Groupon Vs Groupon

Groupon an American world wide E-commerce market place was launched in 2008. It connects millions of subscribers with local merchants by offer travel, goods, and services in more than 28 countries.

Andrew Mason, Founder & CEO of Groupon, had a big idea, but was not aware how massive it could grow. Before Groupon, Mason begun a website called ThePoint.org as a site for collective action, to get groups of people together to solve public and social issues. It wasn’t as effective as he projected, and so started to think of how he could take the group approach of ThePoint.org and turn it into a business channel. Mason believed the Internet had potential to change how people discover and buy from local businesses. That’s when Andrew Mason came up with the excellent concept for Groupon. “Part of Groupon’s success is the simplicity of its business model…” (Kerin & Hartley, p. 110) Groupon offers “Deal of the Day” coupons from local and nationwide

Groupon’s revenue continues to grow. In the first quarter of 2014, Groupon’s revenue increased 26%, to $757.6 million. In the first quarter 2013, revenue was $601.4

The brilliance of the concept is that while engaging the consumers to stay on their friends and family about the deals, they are simultaneously advertising the app and concept. Groupon is basically acting as a bridge of communication between the buyer and the seller, as the consumers may be unaware of the seller’s very existence.

Groupon’s primary strategy for growth is sales and marketing. They use complex analytics to segment customers not only by city but more specifically, by neighborhood. They target these customers with marketing that is close to home and relevant to their demographic. They provide local businesses with instant access to droves of local customers and in exchange they split the revenue from the sales of “groupons” with the local businesses. Groupon’s market name recognition and vast data warehouses containing intimate customer data give them an advantage over competitors. They use this data to buy Google Ad Words that will attract the most customers and provide an

Conventional publicizing requires the business to pay for all expenses in advance, without ensuring any development in client base. Results aren't moment - ordinarily development happens through the span of fourteen days, months, or quarter. With Groupon, your business' coupon will be highlighted on their landing page, Twitter page, and will be incorporated into their everyday bargain email - and if

Groupon’s vision is that they are an online website where any costumer, seemingly anywhere around the world, can purchase coupons at highly discounted rates, for items or services that they would originally pay full price for. Its mission is mainly based off of two things; its values and their promise (to the costumer). When it comes to their values, it all starts with the customer. Groupon is always striving to the best they can be, “Always imagining new ways to exceed the expectations of all our customers—both consumers looking for great experiences at a great value and merchants seeking solutions to attract more customers and run their businesses ' better.” (Groupon) Groupon also believes that great people make great companies. They believe that they’re “A home for creative, problem-solvers, and innovators alike—those with the passion and know-how to transform

Groupon is an advertising platform that is largely geared towards serving local markets. Businesses can use Groupon to promote their own discounts (vouchers) for services and products. Groupon helps facilitate connections between businesses looking for customers and customers looking for deals.

Lefkofsky will later go on to invest a million dollars in Mason’s idea for The Point. Unfortunately for Mason, The Point had a hard time gaining traction and online traffic. Once The Point stalled and Lefkofsky pulled the plug, Mason went searching for another niche in online commerce. Mason and his team eventually came to an idea that is so commonplace most people would wonder why it hasn’t been thought of before. They figured that most businesses have unused inventory, food that goes to waste, and appointments that don’t get booked. (Sennett 53) Groupon’s main goal was to bring new customers to businesses because of their deals. The businesses developed deals with the hope of retaining repeat customers. The basis of Groupon was formulated when Mason and his team established the “tipping point” concept. If so many people bought the deal, then it would go through. If the deal didn’t “tip” then merchants would have no penalty and Groupon wouldn’t make profits. (Sennett 53) Most deals offered 50 percent or more off a seller’s goods or services. Owners got half the profits from each Groupon purchase and they would also fulfill the coupons. Another staple that sets them apart is the Groupon

As Groupon is established in many countries of the world, a global strategy has to be pursued

Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that is localized to major geographic markets worldwide. Launched in November 2008, the first market for Groupon was Chicago, followed soon thereafter by Boston, New York City, and Toronto. Groupon has over 50 million subscribers across 300 cities in more than 40 countries. The idea for Groupon was created by Andrew Mason who is currently the company’s CEO. [update]Groupon serves more than 150 markets in North America and 100 markets in Europe, Asia and South America and has amassed 60 million registered users. The growth in the future is likely to be at a slower pace, primarily because the company is already one of the largest in the local deals space.

In my opinion Groupon is not a ready-to-go solution to the problem of low marketing budgets of many local merchants. If Groupon is good

However, by nature, customer priority on great deals only and unlikely in the future to purchase at higher retail prices. In the run long, the mechant come and go without continue offering they products / services to Groupon’s customers.

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It’s not enough to make an app. Your app needs to have a clear purpose that fills a real need in people’s lives. If you, as the developer, don’t have a clear understanding of why people need your app and how it will improve their lives, then no one is going to waste their time to figure that out for you. So before you start work on your baby, take a moment to consider whether the world really needs it. In the words of Elon Musk, “Companies that don’t make good products or services just shouldn’t exist.”