Category Archives: Merchants

Blog posts of interest to small business owners

Daily Deals are so last year…

Getting an email every day about a 50% off deal has become tiring…  The really good stores and restaurants don’t do them anymore or so rarely that finding a good deal is like finding a needle in a haystack!  And … Continue reading

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Keeping $$ on Main Street

Studies show that 68% of dollars spent locally recirculate locally. Keeping customer traffic, purchasing power and business right in town is the key to the economic vitality of Main St.  When shoppers buy elsewhere, that money is GONE! Studies also … Continue reading

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Selling retail without collecting sales tax

Business Insider is an excellent source for social media and internet trends.  Today they published Marc Andreessen’s prediction, (Marc developed Firefox while a student at University of Illinois)  of the demise of local hard goods retailing due to inefficiencies of … Continue reading

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Our business model is local… first, second and third!

What will supporting DailyScoopon’s Deals with a Conscience do for your community?  Keep retailers in business and keep dollars in your town. First, we charge the merchants up to 40% less for promoting their services.  Our “ScooponMerchants” can provide YOU … Continue reading

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Deals with a Conscious

I was telling a friend last Friday how distressed I was that Groupon took more than $300,000 per month out of the Boston economy month after month last year. That’s over $3,500,000! To do that small businesses struggled to provide … Continue reading

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