Facebook launched Facebook Deals, the much anticipated Facebook move to counter the success of Groupon and LivingSocial, in select cities. Facebook is testing “Social Deals” in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego, and San Francisco and is hoping to expand the testing in to other cities in the future. Facebook says that the Deals on Facebook is much more discounts and it is a new way to find interesting experiences around you to do with friends.
Facebook is working with local businesses to offer the best social experiences through deals. And currently Facebook is working with Dealio, Gilt City, HomeRun, kgb deals, OpenTable, Plum District, PopSugar City, ReachLocal, Tippr, viagogo, and zozi. Facebook adds that “having the deal on Facebook makes it easy to share, buy and plan with your friends. ”
Facebook says finding deals in Facebook is easy and there is more than one way to do it.
For example, you can get deals updates through email and notifications to find out about new deals in your area. You can also check out the Deals tab of your home page. If your friends chose to share this information, you may also see the deals friends buy or like in your News Feed.
Facebook is differentiating this Groupon-like deals from its already existing deals by naming the current deals as check-in deal. Facebook says to local businesses that Facebook Deals is a great way to promote their businesses and attract customers.
It is the second time within a week a major tech giant has stepped into Groupon-like deals. Last week, Google started offerig its beta version of Google Offer in Portland, Oregon.
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