Facebook discount deals
Facebook to Offer Groupon-Inspired Discount-Deal Service
In the ultimate game of catch-up, Facebook discount deals are coming to a city near you. Business Week reports that the social networking giant is muscling in on locally-based group buying deals of the type popularized by Groupon. If you were a betting person, what are the odds that Facebook will take this one by a mile?
"Facebook Inc. plans to test a Groupon-inspired service that will sell discount offers, an effort to use its 500 million-plus members to capitalize on the surging online-deal market.The service will get started in San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas, Atlanta, and Austin, Texas, the company said last week in a statement. It will be part of Facebook's existing Deals program, which lets businesses offer specials to users..."
