I'm amazed at how many "Groupon for X" startups have been popping up. In this group there is Munch On Me (restaurants) and Aisle50 (groceries), but if you look

I'm amazed at how many "Groupon for X" startups have been popping up. In this group there is Munch On Me (restaurants) and Aisle50 (groceries), but if you look through a site like http://startupli.st/startups http://startupli.st/startups there are a lot of others. Opez also says they want to turn independent professionals into their own Groupons, which doesn't really equate. I presume they really mean giving the independent professionals the ability to publish their own coupons. With as much criticism as GroupOn has received, and the suspect way they have measured their success it seems there must be a better model of comparison. Saying you want to be the LivingSocial of X would likely give a better impression. Still, I'm not sure applying that business model to a specific industry like restaurants or groceries will lead to success. For restaurants, LivingSocial and GroupOn already give out a lot of restaurant deals. Google will soon be moving in the market also. It's quickly becoming saturated. How long can restaurants give away meals for half price? Aisle50 is at least attacking an area that isn't really covered by existing businesses.