The craze has begun in the Philippines. I believe this started mid year last year and finally took off the first quarter of 2011. What it is? Group Buying Phenomena.
So what is group buying? These are sites that encourages group buying and once certain number of purchasers are met, the deal will be on and everybody who purchased receives vouchers that is basically 80 - 40% of an item.
Here are the sites that i know so far. If you know more, feel free to add
- Buyanihan
- Pakyaw
- Deal Grocer
- MetroDeal
- Kuponan
- Groupon (Beeconomic)
- CashCashPinoy
- Salamat
- Plejee
- AtCrazy
- Tipidto
- Ensogo
Among all the sites, i like Deal Grocer's interface. The site is clean, formal and classy. Among the group buying sites, Deal Grocer's website is formal while the others are crowded. It feels like the site is a mall while the other's are divisoria stalls peddling their coupons. Anyhow, for the actual deals, all deals looks good and inviting. I haven't tried all sites but i already had previous transactions with Ensogo, CashCashPinoy and Deal Grocer. I'll write up my experience once i used up the voucher.
