Ask HN: What are the benefits of a small business using Groupon?
Besides the foot traffic.
poincare
Re:Nordstrom Acquires Flash Sales Site HauteLook For $270 Million
on Thursday February 17, 2011 @06:23PM (#2233371)
How are they making money? Are they taking a cut out of whatever is sold?
Re:Poll: What CRM do you use at your startup?
on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @12:24AM (#2164558)
Can anyone suggest a good CRM workflow? I'm considering FatFreeCRM but I'm not sure what are the differences between "Opportunities" and "Leads" and how to use "Campaigns."
Re:Ask HN: Tell me about your failed startup.
on Saturday January 15, 2011 @10:29PM (#2108561)
From where are you getting the large images of the book covers?
Re:Show HN: My spin on Groupon
on Thursday December 09, 2010 @07:24PM (#1989946)
How are the deals discoverable? Since the deal is "Liked" on your site, will you aggregate all deals in general product categories (Apparel, Electronics, etc.), creating a merchant/deal directory?
Re:Ask HN: What are the benefits of a small business using Groupon?
on Saturday December 04, 2010 @03:59PM (#1970115)
How can I contact you?
Re:Hey, check out this new concept for a chatroom I made
on Saturday December 04, 2010 @02:51PM (#1969972)
The conversation moves too fast for the points (karma) to matter. I can't see how this would work.
Comments drop off as the conversation continues, removing any relevancy to the points. You can't "hold" highly-rated comments because they'll end up out of context.
Re:Ask HN: What are the benefits of a small business using Groupon?
on Saturday December 04, 2010 @12:31PM (#1969669)
I never realized that the small businesses got their checks so early. I always assumed that Groupon would wait a while (30 days or so) before sending any money.
Re:Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
on Thursday December 02, 2010 @12:38PM (#1962868)
Those designs are absolutely awesome.
Re:Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
on Thursday December 02, 2010 @12:35PM (#1962849)
It looks like users can make money by having their affiliate codes embedded in (qualified) links they submit. But, how are you making money?
Ask HN: What metrics/data should be tracked for an ecommerce site?
A comprehensive list would be great, especially during this time of year, when merchants are trying to make the most out of the holiday season.
Re:Is genius simply the product of hard work?
on Friday November 12, 2010 @01:18AM (#1896740)
Awesome first comment. Do you play competitively?
Re:Announcing Google Refine 2.0, a power tool for data wranglers
on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @09:52PM (#1892697)
How do you guys make money?
Edit: I see that you are a nonprofit organization from your "About" page.
Re:Show HN: Critique my pro football (NFL) data webapp
on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @08:15AM (#1890124)
What's your data source? Any plans for college football?
Ask PG: Necessary to be a technical founder to be accepted in YC?
I have some knowledge related to programming, although not enough to actually build an app. It is, however, sufficient for communicating what I need to developers. I am also familiar with various web technologies, workflows, and stacks.If I got a developer (non-founder) to build an app based off of my idea would I still be considered for admission to YC? Assume the app is live (in beta) with...