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  • DVTimes
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    • Jun 2003
    • 31658

    #1

    groupon = the new tube

    groupon sites will be the new tube sites.

    groupon is clevcer as it offers huge discounts, but to get the discount you need to get others to join, such as 50 people. so it pushes you to post on facebook/twtter to your friends. so to get the discount you not only have to advertise the firm to get the sales.

    its likly we will see many clones as we have with tube sites.

    can it done with porn?

    unlikly as i cannot see people boasting they look at porn.
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  • Inter-Sex
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2005
    • 2231

    #2
    When you plan to create a toppic, that's also for us interesting ?

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    • Barefootsies
      Choice is an Illusion
      • Feb 2005
      • 42635

      #3
      Originally posted by DVTimes
      unlikly as i cannot see people boasting they look at porn.
      It depends on the market segment you're after.
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      • UtahSaints
        Confirmed User
        • Jan 2005
        • 1538

        #4
        Here's link for you to join to get $10 free .

        http://www.groupon.com

        I used them to buy college football tickets for half price.
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        • bignasty
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2003
          • 1421

          #5
          Originally posted by DVTimes

          unlikly as i cannot see people boasting they look at porn.
          I run the addithis tool on a lot of pages and get quite a few shares with clicks back from people adding it to their facebook page, twitter, etc.
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          • woj
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            • Jul 2002
            • 47882

            #6
            how the fuck are they worth billions? It looks like something that be cloned very easily..
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            • CaptainHowdy
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              • Dec 2004
              • 94741

              #7
              Ok........

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              • Chris
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • May 2003
                • 27880

                #8
                ive worked with a couple adult versions

                i dont think it will be the next "tube" but i dont think its going to be going anywhere soon
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                • epitome
                  So Fucking Lame
                  • Jun 2009
                  • 12156

                  #9
                  Originally posted by woj
                  how the fuck are they worth billions? It looks like something that be cloned very easily..
                  Anyone can clone the script and groupon could care less about that.

                  It is much harder to get their traffic and the 3500 or whatever employees they have to make such a site successful.

                  The biggest thing they have to worry about is merchants deciding it isn't a good idea for generating business.

                  It is along the lines of saying Facebook will be replaced tomorrow or next week because it used to be MySpace and Friendster before that when that is an invalid argument and neither of them have anywhere near what Facebook does.

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                  • woj
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                    • Jul 2002
                    • 47882

                    #10
                    Originally posted by epitome
                    Anyone can clone the script and groupon could care less about that.

                    It is much harder to get their traffic and the 3500 or whatever employees they have to make such a site successful.

                    The biggest thing they have to worry about is merchants deciding it isn't a good idea for generating business.

                    It is along the lines of saying Facebook will be replaced tomorrow or next week because it used to be MySpace and Friendster before that when that is an invalid argument and neither of them have anywhere near what Facebook does.
                    right, but it doesn't appear THAT impressive... they don't have that many local offers, good chunk of the traffic comes from PPC, their ads are all over the place, etc

                    their business plan is a bit flawed too I think, it depends on signing up new merchants all the time, so it's not very scalable, requires a huge sales team...

                    facebook in comparison just requires some servers and a some engineers to keep the infrastructure going, which is much easier and much more scalable...
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                    • lazycash
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                      • Aug 2002
                      • 15214

                      #11
                      Originally posted by DVTimes
                      groupon sites will be the new tube sites.

                      groupon is clevcer as it offers huge discounts, but to get the discount you need to get others to join, such as 50 people. so it pushes you to post on facebook/twtter to your friends. so to get the discount you not only have to advertise the firm to get the sales.

                      its likly we will see many clones as we have with tube sites.

                      can it done with porn?

                      unlikly as i cannot see people boasting they look at porn.
                      There's already dozens of working groupon clones in existence, many of them are only in a couple cities. Getting a discount via groupon is not contingent at all upon getting others to join. It will be extremely difficult to ever clone Groupon and match its success as you'd need a lot of upfront capital and a sales force to establish the hundreds of merchant relationships needed to create the groupon offers. Groupon offers are generally 50% off, groupon takes half of the amount collected, so the merchant is essentially offering their services for 25%. Its not exactly easy to find merchants who are willing to move their product or services for 25 cents on the dollar.
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                      • loreen
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                        • May 2004
                        • 12558

                        #12
                        In the last 3 months over 100 sites like that appeared for my region, too. I hunt them everyday
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                        • AAB
                          Confirmed User
                          • Apr 2009
                          • 874

                          #13
                          Is word "groupon" trademarked? Can it even be used as part of a domain name?

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                          • BIGTYMER
                            Junior Achiever
                            • Nov 2004
                            • 17066

                            #14
                            Originally posted by woj
                            how the fuck are they worth billions? It looks like something that be cloned very easily..
                            Do you see how much they sell in a day?

                            In one day just in my city they sold over $50,000.

                            Its crazy.

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                            • Spudstr
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 2321

                              #15
                              Originally posted by woj
                              how the fuck are they worth billions? It looks like something that be cloned very easily..
                              data...data..data.. you know how much data they collect on people? That is worth a ton...
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                              • yutenjiboy
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                                • Feb 2006
                                • 231

                                #16
                                Prediction. The groupon guys will be crying Olympic sized pools of tears soon enough because they turned down that ~6 billion USD. King of facepalms.
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                                • NikKay
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Aug 2001
                                  • 1642

                                  #17
                                  1. You do not have to get others to join to get the discounts. You can buy a deal and then if you get others to buy the same deal you can get yours for free.

                                  2. The real work on this type of website is getting the deals and getting the user base. That is not a small feat.

                                  3. Facebook is not held together by just some servers and engineers. Facebook is what it is because of the external partnerships it has and those requires a lot of teams of a lot of people to manage and maintain.

                                  4. I predict Groupon will continue to grow and prosper. LivingSocial is doing a good job of growing and moving into interesting directions (like LivingSocial Escapes), but Groupon continues to be more user friendly IMHO.

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                                  • Davy
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Apr 2006
                                    • 4323

                                    #18
                                    And for how long can you go and spam this stuff to your friends?
                                    Groupon is not the "next tube". Tubes are going nowhere, while the Groupon idea will burn out very quickly.
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                                    • xenigo
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jan 2001
                                      • 8067

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by epitome
                                      The biggest thing they have to worry about is merchants deciding it isn't a good idea for generating business.
                                      Are you crazy? I know photographers who've been featured on Groupon and their business goes from OK to KABLAMO in 2 seconds flat. 2 days on Groupon will book the guy up for 6 months straight.

                                      There's no doubt it's good for business. You'd be a fool not to accept their request to feature you. Similar to how you'd be nuts if you rejected Oprah for wanting to make your porn site one of her "Favorite Things".

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                                      • Cyber Fucker
                                        Hmm
                                        • Sep 2005
                                        • 12642

                                        #20
                                        Nah, I don't see big future for this in porn.

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