After months of hard work, we’ve finally launched our new service that lets you do group buys on your own site. We have yet to come up with a formal name for this new feature, so we’re just going to call it ’self-hosted group buys for now…
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In case you haven’t heard, GotoGroupBuy will soon be releasing a new feature that lets you offer group buys on your own site. Since announcing it a few weeks ago, we’ve been working hard to get it up and running.
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“@#$%! Why is everybody waiting ‘till the last minute to join this group buy?!”
Since starting GotoGroupBuy back in ‘06, we’ve heard both buyers and sellers utter those words all too often. Its not that the price is too high, or that the product’s a piece of junk. Why does this happen then? The answer’s simple…
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After receiving several requests, GotoGroupBuy will begin offering a service that lets you host group buys on your own website.
Your site will have all of the powerful group buying features that we offer on GotoGroupBuy.com. You and your customers will be able to do everything on your site, without having to visit GotoGroupBuy.com. Read more →
Jed J. was just an average guy with a passion for music. After a circuit
board on one of his favorite synthesizers went bad, Jed set out to create a replacement
part for the now-vintage equipment.
He decided to use group buying to recoup the costs of reverse-engineering. Little
did he know that his group buy would eventually cover his costs, and make him a
handsome profit.
All of a sudden there seems to be dozens of group buying sites out now. My guess is that most of these sites saw the success Groupon was having, and decided to jump on the bandwagon. Its gotten to the point where every site not named Groupon is considered to be a copycat of theirs.
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EZcarlift is a leading provider of portable garage lifts for home use.
It’s hard to imagine that they’ve only been in business for two years. The company
was already growing steadily, but it wasn’t until their first group buy that they
experienced explosive growth.
Has all the buzz about collective buying — aka group buying — got you dying to try it out? Most of what you hear about collective buying is about websites offering deals on your behalf. But, did you know that tons of businesses are getting better results by managing deals on their own?
So, what should you do: hire someone to do it for you, or do it yourself? Going the wrong route can cost you money, leaving a bad taste in your mouth. Luckily, this article will help you understand what makes or breaks a business when it comes to collective buying. Read more →
How fast would your business grow if you could acquire 10, 20, even 50 new customers for every group buy you offer? Having helped manage dozens of group buys over the years, we’ve found that the key to a successful group buy is forum marketing.
This post will show you how-to market your group buys on the right forums so you can rake in bigger profits and tons of customers.
In 4 Group Buying Mistakes that Cost You Time and Money, you learned that managing group buys manually sucks up your time, and makes group buying almost not worth the trouble. But how do you start and manage a group buy without the hassle?
In this post, you’ll learn how to start and manage your group buy the right way using GotoGroupBuy.com.
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