Introducing Trending Daily Deals
Two days ago, over 1,600 people bought a Crowd Cut daily deal in Minneapolis for 50% off at Three Squares Restaurant. Impressive number of purchases. But, even more impressive is that the deal had sold...
View ArticleNew Filing Reveals Groupon’s Oldest Markets Got Even Worse
When Groupon first filed it’s S-1 a few months ago, we reported that Groupon’s business model was deteriorating in its oldest markets with a specific analysis of Boston. It updated its S-1 yesterday...
View ArticleHere’s What Really Happened to Yelp Deals
While Yelp’s daily deal segment got off to a strong start, things have been getting worse ever since. But, in August, things got dramatically worse as revenue declined 52% based on Yipit Data. So, what...
View ArticleIn Each of the Top 30 US Markets, No Company Outperforms Groupon
I recently spoke at the DailyDealSummit in San Francisco on the topic of how the daily deal offerings of larger companies were performing. I walked through Google, Amazon, Yelp and TravelZoo‘s...
View ArticleThe Chart That Will Scare Away Many Groupon Investors
Today, Groupon filed a prospectus to raise funds via a public offering. Over the next week, they will be pitching investors to participate in this offering. One question these potential investors...
View ArticleGroupon Launches New High-End Product: Groupon Reserve
One of the biggest complaints users have had about Groupon is that the deals can be of low quality. Today, they’ve launched a high-end service called Groupon Reserve that should address some of those...
View ArticleShop Your City From Your iPhone
When we first launched Yipit a year and half ago, people always asked us if we had a mobile app. But, at the time, there were only five active deals in New York. A mobile app for five deals seemed like...
View ArticleGet Amazon Prime at 80% Off
Over 5 million people have signed-up for Amazon Prime getting free two-day shipping on most things on Amazon. They also get unlimited instant video streaming (like Netflix) and, once a month, a free...
View ArticleMake Sure These Four Charges Aren’t On Your Credit Card Bill
We asked BillGuard, a services that checks your bills for bad charges, about the top four charges that their users found most “surprising” on their credit card bills. Here are the “gray charges” to...
View ArticleTrending Father’s Day Deal: $30 off Kindle Fire
If you’ve been thinking of getting a Kindle as a father’s day gift, then hurry up and take advantage of an Amazon Local deal that’s offering a free voucher to get $30 off a Kindle Fire. The Kindle...
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