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There used to be a startup "Mercado" in the dot com days where consumers could form buyer's groups. It worked well for a while until the downturn.
by TuringNYC 7y ago
There used to be a startup "Mercado" in the dot com days where consumers could form buyer's groups. It worked well for a while until the downturn.
- Jsharm 7y agoI was just thinking why doesn't this exist!
- OrangeMango 7y agoIsn't this what Groupon started out as?
- TuringNYC 7y agoGroupon is retailer lead. These other services were consumer led, like "I want to buy this -- will 50 people join me so we can collectively pay wholesale?"
- TuringNYC 7y agoSadly, so many things we all wish existed already exist and yet we just dont know about it. It is a big challenge for small tech businesses / websites -- they can offer desperately needed services and yet users only have so much attention budget to learn about all the services out there.
- sf_rob 7y agoMassdrop (drop.com) had a similar model, but they seem to be in the process of becoming a more traditional retailer.