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Aol clones Groupon with Wow.com

15 points by Judson 16y ago

res0nat0r 16y ago
Sad, as I liked typing that short domain name to get to the World of Warcraft blog.
- tbeseda 16y ago
  Speaking of which. Where is it now?
  - FreakeeOutee 16y ago
    http://wow.joystiq.com/ http://wow.joystiq.com/
- aw3c2 16y ago
  I do not get the problem? Unless you are using that new site more than that blog, your browser should still give you the desired blog.
adriand 16y ago
There's a great big gold rush taking place right now for sites like this. Another one that's getting a ton of play in Ontario right now: http://www.wagjag.com http://www.wagjag.com
- arst 16y ago
  Indeed. In the Scoble interview posted a few days ago, pg mentioned the surge of groupon clones applying (and being rejected) to YC this round.
mikeryan 16y ago
Groupon is going to be a fascinating case study on the defensibility of a web property. I'm really interested in seeing how this plays out.
DevX101 16y ago
Yahoo is launching in this space too: http://mashable.com/2010/11/16/yahoo-local-offers/ http://mashable.com/2010/11/16/yahoo-local-offers/ I've heard yelp will be entering as well (I can't confirm if they're already there since yelp perma-banned my ip after I tried to do some lite-scraping)
jeromec 16y ago
But it doesn't clone Groupon... Wow has no minimum qualification to purchase the deal (unlike Groupon's "tipping point," where a certain number of shoppers have to commit to it), and Wow plans to "keep it simple" and avoid gimmicks and games. This would make potential buying experiences very different. The secret sauce of Groupon is collective buying power. This looks like a simple race to the bottom for merchants, except they are not guaranteed to get a certain number of purchases.
- noelchurchill 16y ago
  I could be wrong, but it seems Group is so popular now that every deal reaches the tipping point. They need to have deals with a network effect so as more people buy the deal it then gains more value for each customer.
tibbon 16y ago
I honestly thought Blizzard had that domain.
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15 points by Judson 16y ago

res0nat0r 16y ago

Sad, as I liked typing that short domain name to get to the World of Warcraft blog.

tbeseda 16y ago
Speaking of which. Where is it now?
- FreakeeOutee 16y ago
  http://wow.joystiq.com/ http://wow.joystiq.com/
aw3c2 16y ago
I do not get the problem? Unless you are using that new site more than that blog, your browser should still give you the desired blog.

adriand 16y ago

There's a great big gold rush taking place right now for sites like this. Another one that's getting a ton of play in Ontario right now: http://www.wagjag.com http://www.wagjag.com

arst 16y ago
Indeed. In the Scoble interview posted a few days ago, pg mentioned the surge of groupon clones applying (and being rejected) to YC this round.

mikeryan 16y ago

Groupon is going to be a fascinating case study on the defensibility of a web property. I'm really interested in seeing how this plays out.

DevX101 16y ago

Yahoo is launching in this space too: http://mashable.com/2010/11/16/yahoo-local-offers/ http://mashable.com/2010/11/16/yahoo-local-offers/ I've heard yelp will be entering as well (I can't confirm if they're already there since yelp perma-banned my ip after I tried to do some lite-scraping)

jeromec 16y ago

But it doesn't clone Groupon... Wow has no minimum qualification to purchase the deal (unlike Groupon's "tipping point," where a certain number of shoppers have to commit to it), and Wow plans to "keep it simple" and avoid gimmicks and games. This would make potential buying experiences very different. The secret sauce of Groupon is collective buying power. This looks like a simple race to the bottom for merchants, except they are not guaranteed to get a certain number of purchases.

noelchurchill 16y ago
I could be wrong, but it seems Group is so popular now that every deal reaches the tipping point. They need to have deals with a network effect so as more people buy the deal it then gains more value for each customer.

tibbon 16y ago

I honestly thought Blizzard had that domain.

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