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Daily Deals Baltimore: All the Daily Deal Sites In Baltimore

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Though Baltimore is the 20th largest metro area in the country, there are far fewer deal sites than in some much smaller areas.  The only local media deal site that we know of is the relatively newly launched BMore bargains.  If we are missing any sites (new ones pop up all the time) just let us know and we’ll add it to the list.

Looking for all of today’s daily deals in Baltimore?  Go to  Daily Dibs Baltimore where we keep an updated  list of all the daily deals in Baltimore and can deliver them to you each day in one email.

Looking for more daily deals?  Here’s a list of all the best daily deal sites from Groupon to Woot!

Baltimore Daily Deal Sites

The Big Boys:

Groupon – There are usually at least 2 active Groupon deals in Baltimore.

LivingSocial – Offers a standard deal and a family deal in Baltimore daily.

Baltimore Area Sites:

These sites operate exclusively in the Baltimore area.

BMore Bargains – As we mentioned above, BMore bargains is a local Baltimore deal site.  It is run by the Baltimore Sun.

Other National Sites:

The sites below offer daily deals in Baltimore.  We have loosely ordered the list based on what we consider the “best” sites to be.

TravelZoo – TravelZoo does not always have an active deal in Baltimore, but when they do, they are very popular.

Eversave – One of the better deal sites out there, they offer a new deal everyday in the Baltimore area.

DealOn – A ReachLocal company that runs a new deal each day in Baltimore.  They usually have several deals active at once.

Certifikid – A family focused deal site with deals in Baltimore and the surrounding areas.  They run a lot of deals that are redeemed online.

Daily Deals Boston: All The Boston Daily Deal Sites

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Boston is one of the most competitive daily deal markets in the country.  All this competition is becoming tough on Groupon, but it is great for consumers.  Below is our list of all the daily deal site in Boston, with a quick summary on each.

For a list of today’s Boston daily deals, check out Daily Dibs Boston where we keep an up to date list of all the daily deals in Boston and can deliver them to you each day in one email.

We also have a list of all the best daily deal sites regardless of city.

Boston Daily Deal Sites

The Big Boys:

Groupon

LivingSocial

Boston Area Sites:

These sites operate exclusively in the Boston area.

The Local Deal – Claims to have been offering half off promotions for 15 years in the Boston area.

Whickit – Boston owned and operated deal site that is “Pointing the way to wicked deals”

Boston.com – As the name indicates, these are deals offered by the folks at Boston.com.  They have several deals active at any time.

Other National Sites:

The sites below offer daily deals in Boston.  We have loosely ordered the list based on what we consider the “best” sites to be.

TravelZoo – You could argue Travelzoo is one of the big dogs with over 23 million subscribers worldwide.  However, they are not primarily a local daily deal company and usually only have one deal running in Boston at any time.

Eversave – A site with it’s roots in Boston that has a large local mailing list.

Dealfind – A Canadian deal company that recently received $31m in funding to expand nationally.

Weforia – Weforia is powered by yellowbook.com and is currently only in a few cities, but is expanding nationwide.

Gilt City – Specializes in higher end services.  Part of the Gilt Groupe collection of deal sites.

Angie’s List – Offers daily deals that specialize in home services in the Boston area.  Angie’s list is a national site.

Mamasource– Family focused daily deal site from Mamapedia.

OpenTable – They usually only one run one restaurant deal per week in Boston.

BuyWithMe – On of the early pure play daily deal sites.  They are now in over a dozen cities including Boston

CBS Local – Partnered with the CBS owned local Boston properties

DealOn – Recently purchased by ReachLocal, so the quality of their deal is likely to improve

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iCoupon – Nationwide site that usually has a new deal each day in Boston.

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Savvy Source – Family focused daily deal site.  Don’t always have a local deal running in Boston.

ScoutMob – The Atlanta based Scoutmob distinguishes themselves with a cool app and deals that are FREE to claim.

Sold.com – Relative newcomer that is now live in Boston.

Tippr – One of the first sites to join the Groupon craze

Zozi – A site that specializes in travel offers  is expanding locally nationwide.

