[vit05]

This is cool. I tried to do something when Groupon was hot. I had a site that was a Groupon just for travelers.

As we already had all the tools, we thought it would be easy. The idea was to bring together many people who wanted to buy something and then try to negotiate a better price with the dealer. Neither worked. Do something with big scale is very complicated.

I think only two people negotiating could work. As proven by facebook groups that are horrible =). If you do something with a better UX, than the Facebook, and guarantees for both, I think will work.

[ryderj]

We were thinking of expanding into something similar eventually related to group buying. Were you focused B2C? We were considering looking into B2B but as you say, I can imagine the complications involved!

[vit05]

B2C and small organizations. The problem is that some people don't like to pay, or change their mind. And some people promise things that they can't deliver. Similar to problems that Kickstart has.

[ryderj]

Good to know, cheers for that.

Perhaps taking payment before an order is placed so that as soon as the target amount is hit the order is automatically placed.

Amazon has 1 click, we're talking zero clicks!