Groupon is a marketplace for local deals: discounts on restaurants, beauty treatments, activities, trips and products. The company was founded in 2008 in Chicago by Andrew Mason, Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell and grew rapidly with its daily deals by email.
How Groupon works
You buy a voucher on groupon.com or in the app and redeem it with the business. Check the conditions before you buy: many vouchers have an expiry date, limited days or require a reservation.
Popular alternatives to Groupon
- RetailMeNot: discount codes and cashback for online shops.
- Coupons.com and Savings.com: coupons and promo codes.
- Dealfly: deals and discounts.
- Social Deal: local deals in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Tip: compare the voucher price with the regular price on the business's own website. A discount on a price that is higher than usual is not a real saving.
More alternatives to Groupon
RetailMeNot
Company: RetailMeNot. inc. | Founder: Cotter Cunningham | CEO: Cotter Cunningham | Since: 2006
Coupons.com
Company: Quotient Technology | Founder: Steven R. Boal | CEO: Steven Boal | Since: 1998
Savings.com
Company: Savings.com, inc. | Founder: Marcus Flemming, Joe Zulli, Per Pettersen, Phil Del Rivo, Loren Bendele | CEO: Platinum Equity, LLC | Since: 2007
SearchPromoCodes
Since: 2020
Dealfly
Company: DealFly | CEO: Matthew Simpson
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Final edit: Jan Willem Beumer, editor-in-chief of Mindbogglingmedia