th, 2006 at 10:50 am
Yes, this makes up for my earlier disappointment at not finding out what I was getting at the end of day one. You’ve UPPED the value and revealed ONE item. An excellent solution!
I have an idea for the next Mac ZOT: Tell us the exact number of items in the ZOT and have a contest — if you guess the exact contents of the Zot, you will the last EveryZOT! The FIRST person to post the correct contents of the Zot wins, and the person who suggested the idea of this competition also gets the second-to-last EveryZOT!
Hey, that would be ME!!! :D
April 7th, 2006 at 10:54 am
Wow! You guys just don’t stop haha. This anticipation is killing me! But it is such a good deal, it has to be worth the wait. $15… ya can’t beat that with a stick.
April 7th, 2006 at 11:07 am
Great stuff, i really don’t understand all the people complaining they have to wait another day (for something they probably weren’t waiting for before they signed up for the zot, so it really doesn’t matter, good things come to those whose wait!!! – $15 (or ~£8 to me) is nothing in the grand scheme of things, people need to take a chill pill and, well… chill a little!)
I’m not much of a game fan, The only thing i’ve played on the mac is Mah-Jong (it better not be in the mystery zot :P ), So the revealed zot wouldn’t entice me to purchase it more (I purchased it on the first day at about 1600 PST).
Can’t wait to see what i get, and i’m glad it’s not more widgets, you should see my dashboard on my 12″ PB, no space left!!
April 7th, 2006 at 11:10 am
Kind of hard to tell people about these companies and get them exposure when we have no idea who they are. MyzteryZots are great and all, but you can’t expect lots of people to jump on simply because it’s $15 for $131 of software. I just like supporting mac developers. If you want these companies to get exposure, it would be better to have the developers names. Otherwise, the praise comes after I recieve the goods because I can’t just praise non-existant companies.
I don’t mind writing something up for my blog, and I did for the last blogzot, but that was because I knew it was AppZapper, and I can stand by that one because I’ve used it and I like it. I can’t say the same if I don’t know what I’m praising. I can’t praise something I don’t know.
April 7th, 2006 at 11:20 am
>> MyzteryZots are great and all, but you can’t expect lots of people to jump on simply because it’s $15 for $131 of software.
Apparently they can expect that, actually.
April 7th, 2006 at 11:36 am
Takes the right kind of person.
April 7th, 2006 at 11:45 am
Woah, woah, woah….
We won’t be getting the MyzteryZot until the 10th? According to the new BlogZot, it doesn’t end until 11:59PST on the 9th. If those of us who purchased it yesterday, aren’t getting the software until the 10th, that’s just kinda not cool.
April 7th, 2006 at 11:47 am
… but you can’t expect lots of people to jump on simply because it’s $15 for $131 of software. I just like supporting mac developers. If you want these companies to get exposure, it would be better to have the developers names
Of course you *can* expect people to jump on: I just did.
And of course I’ll be giving these companies exposure/kudos once the apps are revealed & I’ve had a chance to give them a spin.
April 7th, 2006 at 11:57 am
I wish I knew one more friend that had a Mac… so far, all of them have remained
loyao to The Dark Side. Hard to get the word out… but looking forward to my
second ZOT purchase in three days!
April 7th, 2006 at 11:59 am
Interesting, this is my first ZOT. How are the programs delievered? Download or CD? I’m guessing direct download of the app and MacZOT will provide the Reg keys to fully unlock it. Right? Guess I’ll have to wait till tommorrow…
April 7th, 2006 at 11:59 am
Tim, that’s really my point. There are people that will spend $15 to get $132 worth of software. There’s a bunch of them, but more to what I was saying, I can’t give kudos to a software company when I don’t know their name, or if their product is any good. Zot wants us to give these companies exposure, I have no problem with that, but the requirement is that I know the names and try the software first. Zot seems to want us to just blog about these “mystery” companies … that hardly leaves a lot to talk about.
“So there’s these companies that seem to like giving away software for cheap. I’ve not tried their software because I don’t know what it is I bought, you should do the same.” Doesn’t really sit well with quite a few people. Sure, there are people, you, me, probably several hundred other users that are Zot shoppers, will spend the $15, but that doesn’t mean we should all go out and randomly praise companies and software we haven’t tried or even know about, simply because Zot promised lots of exposure.
Seems to me they’re missing a lot of exposure and potential sales because it’s too much of a “mystery.” Sure, $132 is a lot and potentially great software, but I can’t provide exposure, only to MacZOT, which I’ve done, doing it again is just sort of annoying.
Give me the names of the companies, and the ability to demo the software, and I’ll be happy to provide mini-reviews within a couple days. But I won’t blog about software I haven’t tried.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Kyle: I believe you’re mistaking the BlogZOT thing w/ the MyzteryZOT. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but these two things are two entirely different things.
ZOT: Please verify this is possible–this MyzteryZOT will be delivered at 12:00 mignight PST tonight, correct?
April 7th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
I meant to put this in the last comment–I believe the BlogZOT just gives you the option to win one specific piece of software, along w/ a free MyzteryZOT. The times of the two things however, aren’t related. Once again, ZOT, please correct me if I am wrong.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
Kyle > I believe the CONTEST to win a free Myztery Zot ends on the 9th.
There’s nothing that says that the Myztery Zot is being pushed back to the 9th… is there?
April 7th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
[...] Cuando he visitado la web, la promoción se habÃa agrandado, ahora aclaraban que se trata de 7 apliaciones, por valor de 131.85 U$D, al mismo precio que ayer y en esta ocasión muestran que una de esas aplicaciones es un juego que vale, 19.99U$D. A este pack le llaman MyzteryZot. [...]
