Comments on: Get Your Groupon: Local Deals Of The Day

By: webchicklet

webchicklet — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:55:33 +0000

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!

By: webchicklet

webchicklet — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:46:24 +0000

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.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:41:01 +0000

I think that some of socialbuy’s reps have been posting on this blog

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:49:28 +0000

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.

By: webchicklet

webchicklet — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:59:00 +0000

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.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:42:56 +0000

I love groupon! I also use SocialBuy.com… same idea, but higher end deals!