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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Another Group Buying Aggregator and more groupon clones in Australia.

This is a pretty interesting development, over 16 groupon clones targeting Sydney and Melbourne alone.  I haven't looked closely, but first glance seems to confirm almost identical business models.  One exciting trend, or a precursor to a possible trend is niche-based group buying site, 'www.birdieoftheday.com.au' which targets golfers. Good to see a second aggregator.  I would like to see different sorts of products being sold though, apart from the spas, restaurant vouchers and boot camp sessions.

Aggregators:
www.dealsguide.com.au
http://www.allthedeals.com.au/

Groupon Clones:
www.spreets.com.au
www.ouffer.com.au
www.zizzle.com.au
www.zoupon.com.au
www.jumponit.com.au
www.yellowpagesoffers.com.au (WTF...! even ypages?...say it aint so!!!)
www.scoopon.com.au
www.dealsinthecity.com.au
www.crowdmass.com.au
www.dealme.com.au
www.birdieoftheday.com.au (niche industry - golfing goods and services)
www.livingsocial.com.au
www.vowcha.com.au
www.ourdeals.com.au
www.grabone.com.au
www.cudo.com.au
www.goodnews.com/ - Worldwide - part of every coupon goes to charity.

I'm sure I've missed a few, but the growth is phenomenal.  I hope to see more diversity in products and possibly even the business model.

Let's see how this unfolds....

4 comments:

  1. We've also set up an aggregator to list all the Aussie deal sites together called allthedeals.com.au.

    We're a bit different to the others you mention as we list both the traditional daily deals sites like Zazz and Catch Of The Day, plus all the new group buying sites like Spreets, JumpOnIt and Cudo.

    As well as the website we also provide aggregated email alerts, RSS feeds and an iphone app!

    You can find us at http://www.allthedeals.com.au

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  2. @alexei, thanks for this, i'll add to my list.

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  3. I only just came across your blog - Thanks for the mention of Dealsguide!

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  4. what's with allthedeals.com.au no longer showing localised deals? it seems to be inundated by Stardeals, Cudo, living social and spreets irrespective of the locations of the deals...sorry alexei, i actually deleted ur awesome app - have u completely sold out? Sorry but i was really disappointed seeing deals from Sydney popping up in Newcastle. Nyways i hope u guys sort it out

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