Local publishers have begun entering the Daily Deal space, and for good reason. Many are helped by group buying solutions, to which publishers outsource some combination of sales, deal production, and technology. … [Read more...]
Friday Roundup: Groupon Personalizes, Yelp Tests Daily Deals, Tippr Grows
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. … [Read more...]
Rapidly Growing Daily Deal Challengers
UPDATE: Kim-Mai Cutler from VentureBeat reported on this analysis on June 28, 2010. UPDATE: This post appeared in Silicon Alley Insider on July 6, 2010. The Daily Deal competitive landscape is an extremely intense land … [Read more...]
Groupon's Biggest Threat? Local Publishers.
UPDATE 6/9/10: This was reposted on Business Insider. Groupon has spent a vast fortune building two important barriers to entry in the group-buying space: brand authority and distribution. While that investment may … [Read more...]