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A lot of businesses would like to have the problem this bakery is facing :-) I don't think Groupon has an upper limit of customers, they should add this feature
by Jun8 17y ago
A lot of businesses would like to have the problem this bakery is facing :-) I don't think Groupon has an upper limit of customers, they should add this feature.
Also, I'm wondering if they offer analytics advice (for a small fee, of course) to their biz customers, e.g. for this type of deal in this location, you are expecting to get on the average N customers.
- djb_hackernews 17y agoAny business could have the problem this bakery is facing, all they have to do is deeply discount their product and hope they have enough capital to ride it out. It's not sustainable.
- Jun8 17y agoThe hefty fee that Groupon can extoll from their users shows that it's not that easy in practice.
- kixxauth 17y agoQuote from Inc Mag article: Others grouse about Groupon's fee. "It's a bold thing for a company to make 50 percent for essentially hawking an e-mail list," says Lincecum. Mason makes no apologies. "We have a waiting list of hundreds of businesses in our larger cities," he says. "Demand is much higher than supply. If I remember high school economics correctly, that means our margin is too low."
- kadavy 17y agoThere was a deal a couple of weeks ago that I was considering getting in on. I went back at 2pm, and the deal was closed - so I think they do have an upper limit on customers.