Is Groupon Right For Your Business?

| June 10, 2011 | 0 Comments

The answer to this question is simply: it depends. Not only does it depend on the type of business you run, but more importantly, it depends on what your offer is. Remember, most group buying (or group discount) sites, such as Groupon and Living Social, take 50% of the revenue generated by your offer. On [...]

Groupon Facing Uncertain Future

| March 29, 2011 | 0 Comments

Over the past year Groupon has grown from 200 employees to 6,500, from 3 million subscribers to 70 million, and it has seen it’s company perceived value rise from $1.4 billion to $25 billion. As we mentioned in a blog post from November, Google was rumored to be interested in buying Groupon; however, Groupon rejected [...]

Google Set to Launch Groupon Competitor

| January 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

Google, in the wake of Groupon rejecting its $6 billion dollar offer a couple of months ago, is set to launch “Google Offers”, which will essentially be the same service that Groupon and Living Social provide.  I previously reported the rumor that Google was set to buy Groupon in this November article. According to social media news [...]

Amazon Following Google’s Lead, Set to Invest in Living Social

| December 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

If you’ve been reading our blog or following the news you’ll know that Google is set to by group discount website Groupon for $6 billion or so. Just last week Zack wrote an article about this titled “Google to buy Groupon? How this affects you”. Well now Amazon is following suit, with arguably Groupon’s top competitor, LivingSocial. [...]

Rumor: Google to Buy Groupon? How This Affects You

| November 29, 2010 | 3 Comments

According to Mashable, Google might be looking to spend a little cash ($2.5 billion to be exact) to purchase online money saving juggernaut, Groupon. This would be yet, another huge purchase by Google and another step forward int he progression of the online revolution. For those of you unfamiliar with Groupon, it is a great [...]