April 7th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
Aaton, you are correct. You’ll get an email with download links to the apps. The reg codes seem to come in a separate email.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Interesting Shareware Site
Scott turned me on to macZOT!, which is for Mac Users….
April 7th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
Okay…to everyone bitching about the concept of this MysteryZot thing (and it’s a lot of you).
Time for Marketing 101! And lest you think I’m being an ass for this post, know that I’m an engineer not even in marketing…so, just so we’re clear, I’m being a super ass with this!
Allow me to introduce you to “Viral Marketing.”
If Zot gets the developers to, for example, only pay them a buck for selling their software in this deal, those developers really don’t make out on the sell. Zot does reasonably well though for a middle-man.
Now, I, the buyer, don’t know what I’m getting. This is true. And so the developer really sees no immediate benefit.
BUT…if I really like Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab, for example…well, there was no chance in hell I was going to pay 20 bucks for it! But I get it in this bundle and, wow…it’s fun! Then I go tell all of my friends how much fun it is. They try it out and then decide to buy it. Though Freeverse only got 1 dollar of my money, it’s a buck they never would have otherwise gotten from me AND they are now getting even more from my friends. So the more of these Zot sells, the more potential customers these developers will have in the future. They can win on both sides of the transaction.
Can we please stop the whining now? Just accept the deal and be happy. And if you enjoy the software, tell your friends!
April 7th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
Fantastic news. This has been my first Zot buy, and it seems to keep getting better :)
April 7th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
I’d be happy to wait a week if the value went up by $15/day.
April 7th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Are these apps universal binaries or shouldn’t I bother if I’m on an Intel Mac?
April 7th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
If I buy, my first zot ever! I’m excited.
One problemo.
I have 10.3 panther.
Are all the apps compatable with my os??
Thanks! Keep up the Zotting!
April 7th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
IronTek,
Actually it IS a little bit of viral but also quite a bit of what WalMart does.
They say to small developers… ‘Hey! Wanna make a quick pile of cash? If we can get you $2000 tomorrow would you give us a 1000 licenses?’ While it’s a much smaller amount a money than they would be getting by waiting for users to come purchase software through them… it’s a quick 2 grand (or whatever).
So it’s largely the volume licensing that’s probably getting these small developers… the word-of-mouth advertising bit is the pie-in-the-sky bonus justification.
April 7th, 2006 at 3:46 pm
Okay, with the Freeverse game, I’m in.
April 7th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
To Alexander, MacZot has said that some of these apps require 10.4 so you have been forewarned. On the last MyzteryZot I was a little annoyed to find that there were 4 widgets (requiring 10.4 obviously) and that I didn’t know this in advance. This time MacZot has done the right thing telling us up front AND they have made the deal a great bargain. Here’s hoping I REALLY like one or two of the apps, but even if I don’t I won’t whine about it like I did last time :-)
April 7th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
MacZot Amazing Deal!
Ok, MacZot is offering $131.85 worth of software for only $15!. This ends tonite at midnight. I suggest you go over and buy the software while you can.
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April 7th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
I’ve already purchased two things from MacZot, but this is the first MysteryZot I purchased. Just wanted to let you know that I wouldn’t have done it, except that:
A) You told us what one of the pieces of software was, and I figured, even if the other 6 aren’t that great, that’s still ok.
B) You said there were no widgets.
Keep doing that and I’ll likely keep buying MysteryZots!
April 7th, 2006 at 5:22 pm
r00tshell.com
Umm… I don’t think you need to advertise on their own site. If this is for the contest do it ANOTHER blog.
April 7th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
n0mmo: that is a trackback… if you click his name it goes to his blog post about it. Trackbacks show up as comments on wordpress, they’re really a way to link blogs that post about other topics to the original blog in question. That way people reading this thread can see other blogs that link to this post.
April 7th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
That Freeverse game is addictive! Can’t wait to get my serial number! The other software is almost not important at this point. Almost…
April 7th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
man zot, you’re going to set the bar so high with this mysteryzot, it makes me just want more more more!!!
:)
btw, thanks! i can’t wait til 11:59PST…. guess i’ll be waiting up tonight (unless zot decides to wait another day and sweeten the pot even more – I don’t know if I could handle that)
April 7th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
Gaaah! Five more hours!
April 7th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
First time maczot buyer… Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab sealed the deal. I love Burning Monkey games, but I wouldn’t pay $20 for the Puzzle Labs. $15 for that game and 6 other applications. I can’t wait to see what I get.
April 7th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
3 hours!
Please let the reveal happen @ midnight!
April 7th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
For the record, I live in the east coust, and yes, I am waiting until 3 a.m. for this one. I’m excited.
(more coffeeee)
April 7th, 2006 at 9:11 pm
Ok.. I gave in… lets see what this has got
April 7th, 2006 at 10:05 pm
i can’t wait to find out what it is
April 7th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
We have 7 copies left.
If you wanted one for a friend – it’d make a great gift.
April 7th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
If it’s sold out, announce now! :) I’m so anxious!
April 7th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
Would you look at that, it sold out…
April 7th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
So does his mean that in about 10 minutes this will be revealed? Im in colorado and it 12:55.
April 7th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
The silence is eerie!
April 7th, 2006 at 10:57 pm
AH, tell us! haha
April 7th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
I stayed up late for this! I’m ready! I’m sleep deprived!
April 7th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
It’s after 12 now PST, what did we buy???
April 7th, 2006 at 11:03 pm
‘Have a Great Weekend’… no, they’re not serious are they?
April 7th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
AH HA! I see it on the rss feed!
April 7th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
Yahoo me too! Have never heard of most of this stuff…hope its good :)
April 8th, 2006 at 3:24 am
Cool and I was going to buy Cast Easy eventually anyway
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