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50% is a huge hit, particularly in low-margin high-volume businesses. Obviously anecdotal, but it's not hard to see 93% of consumers (FTA) using the deal and never returning.

That's why something like TheLevelUp (https://www.thelevelup.com/merchants) makes more sense to me - the ultimate goal is return business, it seems shortsighted to essentially pay people to come in the door and then hope they stay. The value comes from thinking about how to get people to visit a second and third time. Good service and product at a fair price works wonders, but I'm curious to see what happens when some of these services throw other incentives into the mix.