Almost exactly a month ago, I wrote about a site that was soon-to-launch, called SheSpree. The site was founded and is led by Paula Richer and launched at the end of April; and it’s all about the ladies. The site is based in Marin County, California (near San Francisco) and features deals aimed towards women, [...]

Facebook has announced the acquisition of Glancee, a social location application that allows users to find and connect with other people. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This latest grab by Facebook closely follows social giant’s acquisition of mobile photo-sharing app, Instagram for $1 billion. The San Francisco-based Glancee, founded in 2010 by Andrea [...]

Startups.com the daily deals site for entrepreneurs and online businesses is closing its doors. The startup for startups that launched just a year ago last month, was the creation of the well-known KillerStartups, a site that reviews fledgling businesses and lets readers vote on whether they think the idea is going to fly or not. [...]

A different kind of sweepstakes has been launched by Lovvvit in the social media niche. Titled as the “Tell the World What You Love”, this sweepstake is aimed to engage the attention of new consumers, i.e. folks unfamiliar with the service. Users can visit local businesses listed on Lovvvit.com where they have a chance to [...]

BagThat is a new London-based social network infused shopping website that offers great deals on brand names like Samsung, Rush Hair & Beauty, TheGadget4U, Halfords and the Real Wine Company. Here’s how the site works: Users bid on how much they’re willing to pay to suppliers for any particular item. The user then shares on [...]

Chirpify’s 1.3M in VC Funding Solidifies New Social Commerce Model” T-Commerce” - Twitter + Social Commerce  First came electronic commerce known as “E-commerce”, followed by Social electronic commerce, “Social Commerce”. Next social commerce became categorized down to the platform with socialized selling with Facebook, or “F-Commerce”. Now the circle broadens with the introduction of T-Commerce – socialized selling on Twitter. [...]

Getting set to launch this June, Singapore based Stilomo is a mobile app that rewards users with a discount once they share the promo with their circle of friends on Twitter and Facebook. Creators of the app, Stanley Octavian, Rebecca Agiestha, and Nick Yudha, say they aren’t trying to emulate traditional daily deal sites like [...]

Denver-based SoRewarding has launched a consumer-driven deal site to help consumers in the city. The social networking site accepts members from consumers, retailers, schools, and charities. Consumers can use the platform to contact retailers that interest them and ask for offers. All that a consumer has to do is gather ten or more friends interested [...]

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 [...]

8thBridge has launched a new platform that will help retailers integrate their social commerce offering with their other sales and marketing channels. Retailers partnering with 8thBridge will be able to offer their customers a seamless online shopping experience. The Graphite platform has been built from scratch to make it easier to integrate social media and [...]