Monthly Archives: October 2010

1. OCHO LOCO! Burgers & Fries for $.88 cents Today – City Market Cafe (Flatiron District)
2. 20% off WoW pass – Macy’s
3. 25% off everything printable coupon – Century 21 Department Store
4. 50% off – Bee Desserts & Café (Greenwich Village)
5. $12.5 for $25 Party Like a Rockstar Halloween Party – Hudson Terrace’s (Hell’s Kitchen)
6. 50% off one piece of outerwear coupon today only – Old Navy
7. $25 for $50 credit – B. Smiths Restaurant (Midtown)

The 8th deal of the week:

NIGHTMARE: Superstitions

NOHO/East Village

EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND!

Save big after Halloween on New York’s most horrifying haunted house – now on-sale through November 13th. Set in an insane asylum, NIGHTMARE: SUPERSTITIONS forces you to break a superstition in one room and suffer the terrible consequences in the next. Hailed by AOL Cityguide as the No. 1 rated haunted attraction in New York City, it delves deep into the psychology of fear. Yes, it’s scary!

8coupons subscribers receive $10 off the regular price of admission with tickets as low as $20 (reg. $30) in advance or $25 (reg. $35) at the door. If that’s not enough, then don’t wait in line and score Regular VIP tickets for just $45 (reg. $60), or save big on Super VIP tickets for $75 (reg. $100). Super VIP entry includes: No wait, 2 free NIGHTMARE cocktails at Gonzalez y Gonzalez, exclusive backstage tour with director, VIP Gift Bag and NIGHTMARE: SUPERSTITIONS T-shirt.

3 EASY WAYS TO SAVE

1. Online: Click HERE to get your tickets
2. Call: 866.811.4111 and use promo code: 8COUP2
3. In person: Visit Noho Event Center 623 Broadway (b/t Houston and Mercer St) with your mobile coupon or a print out of this offer.

Conditions: Code valid on purchases made for select dates only. Telephone and internet orders are subject to standard service fees. When purchasing at the box office, present offer prior to ticket inquiry. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer and may be revoked at any time. Not valid on prior purchases. No refunds or exchanges. Subject to availability and prior sale. Offer valid from 11/4 – 11/13 only. Other blackout dates may apply. Offer may be revoked or modified at any time without notice.

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1. OCHO LOCO! Burgers & Fries for $.88 cents Today – City Market Cafe (Flatiron District)
2. 20% off WoW pass – Macy’s
3. 25% off everything printable coupon – Century 21 Department Store
4. 50% off – Bee Desserts & Café (Greenwich Village)
5. $12.5 for $25 Party Like a Rockstar Halloween Party – Hudson Terrace’s (Hell’s Kitchen)
6. 50% off one piece of outerwear coupon today only – Old Navy
7. $25 for $50 credit – B. Smiths Restaurant (Midtown)

The 8th deal of the week:

NIGHTMARE: Superstitions

NOHO/East Village

EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND!

Save big after Halloween on New York’s most horrifying haunted house – now on-sale through November 13th. Set in an insane asylum, NIGHTMARE: SUPERSTITIONS forces you to break a superstition in one room and suffer the terrible consequences in the next. Hailed by AOL Cityguide as the No. 1 rated haunted attraction in New York City, it delves deep into the psychology of fear. Yes, it’s scary!

8coupons subscribers receive $10 off the regular price of admission with tickets as low as $20 (reg. $30) in advance or $25 (reg. $35) at the door. If that’s not enough, then don’t wait in line and score Regular VIP tickets for just $45 (reg. $60), or save big on Super VIP tickets for $75 (reg. $100). Super VIP entry includes: No wait, 2 free NIGHTMARE cocktails at Gonzalez y Gonzalez, exclusive backstage tour with director, VIP Gift Bag and NIGHTMARE: SUPERSTITIONS T-shirt.

3 EASY WAYS TO SAVE

1. Online: Click HERE to get your tickets
2. Call: 866.811.4111 and use promo code: 8COUP2
3. In person: Visit Noho Event Center 623 Broadway (b/t Houston and Mercer St) with your mobile coupon or a print out of this offer.

Conditions: Code valid on purchases made for select dates only. Telephone and internet orders are subject to standard service fees. When purchasing at the box office, present offer prior to ticket inquiry. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer and may be revoked at any time. Not valid on prior purchases. No refunds or exchanges. Subject to availability and prior sale. Offer valid from 11/4 – 11/13 only. Other blackout dates may apply. Offer may be revoked or modified at any time without notice.

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By Matthew Moskowitz

Yesterday, Google announced their latest product called Google Boost. In short, Boost allows local business owners to promote their business listing on Google by having it appear in the “sponsored links” section when appropriate, at a cost. If you are a Thai Restaurant in San Francisco, and someone in San Francisco searches for “Asian Food”, well now your listing with phone number, address, ratings, even videos will appear on the top of the page. The business only pays when someone clicks on the ad.

