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Wonder what the cut Groupon makes on these, doubt it can be 50ish percent like the deal of the days are. This company almost has a license to print money, I wonder how long it can last.

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I'm bullish on the category. Scalable advertising which actually works for small businesses is, and should be, a license to print money. I might grumble at the $1,500 I paid Google this month but if they told me they had $15,000 of traffic on my keywords I'd happily max out my credit card for a few days.

Take a look at the yellow pages: it's unsexy, it works, it is a multi-billion dollar industry.

According to the site, Groupon will take 30% if the deal is promoted (which seems to include email/Facebook/Twitter advertising) and 10% if not. It's not entirely clear if you can pick any deal to be promoted (after approval by them), or if that option will be throttled somewhat.

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