Lifesta charges sellers 99 cents plus 8 percent of the sale price to sell a coupon. DealsGoRound levies a flat 10 percent of the sale price and CoupRecoup is free to use. CoupRecoup cofounder Aren Sandersen said the site is not charging, but is “looking to find revenue options at the end of this year.’’
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Secondary Market for Groupon Coupons Emerges
Sites like DealsGoRound, CoupRecoup and Lifesta give consumers a place to sell Groupon and other coupons. The emergence of a secondary market for social shopping instruments shows just how much activity now occurs.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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