A week later and another batch of Wii’s is already being offered up again!

UPDATE: Dang, Wii’s are still moving incredibly fast. Stock is already sold out!

All,

I know it can be quite frustrating in trying to get your hands on these Wii’s. It is important to realize there are a variety of factors that can cause issues with you receiving your alerts as soon as possible. The one common issue among all of the current solutions is the delivery mechanism and its reliance on other services.

In the past, when I had my own system send email alerts, alerts became too slow because of the shear volume of emails being sent and the necessity of speed. As a result, I switched over to the Google Group to harness the power of Google’s email servers which are way more powerful than mine. This has worked out great and has enabled my site to remain live during the alerting process.

I also started to use Twitter this past holiday season to send the text alerts, which, by the way, are the most effective at this time, but then again we are relying on our mobile carriers to deliver the messages in a reasonable amount of time.

That is why I would like all of you who are frustrated and who believe this system doesn’t work, to stay tuned. I am working on a series of solutions, of which I believe the first to be released will be released by early next week. Granted, this may not turn out to be the best option, but should help in delivering alerts much quicker.

How will I know if this solution works or not? By using all you guys to test it out. So, rest assured, I am constantly working on better delivery mechanisms to improve time-to-delivery.

Justin

Categories: Wii
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