April 17th, 2012

Setster Gives All Daily Deal Companies Their Own Groupon Scheduler

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As the daily deal space has become increasingly crowded over the last two years, local merchants increasingly feel pressured to run deals, but for many reasons, they end up overwhelmed by the prospect of managing those deals from start to finish, and the big deals players are failing to help them.

So, Setster has decided to do what LivingSocial, Woot, Gilt, and other deal providers are either… → Read More

March 19th, 2012

Scheduler: Groupon Rolls Out Free Online Booking Service For SMBs Across U.S. & Canada

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After purchasing OpenCal, the makers of an automated online appointment scheduling app, back in September of last year for an undisclosed amount, Groupon quickly went about incorporating the technology. Before long, the company had announced Groupon Scheduler, a service designed to make it easy for both customers and merchants to quickly close the loop between offer, booking, and scheduling. As… → Read More

December 7th, 2011

Groupon Buys OpenCal, Launches Online Appointment Booking Service ‘Scheduler’

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Now this makes a lot of sense. Groupon this morning announced its latest product, dubbed Groupon Scheduler, an online appointment service that makes it easier for both end users and merchants to go from offer to actual booking.

Groupon Scheduler is based on technology from OpenCal, a Vancouver, Canada-based startup Groupon apparently – quietly – acquired in September 2011. The new product will… → Read More