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Yesterday I wrote a post after I noticed that Groupon registered groupongoods.com groupongoods .info and other related domain names, hypothesizing that run fast-growing daily transactions may cause a special Web site (section) for the sale of physical products such as housewares, consumer electronics or even products at lower prices.
I assumed that the product will be a way Groupon for companies to try and rival e-commerce giant Amazon, but of course, the domain name registration are just that and does not necessarily mean Groupon is planning anything of the sort. Groupon spokesman refused to comment on my speculation, understandable, but I'd be interested to see how they explain the existence of the brand "Manufacturers" Nuevo Section now live on the Web site Groupon Chile.
Chile really Groupon featuring products like kerosene stoves, kitchen robots and even motorcycles at a discount of 40% to 50% off the retail price.
Obviously this is not the first time, Groupon has real goods to sell at a discount, but it's definitely the first time, we noticed a specialized section "products" (or "goods") on any site Groupon.
GroupOn entered Latin America more than a year ago when buying a Chilean deal site ClanDescuento and a new site called ClubeUrbano in Brazil. According to a recent comScore study, Brazil, Argentina and Chile demonstrate a high penetration of site visitors coupons with more than 10 per cent of the population of the Internet in these markets by visiting the category in March 2011.
ComScore also established that Groupon led as top coupon site in these regions – contrary to Groupalia – covering approximately 5 million visitors.
In the past, Groupon has partnered with Expedia juggernauts and Livenation is fully thanked offer online deals at travel (Groupon Getaways) and event tickets (GrouponLive), respectively.
GroupOn goods may be their next experiment, while Chile Groupon site is the company seems to work with merchants directly, instead teaming up with others.
We asked Groupon for further comments.
GroupOn announced recently that it took a net loss of $ 102.7 million in the second quarter of 2011 to 878 million income (and lost approximately 205 million dollars in the first half of the year). The company currently employs around 10 000 people worldwide.
(Thanks to an anonymous tipster who clued us in on the Web site Groupon Chile)
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