Get Your Groupon: Local Deals Of The Day
I discovered Groupon.com on the Today show a couple months ago when they highlighted their incredible deals of the day. As I’ve pointed out many times in the past, this webchicklet likes a bargain, and with Groupon.com daily deals, bargains are a daily event!
Unlike the popular Woot.com site which brings a single product deal of the day to the masses, Groupon features a daily deal from a local business in each of the cities it covers across the United States and Canada.
I’ve recently found a new and useful alternative to Groupon.com (it’s always good to have options on saving more money!) Their current city coverage is not as large as Groupon, however their deals tend to be even better for my city (D.C.) so check them out. The site is TIPPR.com. They currently have deals in Atlanta, Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Washington DC, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, and Honolulu. Enjoy the savings.
How Does Groupon Work?
Every day, Groupon features an amazing deal on a product or services or restaurant in your local area. You can just visit the Groupon.com site each morning, or better yet, just subscribe to your local city and receive the deal of the day in your email. There is a minimum number of purchases required for the deal to be “on”, and varies from company to company. If you purchase the deal, your credit card is not run until the minimum is reached.
Why do I LOVE Groupon.com?
Groupon currently runs deals of the day for 52 cities, but are always looking to expand to additional cities. They have also started to break some cities up into multiple regions. For example, I live close to Washington, DC, in northern Virginia. Originally they only offered a Washington, DC deal of the day. Now they also offer deals of the day for Northern Virginia and Montgomery County north of DC. This gives me more options and opportunities for more deals, and lets me discover some cool businesses in my local area that I haven’t heard of before!
Groupon is also great for getting an amazing deal on a gift for a friend or significant other, and they make it easy for you to email the gift directly to the recipient, or you can print off the groupon yourself and hand deliver it. Just two days ago I paid $37 for a $90 facial for a friends birthday gift! How sweet is that?
And that is the main reason I LOVE Groupon.com. Typical savings on these deals of the day are at least 50%, and quite often much more! Cha Ching!
Why Do Businesses LOVE Groupon.com?
Groupon gives local business an amazing opportunity to advertise their business and to drive thousands of new customers into their business! It’s especially popular with businesses that rely on repeat business such as restaurants, yoga, spas, massage therapists, bakeries, etc. Most businesses that have been featured on Groupon report that many of their Groupon customers are now repeat customers. Unlike traditional advertising, businesses don’t have to front any money for their deal of the day feature, and don’t have to cross their fingers and hope they’ll see new customers. Groupon brings guaranteed customers and guaranteed sales. Groupon makes their money by taking a percentage of each sale. A great Win – Win situation!
Here’s a list of cities Groupon currently features deals of the day:
Atlanta Austin Baltimore Boston Cincinnati Cleveland Charlotte Chicago Columbus Dallas Denver Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Los Angeles-Inland Los Angeles-Orange County Miami Minneapolis / St Paul Nashville New York Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland San Antonio San Diego San Jose San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Tampa Washington DC Washington DC- NoVa Washington DC- Montgomery County
Groupon will soon be adding the following cities:
Albuquerque Detroit Fort Worth Fresno Jacksonville Louisville Memphis Milwaukee Oklahoma City Omaha Raleigh/Durham Sacramento Virginia Beach
Some Groupon Quick Stats:
Groupon currently has over 2.2 Million subscribers and to date have sold over 1.5 million groupons, and have saved consumers over $74 million!! Not bad for a company that started just over a year ago!
I am addicted to the Groupon Deals of the Day, and I’m sure you will be too. So go ahead, and get your groupon!
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I love groupon! I also use SocialBuy.com… same idea, but higher end deals!
Thanks for the heads up on socialbuy.com. There seems to be a plethora of knockoffs, and this one is striving to look very similar to Groupon in its site design. As they say, imitation is the purest form of flattery. That being said, I’m sure Groupon wasn’t the first either. lol.
Yeah, the idea actually started with Mercata in 2001… it’s just a business model, Groupon can’t patent selling deals online. I think SocialBuy has kind of a cuter site.
I think that some of socialbuy’s reps have been posting on this blog
It seems another company has acquired the group buying patents of the defunct Mercata. Now there is a new player called Tippr.com, though they haven’t gotten to the same scale or success as Groupon. Groupon is wildly popular right now.
I’ve recently signed up with another Groupon knockoff, as they tend to have very good deals for my particular city/area. It’s Tippr.com. They cover Atlanta, Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Washington DC, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, and Chicago. Never hurts to have more options to save more money!