After Groupon, which Twin Cities dailydeal sites are most popular?

Here are some additional daily deal sites recommended by readers

March 15, 2011 at 12:20PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

What are the most popular daily deal sites in the Twin Cities? According to Experian Hitwise, a research and development firm, in the 4-week period ending March 5, Groupon has 54 percent of the hits, Living Social 17 percent, Crowdcut 15 percent, and KGB Deals 10 percent. These four add up to 96 percent of the market, so the remaining 14 or so sites only make up 4 percent of the market, said Matt Tatham of Experian Hitwise.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In today's article about daily deal sites, I mention 14 sites. Readers have mentioned their own favorites. Here are some additional ones. To my surprise, even though the Twin Cities has nearly 20 sites, the deals rarely are the same at two competing sites on the same day. Other sites:

I also listed aggregators in my original article that will save you time by collecting daily delas from multiple sites and sending them in one e-mail compilation. Here's another one I didn't list: www.dailydealpool.com.

Got a favorite daily deal site or aggregator not listed? Let us know. Can't get enough of the daily deal sites or never used them?

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John Ewoldt is a business reporter for the Star Tribune. He writes about small and large retailers including supermarkets, restaurants, consumer issues and trends, and personal finance.  

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