Groupon Indonesia Stops Offering Shopping Deals

Groupon Indonesia confirmed that it has stopped offering shopping deals on its website. The company, which was formed after Disdus acquisition, claimed that it still offers vouchers of restaurant, health and lifestyle, and travel, though. The team stated that their focus would be on building the largest local market, which we assume to be in the form of marketplace. Continue reading Groupon Indonesia Stops Offering Shopping Deals

Jason Lamuda: Kerja Keras Bukan Satu-Satunya Kunci Sukses Startup

Kerja, kerja, kerja! Kata ini menjadi begitu populer sejak Presiden Joko Widodo mengucapkannya dalam debat Pilpres beberapa waktu lalu. Yang paling mengerti makna kata tersebut adalah para founder, penggiat serta pelaku startup. Mereka tahu bahwa untuk bisa berhasil merintis bisnisnya, tak lain dan tak bukan adalah melalui kerja keras.

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Ferry Tenka: “Tak ada Jalan Pintas untuk Jadi Entrepreneur”

Lelaki ini pernah memiliki pekerjaan sesuai bidang dikuasai, gaji cukup, namun tetap saja dia merasakan ada sesuatu yang kurang. Parahnya, kalau ditanya pun dia tak tahu apa yang kurang dalam hidupnya saat itu. CEO Bilna Ferry Tenka yang pernah merasakan hal itu.

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Survei Groupon: Konsumen Indonesia Gemar Belanja Liburan Via Mobile

Sudah bukan rahasia jika musim liburan yang hampir tiba sebentar lagi mendorong banyak masyarakat untuk berbelanja dan membeli hadiah. Groupon, sebagai salah satu pemain besar di industri e-commerce, baru saja melakukan sebuah survei bertemakan liburan di 12 negara yang menjadi cakupan pasarnya termasuk Indonesia. Hasilnya cukup menarik khususnya bagi Indonesia yang dalam laporan survei tersebut dinyatakan sebagai negara yang konsumennya dinyatakan memiliki minat tinggi dalam memberikan hadiah yang paling menarik bagi kerabatnya melalui perangkat mobile. Seperti apa hasil survei Groupon selengkapnya? Continue reading Survei Groupon: Konsumen Indonesia Gemar Belanja Liburan Via Mobile

Groupon Indonesia Founders Leave to Focus on E-Commerce Startups

The other day we reported the launch of Bilna, an e-commerce site that sells baby products. The people behind the web site? Ferry Tenka and Jason Lamuda, both of whom are the co-founders of Disdus which became Groupon Indonesia. Lamuda himself had been an advisor at a fashion e-commerce site called BerryBenka, co-founded by his wife and her friend back in August 2011. With the two co-founders of Groupon Indonesia focusing on their own companies, the obvious question is, “what’s happening with Groupon Indonesia?”. Continue reading Groupon Indonesia Founders Leave to Focus on E-Commerce Startups

Groupon Indonesia hit by KIRF* Complaint

Earlier today we were alerted to a blog post by Bellamy Budiman about Groupon/Disdus selling a knock off product. The product in question is the $30 CableBox Mini designed by BlueLounge. What Disdus is selling is an identical product made by another company, purporting to be BlueLounge’s CableBox Mini. Being the fiery personality that he is, Budiman immediately launched into a tirade about the Groupon’s practices. Naturally we went directly to Groupon Indonesia to find out its side of the story.

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Groupon Indonesia CEO Ferry Tenka Talks About Mobile, Growth, and Oliver Samwer

At Groupon’s press conference for its second birthday celebrations, we spoke to Ferry Tenka, CEO of Groupon Indonesia about his views on the e-commerce industry, the rapid adoption of mobile devices in the country, as well as Groupon’s lead in the daily deals market in Indonesia and his admiration of Rocket Internet co-founder and former head of Groupon’s International operations Oliver Samwer.

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Groupon Indonesia Rayakan Ulang Tahun Kedua, Bagi-Bagi Hadiah

Pada hari Selasa kemarin, Groupon Indonesia mengumumkan perayaan ulang tahun mereka yang kedua dan mengundang media untuk mendiskusikan angka terbaru, pencapaian, serta untuk memperluas informasi tentang perusahaan dan bisnis mereka. Ulang tahun ini merayakan asal muasal perusahaan ini yang dimulai sebagai tiruan Groupon bernama Disdus, yang kemudian diakuisisi oleh Groupon sendiri pada bulan April 2011. Groupon membagikan berbagai voucher dan penawaran spesial selama sat bulan untuk menyambut ulang tahun mereka, yang sebenarnya jatuh pada tanggal 10 Agustus.

Groupon Indonesia Celebrates Second Anniversary, Gives Away Prizes

On Tuesday Groupon Indonesia announced its second anniversary celebration and invited members of the press to discuss the latest numbers, achievements, and milestones, as well as to expand the awareness of the company and its business. The anniversary recognizes the origin of the company which started out as a Groupon clone called Disdus, which was acquired by Groupon in April 2011. The company is handing out vouchers and special deals throughout the month to celebrate its birthday, which actually falls on August 10.

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Detik Deal Do not Offer Deal Anymore, Does the Natural Selection Happen?

I got the information that DetikDeal as a daily deals (especially for group purchase) service supported by a giant online media, Detikcom, now does not offer daily deals anymore. Its last service is on last August 19th 2011. We do not know whether it is because of approaching the Lebaran day or they have already surrendered in this business. Actually, there are not many events shown in DetikDeal, the deal purchases are not so many, even the twitter account only shares about old feed deals without any interaction with (future) costumers. DetikDeal was established in May this year.

DetikDeal is not the only one facing the tight competition of daily deals sites in Indonesia. Some other daily deals that sometimes I visit—though still offer their deals—seem to be in the saturation point. The coupons that are sold for more than 100 for a deal can be counted with fingers. There are only two sites remain active. They are DealKeren and Disdus. This may be not a surprise since both of them have affiliated with giant international daily deals. DealKeren, which claiming to have domination around 60% of the market, can sell around 1000 coupons for each deal.

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