John Batelle blogs about dealspl.us, a US site which combines shopping and digg-like functionality to bring bargains to users. Hot deals get to the front page by users votes.

It’s self-billed as a combination of Digg and BensBargains.net, for which one of the DP co-founders also serves as President. From the press release: “dealspl.us… is the first and only [community shopping] site [that] combines social bookmarking, user level, and non-editorial control over the posted content.