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5 Tips to Take Your Daily Deal Startup Off the Ground

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The competition in the daily deal business is very tough. Dozens of daily deal websites are hunting for merchants’ and consumers’ attention in almost any product or service niche. The most popular segments of the market, such as restaurants, salons, spas, things to do and nightlife, are densely occupied by the industry’s giants Groupon, LivingSocial and other deal operators. At the same time, daily deals customers do not seem to care about branding and they are susceptible to good deals regardless of which company facilitates it. Besides, merchants are always in search for a low-cost way to get new customers and reward regular customers for their sales. So deal companies that provide a good user experience are still in demand among both consumers and merchants. This fact and other benefits provided by the daily deal concept continue to draw new startups into the daily deals space.

HOW TO START A DAILY DEAL BUSINESS [Infographic]

Friday, July 12, 2013

Starting a daily deal or any other eCommerce business is quite a big challenge with very many aspects to consider. Is the Groupon clone model still effective? Which market niche to select? Which software provider to choose to build your deal website? There are lots of other important questions and each of them needs your peculiar attention.

Here is our new infographic to give some ideas to new daily deal business startups how to make their first steps in this industry.

“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.” ~Albert Camus

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Freedom is not just the natural right of every human. It is the state of mind that enables people to create the greatest and the most inspiring things. The spirit of freedom gives us the power to conquer new heights, weather it is a real mountain peak or a bold business challenge. One of features that distinguishes today’s free world is the Internet. The Web is a space of infinite opportunities where we build relationships, communicate, entertain and realize our entrepreneurial potential. Everybody is free to choose the type of business to set up and a daily deal business is one of brilliant eCommerce options available to each online entrepreneur.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July holiday! Have a great day!

7 Awesome Reasons to Be a Daily Deal Entrepreneur

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

benefits of starting your own daily deal business

Every business startup have to solve an important task of selecting type of business to open. There are so many opportunities and each of them may become either a “goldmine” or may result in a failure. Today a huge part of business activity takes place online and millions of entrepreneurs select the Internet as their main marketplace. There are many different kinds of online business a new businessman can start from - eCommerce store, auction website, seo or advertising agency, blogging, affiliate marketing, various types of paid online services, e.g. graphic design, e-learning, business consulting, article writing, and so on. Starting almost any of these businesses requires significant financial investments and/or advanced skills which are not always possessed by startups. Deal of the day model stands out from other options in many ways. Let’s review some benefits of starting your own Groupon clone.