Groupon getting pummeled daily in Israeli deal market, Buy2 leads

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by creativeone • 15 years ago

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ediggs• 15 years ago

It's all in perspective - "100,000 Facebook friends in Israel is equivalent to over 5,000,000 Facebook friends in America"

BSeward• 15 years ago

As a straight translation of percentages, sure. But who cares that 1.3% of the population Likes something except in the context of total population? "1 out of 77 kids has an awful haircut, an equivalent to over 5,000,000 awful haircuts in America."

Better to keep the scales the same: US state with closest pop to Israel is Virginia, total market available to Groupon in Israel is arguably about equivalent to that.

creativeone3• 15 years ago

The point is that the penetration of daily deal sites in the Israeli market is deeper than that of the US. And groupon is lagging compared to its Israeli competitors.

patrickgzill• 15 years ago

how big is the Israeli market overall? About the size of what US state - maybe Pennsylvania?

creativeone3• 15 years ago

GDP of israel is just over that of Louisiana.

ig1• 15 years ago

It's ridiculous to measure the popularity of any non-Facebook service by number of Facebook fans. The percentage of users who fan a page of Facebook can vary vastly between competing companies.

creativeone3• 15 years ago

I wouldnt say totally preposterous to compare. After all these companies rely heavily on Facebook for their marketing, of course their email list is probably their key marketing tool, but that info isn't available. Then again, I did also write the article so I am a little biased, thanks for the feedback.

Groupon getting pummeled daily in Israeli deal market, Buy2 leads

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