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May want to change the name. GroupTabs sounds like everyone is paying together (are they?). If we are just unlocking deals by having enough people show up - it
by alttab 16y ago
May want to change the name. GroupTabs sounds like everyone is paying together (are they?).
If we are just unlocking deals by having enough people show up - its certainly a chicken or egg problem determining if the people go. What happens if not enough people show up? They get screwed out of the deal that they went to a specific place solely for. The appeal for business owners is to get people to come, right? This means that the ones you are attracting are by virtue not customers otherwise. This is tricky and may require pre-organization from the users to make sure enough people show up to unlock the deal.
- jsm386 16y agoThanks for the feedback. The service is actually free to users, so know paying together. For example, tomorrow night's deal: You get a free glass of wine, sangria Or beer with every tapas you purchase at a restaurant, Sala, on the Bowery in NYC. Whether a deal tips or not is our biggest issue...which is why we are setting low thresholds. To address it, one of the first changes we've made is posting our deals earlier than we initially planned to...instead of that morning, we are looking at anywhere from 1 to 3 days ahead. Also rolling out an update homepage with a feed of upcoming deals to build up interest.
- alttab 16y agoThis is similar to groupon, with a twist. Also try looking into issues they've had. I recall business owners complaining and pulling out of Groupon due to network effect negative impacts on their businesses - along the lines of "now they only come when I have coupons and I can't afford to do that"