Friday Roundup: Groupon Personalizes, Yelp Tests Daily Deals, Tippr Grows

by: on July 30, 2010
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Yelp dabbles in Daily Deals, Groupon will show different deals to different people, and Tippr makes a move.  Here’s your Friday roundup:

  • Yelp prepares to enter the Daily Deal space with a pilot program in Sacramento. I wonder who broke that story? [Yipit Blog]
  • Groupon announced Personalized Deals in six of its markets. Users will still receive a deal a day, but different users will see different deals, based on their previous purchases and personal tastes.  [Groublogpon, TechCrunch]
  • Tippr’s traffic is up 133% with almost 500,000 visitors in June 2010. Congratulations to Martin and the entire Tippr team! [Compete]
  • Josh Walker from CityVoter is putting together a webinar for the Daily Deal space. Let him know if you have any thoughts or feedback on his agenda. [CityVoter]
  • BuyWithMe commenced on its mass expansion plan post-funding. The site debuted in Houston and Dallas this past Wednesday, with Austin lined up for next week. [The Paper]
  • Do you have too many spa coupons? Check out Fast Company’s guide on how to resell those unwanted “sunset cocktail cruises” and other impluse buys. [Fast Company]

Heard anything else interesting or disagree? Comment below or call us out on Twitter:@yipit. Otherwise, we’ll get back to building Yipit, which gathers and filters daily deals based on your tastes.

  • observer

    The competition is definitely heating up — a single merchant will now run the exact same deal with multiple daily deal sites, within close proximity (a month). This tells me that businesses have no loyalty to any one deal service but are simply shopping around for the best ROI… in that case it's a race to the bottom (for margins) and a race to the top for CPA.

  • observer

    The competition is definitely heating up — a single merchant will now run the exact same deal with multiple daily deal sites, within close proximity (a month). This tells me that businesses have no loyalty to any one deal service but are simply shopping around for the best ROI… in that case it’s a race to the bottom (for margins) and a race to the top for CPA.

  • observer

    The competition is definitely heating up — a single merchant will now run the exact same deal with multiple daily deal sites, within close proximity (a month). This tells me that businesses have no loyalty to any one deal service but are simply shopping around for the best ROI… in that case it’s a race to the bottom (for margins) and a race to the top for CPA.

    • http://twitter.com/jdmoran Jim Moran

      Agree that the smaller players are experiencing some margin compression, but unlike retail ecommerce, SMBs are extremely high margin, so there may be room for multiple profitable layers in the stack btw consumers and businesses.

      Wonder how new “marketplace” offerings will play into this: http://www.businessinsider.com/yet-another-business-model-built-on-groupons-a-daily-deal-exchange-2010-8

      Regarding user CPA / race to the top, absolutely. Also outlines the opportunity for incumbent publishers with a big audience and authority.

    • http://twitter.com/jdmoran Jim Moran

      Agree that the smaller players are experiencing some margin compression, but unlike retail ecommerce, SMBs are extremely high margin, so there may be room for multiple profitable layers in the stack btw consumers and businesses.

      Wonder how new “marketplace” offerings will play into this: http://www.businessinsider.com/yet-another-business-model-built-on-groupons-a-daily-deal-exchange-2010-8

      Regarding user CPA / race to the top, absolutely. Also outlines the opportunity for incumbent publishers with a big audience and authority.

  • observer

    The competition is definitely heating up — a single merchant will now run the exact same deal with multiple daily deal sites, within close proximity (a month). This tells me that businesses have no loyalty to any one deal service but are simply shopping around for the best ROI… in that case it’s a race to the bottom (for margins) and a race to the top for CPA.

  • http://unhub.com/jdmoran Jim Moran

    Agree that the smaller players are experiencing some margin compression, but unlike retail ecommerce, SMBs are extremely high margin, so there may be room for multiple profitable layers in the stack btw consumers and businesses. Wonder how new “marketplace” offerings will play into this: http://www.businessinsider.com/yet-another-busi…Regarding user CPA / race to the top, absolutely. Also outlines the opportunity for incumbent publishers with a big audience and authority.

  • http://unhub.com/jdmoran Jim Moran

    Agree that the smaller players are experiencing some margin compression, but unlike retail ecommerce, SMBs are extremely high margin, so there may be room for multiple profitable layers in the stack btw consumers and businesses. nnWonder how new “marketplace” offerings will play into this: http://www.businessinsider.com/yet-another-business-model-built-on-groupons-a-daily-deal-exchange-2010-8nnRegarding user CPA / race to the top, absolutely. Also outlines the opportunity for incumbent publishers with a big audience and authority.

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