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OurDeal rolls out iPhone app
OurDeal has launched its first smartphone app, which is available for free download by iPhone and iPod touch users.
Mothercare tops LivingSocial records
Mothercare has broken the record for sales on LivingSocial, with over 21,643 vouchers sold in seven days at a total pre-discount retail value of $2.9 million.
LivingSocial still leading daily deals market: Nielsen Netview
LivingSocial is leading the daily deals market in unique browsers terms for the second month in a row, according to the latest Nielsen Netview results.
Groupon to operate under new domain
Groupon Australia has announced it will no longer operate under the Stardeals brand it’s been utilising since February, with all traffic to be redirected through to Groupon.com.au.
LivingSocial leading the daily deals market
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 delivers deal on long-haul flight
LivingSocial has partnered with British Airways to deliver an Australian first; offering discounted deals on long-haul flights to the UK and Europe.
Leibovich brothers scoop their own $80 million deal
In a more than crowded market of group buying and other eCommerce sites, CatchOfTheDay and Scoopon have gone from start-up to $200 million business is just five years. Jen Bishop spoke to founder Gabby Leibovich, who runs the businesses with younger brother Hezi.
Looking at the daily deals addiction
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.”
Expert group buying tips for business
With group buying becoming a phenomenon across Australia, OurDeal has six simple tips for businesses to make the most of the opportunities it presents.
Cudo.com.au now the #1 ‘Groupon clone’ in Australia
Cudo.com.au the NineMSN affiliated Groupon clone that launched in September last year has taken the crown of the most visited site in its category just as rival Spreets was bought by Yahoo!7 for $40million.
Spreets acquired by Yahoo!7 for $40 million
Spreets, one of the many Groupon clones to startup in Australia has been bought online media company Yahoo!7 for around $40 million in the wake of similar deals by Channel Ten with OurDeal last year and rival NineMSN backed Cudo.
Jump On It secures $5 million in funding from LivingSocial
Jump On It, one of the myriad Groupon clones in Australia yesterday announced it has secured nearly $5 million in funding from US online group buying company LivingSocial.
Groupon clone ‘OurDeal’ gets investment from Network Ten
Groupon clone ‘OurDeal’ has been bought into by Network Ten today, with the broadcast network looking to leverage its mass consumer reach to promote OurDeal’s discounts and offers.
Scoupon enters PR war with Jumponit, Spreets and Cudo
Scoupon, the Groupon spinoff from the CatchOfTheDay team has entered the PR war with rivals Jumponit, Spreets and Microsoft and PBL backed Cudo.
Groupon clone Cudo.com.au launched by PBL and Microsoft
Microsoft and PBL yesterday launched Cudo.com.au, yet another Groupon clone in an already crowded Australian market filled with the likes of JumpOnit, Ouffer, Spreets, OurDeal and Scoupon run by Catchoftheday.
Catchoftheday.com.au catches on for Gabby Leibovich
Catchoftheday.com.au was founded in 2006 by Gabby Leibovich and his brother Hezi. Loosely modelled on an American concept of one deal, every day, the business has caught on in a big way in Australia, topping the Hitwise rankings in its category.
‘Groupon’ competition heats up with OurDeal
Groupon clone OurDeal is hoping online group coupon ordering won’t be an ordeal as it tries to replicate the success of Groupon clones Spreets, Ouffer and Jump On It in the Australian market.