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Sites Like Groupon: List of Top Daily Deal Sites Like Groupon

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If you are looking for all the sites like Groupon in your city, go HERE and pick your city from the drop-down selector.

How many daily deal sites like Groupon are there exactly?  Well nobody knows for sure because there are new sites popping up and closing every day – mostly closing lately.  Below we have put together a list of all the top sites like Groupon and a list of some others that have deals in multiple cities.  There are also lots of successful sites that only operate in one city.  Since Groupon launched in November 2008 and soon thereafter started minting money at unprecedented rates,  literally hundreds of Groupon like sites have been created to copy their very successful formula.

At Daily Dibs we attempt to bring all the BEST daily deal sites like Groupon in each city together in one place.  If you want them all delivered in a single email, just subscribe.

Top Sites Like Groupon:

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Amazon Local – The Amazon local deals are often sold by LivingSocial, but doesn’t stop them from having great local deals that are not available on LivingSocial.  They also usually have a good selection of deals for national online retailers.

LivingSocial  – These guys are going toe to toe with Groupon in over 100 markets nationwide.  LivingSocial is to Groupon as Pepsi is to Coke.  You can also check for a Living Social Promo Code before you purchase.  They just started to offer them.

SweetJack – A venture between radio behemoths Clear Channel and Cumulus.  Rapidly expanded in 2012 and well positioned for 2013.  The deals are usually excellent as they have some leverage with their advertisers through their radio connections.

DealChicken.com – A Gannett company that has recently expanded to over 20 cities nationwide.  You can expect good customer service because these deals are offered by a large media company in the area.

Half Off Depot – Promo Code – Currently live in six cities: Atlanta, Charlotte, Knoxville, Nashville, Orlando, and Tampa.  Though they aren’t in tons of cities, they are have consistently great deals in the cities they are in.



Plum District  – Promo Code -The leader in family focused daily deals.  If you are looking for family deals, you should try out FamGrab.com an aggregator of family deals.

TravelZoo Local Deals – The popular discount travel website has run local deals in over 20 cities nationwide.  They do a great job of getting deals at desirable destinations like upscale restaurants and spas.

Dealfind – Grew rapidly in 2012 and was considered #3 independent behind Groupon and LivingSocial, but their deal quality and volume has fallen off in most American cities.  They are number one in Canada.

Gilt City – Part of the Gilt brand.  Focus on discounts to upscale establishments

GetMyPerks.com – In 20 plus markets through radio station partnerships with parent company Entercom.

Eversave – Promo Code -Currently running daily deals in 12 cities and growing.  They are based in Boston with their biggest audience in Boston and Philly.

KGB Deals – KGB deals is in 12 cities and is continuing to expand.

ScoutMob – Initially known for their mobile app.  They have expanded from local deals to offer deals from the best independent makers & merchants. You can buy handmade goodness / explore local deals + under-the-radar events near you.

CBS Local Offers – Part of the CBS interactive family, CBS Local is now running deals in over 15 cities.   Each of the sites is partnered with traditional local CBS media properties like radio and television.

We think that these are the local daily deal sites with the greatest footprint and influence in the local markets.  As you can see, LivingSocial and Groupon are by far the biggest sites – nobody else is really even close.

More Sites Like Groupon:


In addition to the top sites listed above, there are several others worth mentioning that have deals in multiple cities:

Mamapedia Sweet Deals – An extension of the existing Mamapedia website.  Deals are focused on the parent audience.

Seize the Deal (website) – In 20+ cities – most of which are small cities.

Tippr – Merged with Crowd Savings and now part of nCrowd.  They don’t appear to have local deals any longer

Crowd Savings – Merged with Half Off Depot to form nCrowd.  I think their local deals are now offered through Half Off Depot

CLOSED – Yollar (website)- A Belo Company brand that is partnered with Belo traditional local media properties.

CLOSED – DailyDealster (website)- Recently merged with Half Off Depot.  Live in over 4o cities, DailyDealster initially partnered with Adility for most of their deals.  Adility supplies to several other similar deal site not listed here.

