A number of former LivingSocial sales representatives are filing suit against the daily deal company, claiming the company failed to pay its sales force as hourly employees and grant them overtime pay. The initial suit is being filed in LivingSocial’s home base, Washington D.C. and the complaint is being handled by attorneys at Nichols Kaster, [...]

This is an update on what we see is a continuing story about kgbdeals and their participation and role in the daily deal industry. On April 20th, I posted  a story entitled “What’s going on at kgbdeals?”. I had received a phone call from a laid off employee who said that she along with other sales reps [...]

Daily Deal Dilemmas - Contributed by PulseTV & Vidsense CEO, Jaffer Ali   “Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.” –Peter Tosh, musician (Popularized by Blues man, Albert King)    Most people think that Groupon created the daily deal business. Not so. Back in 2001, a French entrepreneur, Jacques-Antoine Granjon pioneered a private [...]

Groupon has come under a lot of fire over the past several months for everything from expired vouchers to deals gone wrong to how the execs are managing the company. But you can’t say the coupon king isn’t trying and even Connecticut’s Attorney General George Jepsen has taken notice. Earlier this week Jepsen gave Groupon [...]

Savemore.com, the daily deal website notorious in the industry and deal community for ‘scamming’ shoppers, may have finally closed their doors. Thursday afternoon, Daily Deal Media received a reader comment that the savemore.com site is down. Although, the page on the site to display past deals does load still, the main site which conducts the [...]

The Daily Deal Summit East has concluded and the number of questions being raised about the uncertainty of the industry hang in the air like stale smoke in a pub. It has a familiar smell that became tolerable during the honeymoon of bloated valuations and first-in hype. But, it was time to clear the air. [...]

Travelzoo’s Release of the Company’s Q1 2012 Earning Results in CEO Chris Loughlin Pointing the Finger at Daily Deal site Industry Practices As Travelzoo released their quarterly results this week, CEO Chris Loughlin, came down hard on the deal industry essentially blaming daily deal sites, which he clarifies that Travelzoo technically is not, for unsustainable practices obstructing the advancement of [...]

The Daily Deal Media team had a fantastic time at the Daily Deal Summit Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The conference was host to representatives from every aspect of the daily deal and e-commerce industry: Deal sites, Merchant Services, Investors, White Labels, Consultants, CEOs, Start-ups and many more. You can see the entire list [...]

Etsy is among the leading retailers of artistic goods, including vintage and handmade art items. The site has been grabbing lot of attention with its wide range of exclusive and, often bizarre, craft items. Shoppers at Etsy include conservationist art lovers and the younger, hip shoppers. Etsy is essentially an online fair of crafts & [...]

At the age of 22, Dave Wachtendonk purchased a murder mystery events company that would impress Agatha Christie. With the burgeoning daily deal space, small companies have become bombarded with phone calls from competitive vendors seeking their account. Dave Wachtendonk had become one of those small businesses owners. This is a story about how the [...]