Groupon, Living Social, Eversave, Facebook, Amazon, these sites selling deeply discounted deals are everywhere.\u00a0 And, views about their use and value are also across the board.\u00a0 Especially, for business owners.<\/p>\n
Personally, I love a deal.\u00a0 It means I have more money to spend on something else or save it for later.\u00a0 As a business owner, I\u2019m not a fan.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be realistic, frequent discounts or deals can devalue your product or service.\u00a0 Eventually, no one wants to pay full price and it becomes harder and harder to cover costs without reducing the quality of the service.<\/p>\n
So, how did we get here?<\/em><\/p>\n When this new concept of pre-paying deeply discounted deals came out, the attraction for the consumer was that they \u201cwould never pay full price again\u201d. Of course at the same time, the merchants were being told, \u201cyou\u2019ll get new customers who will stick around and pay full price\u201d.\u00a0 Anyone else see the issue?<\/p>\n There are numerous success stories.\u00a0 But, lately it seems there are far more complaints from businesses that find these deal seekers are harder to please and more critical on the social networks.\u00a0 Which leads me to ask the question, are these deals worth it for businesses?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Groupon, Living Social, Eversave, Facebook, Amazon, these sites selling deeply discounted deals are everywhere.\u00a0 And, views about their use and value are also across the board.\u00a0 Especially, for business owners. Personally, I love a deal.\u00a0 It means I have more money to spend on something else or save it for later.\u00a0 As a business owner, … Continue reading Who Benefits from Daily Deals Sites?<\/span>