CLOSED – YellowPages.com Deals

CLOSED – Dealswarm (website) – A Cox Media Group Company – in multiple cities

CLOSED – OpenTable (website)- They run one restaurant deal a week in approximately 10 cities.

CLOSED – BuyWithMe (website)- BuyWithMe is currently in 11 cities and continuing to expand.  They are based in New York City and are venture backed.

CLOSED – BoomSteet (website) – Currently in 3 cites

CLOSED – ValPak Deals (website) – Part of the Valpak company

CLOSED – DealPop (website) – Associated with WhitePages.com

CLOSED – AOL – wow.com – Have been live for several months now, but are only offering deals in 3 cities.

It should also be noted that in virtually every city the local newspaper is now also part of the daily deal economy.

Again, to see all the top providers in any city, just go to Daily Dibs and pick the city you want to see.

We know there are lots more sites like Groupon that could be added to this list.  Hopefully we have gotten all the best ones and a few more you may not have known about.

If you like daily deals you can check out a couple other of our lists.  All the best daily deal sites (like Woot and Groupon).  And just the list of sites like Woot.

Groupon National Deals: List of All Groupon Online Deals Today

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We aren’t the first ones to do it, but we have created a list of all the Groupon Deals.

Actually we have created two lists.  Click the links below to see each list.

The first  is all the Groupon National Deals.  This one shows all the Groupon online deals that can be redeemed from any city.  There is also a subscribe option on the page for those of you who want the deals delivered to you each day.

The second is a list of All Groupon Deals.  This list shows every currently active Groupon deal in every city.  It gives you a great snapshot of just how many deals Groupon has going at any one time.

If you want all the daily deals in your city delivered in a single email, just go to www.dailydibs.com, pick your city and subscribe.

Enjoy.

 

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Groupon Revenues: How Much Does Groupon Make?

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With the recent unsuccessful bid by Google to buy Groupon, there has been tons of speculation about how much money Groupon is making.  Many sites have had widely different estimates of Groupon Revenues. Like this and this.

Unlike almost any other business in the world, Groupon basically publishes their revenues every day on their website.  For every deal they have, they list the price of the deal and how many people have purchased it.  Now I’m sure they have, or will have, additional revenue streams other than their daily deals, but for now those are probably immaterial in comparison.  So, the simple way to estimate their revenues is to calculate them from what they publish publicly.

So, how much money does Groupon make?  Well, calculating revenues from every city would be tough (though we’ll share that at some point when we are finished collecting it).  For now we’ll give you a sampling and you can extrapolate from there.  We decided to look at 3 of Groupons largests cities, Chicago (Groupon’s hometown), Washington DC (LivingSocial’s hometown), and Atlanta (Our hometown).

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Groupon Atlanta

  • October Revenues:  $1,370,092 (from 50 deals)
  • November Revenues: $1,884,326 (from 83 deals)

Groupon Washington DC

Now that is some serious dough.  Now let’s do some projections.  We will base our projections on data in these cities from the last 80 days.  We’ll take the average daily revenues in each city and multiply that by 365 for annual revenues.  Then we’ll make some assumptions about revenue growth.

DAILY revenues were $168,084.37 in Chicago, $84,786.81 in DC, and $53,280.09 in Atlanta.  So, if you convert that to annual revenue, you get:

  • Chicago – $61,350,795
  • DC – $30,947,185
  • Atlanta- $19,447,233

That’s a grand total of approximately $111 million in just 3 cities.  Apply a 20% growth rate and you have $133 million in revenues next year.  If they grow at that rate for 3 years, it would be almost $200m.  Given the numbers in Chicago, it is not unreasonable to assume that they could generate $60m+ in every similarly sized city in a relatively short amount of time.

We’ll update this post soon with a more complete estimate of their current projected revenues.  In the meantime, here’s what a detailed look at a $6.7m month of Groupon revenues in Chicago.

To get an idea of how many deals the Groupon sales team is selling per day, this page will show you every Groupon deal today.