PayPal, owned by eBay, is going head to head with Groupon and LivingSocial by unveiling a plan to offer coupons to its massive base of 103 million users. With Groupon recently having gone public and hovering a little under it’s IPO price of $25 and holding a market cap of $15B, investors see the daily deals market as a potentially lucrative one. So it’s no surprise that PayPal wants to get in the game.
IPO mania is sweeping through the social media world. It’s time for you to take a close look at these companies and weed out the non-hackers!
Have you seen the trailer for Groupon, the Movie? It’s a comedy video made by Emily McGregor from the comedy group Comediva, and definitely strikes the right note about the addictive quality of Groupons. I’m sure all of you out there know somebody who’s obsessed with storing up Groupons like a squirrel packing nuts for the winter — and if so you need to send them this video.
It’s all about the money … but the payday is going to someone you’re forgetting!
It doesn’t matter that we’re coming up on the end of Q4. There’s A LOT happening in the social media IPO market right now! Check out these 10 companies:
Groupon, one of the largest Internet daily-deal sites, is under investigation by Britain’s competition regulator. The regulator is inspecting the possibility of unfair promotions and exaggerated savings.
No surprise here because the U.K. Office of Fair Trading started looking into Groupon’s British unit last July. The investigation recently expanded due to the fact that the office received a complaint from the country’s advertising watchdog — breaking advertising regulations almost 50 times in less than a year.
Find out what Toronto Business Owner Zane Caplansky says about his experience with deal-of-the-day website Groupon.
The one you want is still a while off, but there’s plenty of action for you to drool over
Here’s the reason why everyone wants in on the “sideshow”.
Last August, I wrote about Groupon co-founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell intent on purchasing Chicago’s Wrigley Building. It is official. The building has been sold to a consortium of investors including Zeller Realty Group and Groupon co-founders.
