Indian groupon sites Vs. GroupDeal

I previously noted that Groupon is chasing GroupDeal, the group buying software platform that our team has developed and also powers many Groupon competitor sites. Remember the self-service platform and QR-code based online validations are first introduced by GroupDeal.

There are lot of Groupon like sites introduced in India. Here, I list few of them. But, I'm pretty sure that any site that use our GroupDeal product can do much better.

SoSasta - Bought by Groupon even before getting active. Not sure, why did Groupon buy this.

SnapDeal - by Delhi based Jasper company

MyDala

taggle - Bangalore based

Koovs - Like Gilt, but public

FashionAndYou - Exactly like Gilt. From DealsAndYou

DealsAndYou

SnatchDeals - Like Yipit

BindaasBargain - Like Woot

Groffr - on real estate

Issues with Indian Groupons

When quickly checked, there doesn't seem to be clarity on the focus for these players and some are looking aggressive but doesn't seem to have good software platform. There is also a good write up on these at VCBytes

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