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This prompted me to sign-up for Groupon for the first time today.

I laughed because it appears to be like Bits Du Jour (http://www.bitsdujour.com/) for everything - not just shareware deals. Bits Du Jour has been around for a LONG time - wonder why they never decided to do this for everything, not just software.

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I unsubscribed from all daily deal sites including LivingSocial and BuyWithMe. I couldn't stand the daily barrage of emails that I received for products and services that were far less than intriguing.

It's shotgun marketing.

If you try to sell a crappy product to enough people someone will buy it.

Bits Du Jour seems a little more like a software-specific precursor to something like woot (http://www.woot.com/), with a daily discounted product to buy. Groupon's difference seems to be selling discounted coupons to physical businesses, sort of a mash-up of woot and restaurant.com.

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