(via Facebook Promotes New Deals Service In News Feed) Interesting.. #1 Businesses should claim there places like now! #2 How this plays out is going to be a very big test of the commerce potential for Facebook   “Yesterday Facebook began promoting the company’s new deals service which is expected to compete directly with Groupon and LivingSocial.As reported by Josh Constine, the promotion came through the news feed which states that a number of your friends have subscribed to deals and then links to the Facebook Deals landing page. It’s a pretty substantial promotion which will probably function similar to deals promotions in the future. It’s clear that the company is doing everything it can to promote the soon-to-be-released service, including promoting that the service will out email promotions, most likely on an opt-in basis. The Facebook Deals landing page looks like a promotion for any other deals service, promoting offers like 50 percent off a winery tour. While the process currently requires interacting with a Facebook Sales representative, we’d guess that this will become much more automated in the future as Facebook looks to expand their offerings to all small businesses. Facebook also hopes that this can become a large business as they’ll be taking a cut of all deals that are purchased. What’s not clear is what that cut will be. Additionally, it’s not clear whether or not the new Facebook Deals will use Facebook Credits as part of the transaction. With the recent push by Facebook to make Credits a large portion of their business, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the two products integrated with each other, resulting in a 30 percent cut for Facebook. Have you seen the recent Deals promotions in the news feed? Would you want more deal offerings sent to your inbox?” 
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(via Facebook Promotes New Deals Service In News Feed)

Interesting..

#1 Businesses should claim there places like now!

#2 How this plays out is going to be a very big test of the commerce potential for Facebook  

“Yesterday Facebook began promoting the company’s new deals service which is expected to compete directly with Groupon and LivingSocial.

As reported by Josh Constine, the promotion came through the news feed which states that a number of your friends have subscribed to deals and then links to the Facebook Deals landing page. It’s a pretty substantial promotion which will probably function similar to deals promotions in the future. It’s clear that the company is doing everything it can to promote the soon-to-be-released service, including promoting that the service will out email promotions, most likely on an opt-in basis.

The Facebook Deals landing page looks like a promotion for any other deals service, promoting offers like 50 percent off a winery tour. While the process currently requires interacting with a Facebook Sales representative, we’d guess that this will become much more automated in the future as Facebook looks to expand their offerings to all small businesses. Facebook also hopes that this can become a large business as they’ll be taking a cut of all deals that are purchased.

What’s not clear is what that cut will be. Additionally, it’s not clear whether or not the new Facebook Deals will use Facebook Credits as part of the transaction. With the recent push by Facebook to make Credits a large portion of their business, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the two products integrated with each other, resulting in a 30 percent cut for Facebook. Have you seen the recent Deals promotions in the news feed? Would you want more deal offerings sent to your inbox?” 

Source: allfacebook.com

Groupon Prepares for Spring 2011 IPO at a $15B Valuation [REPORT] This is shocking move.. The current market gives no indication that now is a good time to go public. Sounds like Google was trying to buy on the cheap, which seemed to be the case, but now I wonder how bad was the cash flow issue at groupon? I would not buy stock in this brand now because red flags are going up all over the place. 
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Groupon Prepares for Spring 2011 IPO at a $15B Valuation [REPORT]

This is shocking move.. The current market gives no indication that now is a good time to go public. Sounds like Google was trying to buy on the cheap, which seemed to be the case, but now I wonder how bad was the cash flow issue at groupon? I would not buy stock in this brand now because red flags are going up all over the place. 

Source: Mashable

Groupon Makes $800 Million in Annual Revenue, Not $2 Billion [EXCLUSIVE] The 800 million number could reflect Groupon Revenue after partnership payoffs. Essentially this would mean that Groupon would have really have a revenue rate at 1.28 Billon on the site. These aren’t numbers to sneeze at but they do raise more questions… 1. Does the data really suggest that Run Rates are going to continue or are they at peak? Hard to say without detailed info but with the number of businesses being shut down and satisfaction numbers suggest they are at peak. 2. Is 6.6 times Gross revenue a reasonable offer? If you are taking a favorable view of the growth rates and say they are going to continue than walking away from the deal makes sense. If you are reading the data and see it as potential peak number then the sell is a steal…  Walking away from the Google offer means leaving  money on the table. Groupon placed a bet (a large bet) on their team and product. Time will tell if it was smart. 
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Groupon Makes $800 Million in Annual Revenue, Not $2 Billion [EXCLUSIVE]

The 800 million number could reflect Groupon Revenue after partnership payoffs. Essentially this would mean that Groupon would have really have a revenue rate at 1.28 Billon on the site. These aren’t numbers to sneeze at but they do raise more questions…

1. Does the data really suggest that Run Rates are going to continue or are they at peak? Hard to say without detailed info but with the number of businesses being shut down and satisfaction numbers suggest they are at peak.

2. Is 6.6 times Gross revenue a reasonable offer? If you are taking a favorable view of the growth rates and say they are going to continue than walking away from the deal makes sense. If you are reading the data and see it as potential peak number then the sell is a steal… 

Walking away from the Google offer means leaving  money on the table. Groupon placed a bet (a large bet) on their team and product. Time will tell if it was smart. 

Google Acquisition of Groupon Seems Likely, Say Sources | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Groupon is a huge advertiser on Facebook, I wonder what/how this would change the ad structure of Groupon. It seems like this could give Google a negotiating chip when it comes to collaborative efforts with Facebook. Despite my posts there is a little bit of a fight between the two juggernauts (Particularly in the staffing department). The problem I see with this acquisition is that Groupon is not a sustainable business model, it makes or breaks businesses. Companies that run these deals generally have a big boost in sales or go under. An interesting move for sure!
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Google Acquisition of Groupon Seems Likely, Say Sources | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Groupon is a huge advertiser on Facebook, I wonder what/how this would change the ad structure of Groupon. It seems like this could give Google a negotiating chip when it comes to collaborative efforts with Facebook. Despite my posts there is a little bit of a fight between the two juggernauts (Particularly in the staffing department). The problem I see with this acquisition is that Groupon is not a sustainable business model, it makes or breaks businesses. Companies that run these deals generally have a big boost in sales or go under. An interesting move for sure!

Source: kara.allthingsd.com

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