How Do We Use Deals Site These Days?

LMonsieurzaconni on 09/06/2015 - 23:04
Last edited 09/06/2015 - 23:05

My observation of the deals site is that it's a dwindling industry.
The many players are consolidating - the last one being Living Social acquisition by Aussie Commerce.

I also think it's probably to do how we generally are bored of the hype, or perceive them quite negatively (the spam, the irrelevance, the unsustainable practice for the merchants etc).

Nonetheless, I think the industry is in the process of evolving into a more refined marketing platform e.g. more local, more sustainable practice for merchants, tightening of regulation for dodgy practices etc

Just a general poll/discussion on where we as consumers are at, in terms of mindset.

Poll Options

  • 5
    I've never used them - just never was interested.
  • 2
    I've used them in the past (boom days), but pretty much unsubscribed from the lot due to spam
  • 18
    I've used them in the past (boom days), but pretty much stopped due to low quality deals generally
  • 2
    I use them but on very rare occasion to impulse buy for myself
  • 0
    I use them but on very rare occasion to impulse buy for others (gifts)
  • 5
    I use them regularly, check multiple sites on daily/weekly basis for good deals
  • 2
    Others - feel free to leave comment(s)
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  • uder on 10/06/2015 - 11:01
    +2

    Used to use them a fair bit. The quality of the deals has gone down last couple of years. Now I only really use Groupon or LivingSocial when there are 15% off codes for good quality restaurants. The only other site I use these days is TravelZoo who only have a couple of local deals a week. Usually they are higher quality.

    • Monsieurzaconni on 10/06/2015 - 11:25

      I haven't heard of them before. I see your point.
      Seems they source the deals themselves - hence the better quality deals.

      Thanks for the tips!

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