[waterside81]

Insider trading motives aside, this fall in stock price coincides with a general trend I'm seeing in this daily deal market. As a merchant whose had lots of success with these sites, the offers have become better and better over the past few months. Our first Groupon ever was a 50/50 split. Our last deal was 80/20. They offered 70/30, we asked for more, we got it. Maybe that's a sign that their costs have gown down so they have more room to play with.

Personally, I reached deal fatigue and unsubscribed from all of the sites. How many times can you possibly eat out / get a message / get your car detailed?

[adambard]

I'm pretty glad about this. I've been shying away from even deals I want, because I know that Groupon is (was) taking 50% of the price and leaving the merchant with what was probably a loss. I might be more likely to purchase them again now.