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by byoung2 6129 days ago
If you can get the price significantly below the lowest price people can find online, and it's not too inconvenient to use your site, then yes you can have a successful group buying service. I'm not sure how feasible that is, because the things people are most likely to buy online in a group are electronics, computers, phones, etc., and the margins are already so thin you'll have trouble beating buy.com, newegg, and amazon.