i would never buy groupon stock. this is a doomed biz model because it's not based on any real technology...the entire company is mostly comprised of only salespeople, which is pretty scary.
Neither is Dairy Queen, but everyone knows if they want delicious vanilla soft server where they need to go. Likewise, millions of discount seeking customers know that a place to go to find discounts is Groupon.
Groupon is doomed if they can't get revenue above their operating costs. It has nothing to do with the technology they are based on.
Groupon could pivot its way into a more tech-focused strategy (see http://goo.gl/qi8xa for an example) but I doubt their management has the wit to do so.
I'll bet $1,000 that, over the next year, the Campbell Soup Company will prove to be a better investment than Groupon.
> Everyone makes 50% time based group coupons.
Everyone? That's silly. Do you mean the coupon market is saturated? I would agree. But Groupon is at the very top. How does that doom them?
Groupon: user is only sustainable based on type of deals. business model easily replaceable by any upcoming player.
plus there's so many things going inside the company right now...Groupon's own sales team is suing the company? come on, what does that speak to the company itself? the whole company is made up of salespeople!!
If you, or anyone else, wants to explain why Groupon is doomed, then do so without saying the reason is because it's "not based on any real technology". That's the comment I was replying to. I'm not defending Groupon.