Michelle Gamble blogs about her up and down relationship with group buying sites.
“That got me thinking about the future of group buying. Surely I’m not the only one who has a love-hate relationship with the sometimes inbox clogging emails.”
Dominating its competitors by enjoying 153,000 more visitors than it closest rival in June, LivingSocial has taken the number one position in the competitive daily deals market.
LivingSocial has partnered with British Airways to deliver an Australian first; offering discounted deals on long-haul flights to the UK and Europe.
Australia’s largest franchise, Jims Group, has signed a partnership with LivingSocial to deliver deals on its various services to the daily dealers’ hyper-local, citywide and national audiences.
Morris Bryant offers up an alternate view about the benefits to business of the group buying market.
“The deals addiction isn’t going to keep the industry afloat, it’s only going to ruin it – but the problem doesn’t just lie with consumers.”
With group buying becoming a phenomenon across Australia, OurDeal has six simple tips for businesses to make the most of the opportunities it presents.
LivingSocial has unveiled Australia’s first family-dedicated group buying site, designed to deliver parents fun and imaginative ways to get the kids out of the house.
Dynamic Business talks to five of the biggest daily deal companies about what group buying could do for your business. But don’t take their word for it! We also checked in with their clients.
LivingSocial has picked up $400 million in funding as part of its push to win market share in Australia’s daily deals sector. CEO Colin Fabig announced the funding today, saying it highlighted the strength of the daily deals sector in Australia.
In this video, Dynamic Business blogger Jack Delosa interviews Dean McEvoy, founder of Spreets. The group buying site was sold to Yahoo!7 for $40 million in January, just 10 months after the business was started.
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