Having worked with local business owners for the past 3 years, my humble opinion is this is another Google product that is destined for failure (Google Wave, Google base, Google Local mobile coupons, etc) . Here are 2 reasons why…

1. The Groupon Model is changing the way small business owners think about advertising, and specifically about how to track campaign results. With Groupon, a small business owner will know exactly how many of their coupons are redeemed, and subsequently the cost and effectiveness of each campaign. It puts them in control. When you move to a pay-per-click model like Google Boost, you know how many clicks your ad is receiving, but the owner has no way of knowing if those clicks are converted into sales.   Small Business owners hate that. Obviously, this is also one of the reasons why print has been dying.

2. In General terms, most small business owners don’t even know that you can create a business profile on Google. In fact, according to their statistics only 2 million of the 50 million (4%) small business owners in the U.S. have claimed their page. Google acknowledges this in their press release by saying “Hopefully you’ve gone to Google Places to claim your free business listing that appears on Google and Google Maps.”  Google can keep hoping but from my experiences, most small business owners don’t have the awareness, time or knowledge to even use the free service.

What do you think?

1. OCHO LOCO! Burger & fries for 88 cents – City Market Cafe (Flatiron District)
2. 20% off any service for new customers – Antoinette Boudoir Newstalgica Spa (Midtown)
3. $50 gift certificate for $4 (use code “PUMPKIN”) – Slate (Cheslea)
4. Food Tour to 15 restaurants, plus drink for $22 – East Village Eats (East Village)
5. French Connection sample sale – Clothingline/SSS Industries (Midtown East)
6. Free admission – MoMA (Midtown)
7. Free tickets to The Marriage Ref with Jerry Seinfeld – Chelsea Studios (Chelsea)

The 8th deal of the week:

Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center

Midtown West, NYC

Guess what? The circus is in town and 8coupons subscribers can get tickets for as low as $15 on select performances to see the spectacular Big Apple Circus as it leaps into its 33rd Season with a thrilling All-New Show, DANCE ON! Invited to the dance: an awesome troupe of unicyclists and lasso twirlers from China! A mind–bending group of Mongolian contortionists! A kinetic collection of Kenyan athletes who shimmy up a pole as though gravity were a joke! A herd of hoofers – twelve miniature horses in an equine chorus line! With live music by the Big Apple Circus Band, there’ll be dancing in the aisles – and even the audience will be dancing in their seats! Save up to $25 on select performances now through Jan 9th on ringside, box and mezzanine seating.

“Amazing performances! Genuine humor! Friendly and intimate! Big Apple Circus is one terrific troupe!” – The New York Times

HOW TO ORDER:

1. Online/Phone: CLICK HERE or call 888-541-3750 and mention promo code: 8COUPON11
2. In Person: Bring your text coupon or print out of this offer to the box office at 62nd Street (b/t Columbus & Amsterdam Ave).

Conditions: Offer valid on select performances 10/21 through 1/10. Additional service fees may apply to phone/web orders. Expires: January 10, 2011

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Over the past few days, we asked New Yorkers to vote on their favorite Collective Buying Sites, outside of Groupon and Living Social. 666 (yes, exactly) people voted and the results are below. Congratulations to KGB Deals for winning and taking in 34% of the vote.  But what does our poll prove? If you ask us, the wide range of votes drives home the overwhelming need for aggregators.


While we wish we could gloat about uncovering the true rankings of the players in the space, the truth is that the companies who performed best in our poll were the ones who best leveraged Twitter to urge their user base to vote (also impressive).

Or maybe the vote hinges upon the company who has the best band recognition (See this Super Bowl Commercial)??

But what can be taken away from this poll, is the obvious and glaring need for aggregators such as ourselves,  Yipit, and DailyD, who just raised $5 million in funding to focus on family deals.  In New York alone there are over 20 sites (for now) offering these type deals. Who has time to check all of those emails? Getting all your deal information in 1 place is extremely convenient.  Why choose your favorite when you can see them all?

Sometime in the future, we may see increased consolidation which will leave only a handful of group-buying companies standing (and eliminate the need for aggregators). We’ve seen a few instances of this already and always hear mumblings of potential deals on the horizon, but realistically, we are years away from consolidating companies having a real impact on the space.

We may also see increased “Recommendation” capabilities in the future which would allow anyone to only receive the deals they care about but we also think this years away. Consider my case where I’m always on the lookout for a good Pizza or Beer deal at a Sports Bar, BUT ALSO am interested in seeing the laser hair removal deals (to buy for my wife!). Let’s see your recommendation engine tackle that!

The point is, for the foreseeable future, aggregators, where you can see ALL deals in your city will continue to be useful tools for savvy bargain hunters.  If you disagree, we invite you to tell us why in the comment section.  

We think that seeing the ones on your block allow you to make even better purchase decisions but maybe we’re biased (I bought a Groupon months ago but the restaurant isn’t in my neighborhood so the coupon is still hanging on my refrigerator).

And just for full disclosure, http://www.8coupons.com/ receives commissions ranging from 10-20% of gross sales on most collective buying deals that we post on our site.

To see all collective buying deals in your neighborhood, click here! Scroll down to change city.