Daily deal sites making waves in Philippines

Daily deal sites are continuing to grow in popularity in the Philippines.

Online technology news service, Tech In Asia has ranked the top deal sites in the country.

1. MetroDeal Manila
Currently the Philippines’ number one e-commerce site, MetroDeal Manila offers 299 deals and boasts more than 2 million visitors per month. The site started in 2010 and achieved more than $18 million sales in 2012. 

2. Living Social (Ensogo)
This site was originally created in Thailand in 2009 and came to Manila in July 2010. It features range of products range from simple snacks at well known restaurants to fully packaged vacation deals. Registration is free and simple, and buying a deal nets a shopper a voucher, which he/she can print and present to the featured merchant.

3. CashCashPinoy
Founded in 2010, Cash Cash Pinoy features fashion products, gadgets, and travel packages. It offers free delivery nationwide and free returns. Payments can be made via credit card, PayPal, GCash, bank deposits, or even over the counter at 7–Eleven stores.

4. DealDozen
DealDozen is a lifestyle website featuring great deals on travel destinations both local and abroad. It also offers deals from premium resorts, restaurants and retailers. It adds incentive to shoppers who share the deal on Facebook.

5. Groupon Philippines
Launched in November 2008 in the US, Groupon officially arrived in the Philippines in February 2011. Groupon is advertised as the fastest growing internet company in history, reaching US$1 billion in sales in only 17 months. It has also been featured on the cover of Forbes and TIME as one of the top 50 websites in 2010. The catch is that for every deal, a minimum number of people must sign up before 12 noon, otherwise the deal is cancelled.

6. DealGrocer
Similar to DealDozen, Deal Grocer (DG) aims for a more luxurious and lifestyle-oriented approach to daily deals. It offers deals on fine dining, vacation packages, beauty products, and treatment. Purchasing a deal nets you either an electronic coupon delivered to your email, or an actual gift voucher delivered to your address. Deal Grocer claims that its featured deals are exclusive to its site, not available elsewhere, not even directly from the merchant. 

7. Gupo
The name Gupo is derived from the Filipino word ‘grupo’ for ‘group’, and that’s how they advertise their deals. Gupo is again a lifestyle-oriented site, with lots of special offers for vacation packages for groups, salon and spa packages for couples, eat-all-you-can offers from well-known fine dining establishments, even group packages for pet check-ups and consultations. 

8. DealsDiBa
DealsDiBa (DDB) offers large selection of beauty products, treatment plans, luxurious fine dining, and exotic destination vacation packages.

9. LocalRoam
LocalRoam (LR) focuses exclusively on four types of services: travel, wellness, basic lifestyle stuff, and education/events.

10. DealAmigos
DealAmigos (DA) offers varied products – from vacation plans to self-defence stun gun flashlights. It features free registration, the usual payment methods, the same voucher redemption format shared with other sites.

11. DealsTent
DealsTent offers mostly beauty products and treatments and vacation packages, with a few lifestyle gadgets. It shares the now common credit card/voucher for payment/redemption model.

12. DealSpot
DealSpot is similar with Groupon and DealsDiBa, offering lifestyle products. Shoppers can buy a deal, get a voucher for later redemption and wait for the deals timer to expire. If enough buyers have taken the bite, the deal is on, just wait for the products to be delivered. If the tipping point was not reached though, the deal is cancelled and no charge is made.

13. A-Deals
A-Deals is exclusive to the Ayala Group of malls. As such, expect a higher quality of deals here, though expect a slightly higher price tag as well. It offers deals on designer labels, fine dining, beauty products and treatment, even deals for the popular Ayala Cinema movie line.

14. OkayOkay
OkayOkay is a take on the Filipino word Ukay-Ukay, which has come to mean thrift or discount store, often selling second hand items. OkayOkay is a relatively standard e-commerce site, with a fair amount of deals, though none are truly exclusive, and you don’t get the massive volume of deals from more prominent sites. There aren’t any revolutionary innovations either, as you still get the standard printable voucher once a purchase is made. And these purchases are again payable with credit cards, PayPal, and your run of the mill over-the-counter bank payments. OkayOkay has a cash back feature, in the form of the OKash program. Since you can register an OkayOkay account through Facebook, you can also share a link from the site on your facebook page, and every time anyone clicks that link, you get three per cent of its value in ‘OKash’. That OKash can be spent on other deals on OkayOkay.

15. Pinoy Great Deals
Pinoy Great Deals (PGD) is a Cebu-based site that features a complete list of all its partner merchants, something you seldom see in other e-commerce sites. Aside from gadgets, beauty products and tour packages, PGD offers specialised services like immigration consultation and English language proficiency tests.

16. Pick Perfect
Founded in August and launched in October of 2012 by Dottie Libiran and Tintin Agapito, Pick Perfect (PP) offers abundant local products. Payment options are the norm: credit cards, PayPal, and other. It also features standard voucher or coupon for redeeming purchase.

17. Pinoy Vouchers
Pinoy Vouchers (PV) is a group buying site where you get the standard voucher system, a coupon you can print after purchasing so you can redeem your purchased deal. You can pay via credit card, PayPal, or over the counter at banks. The deals offered include vacation tour packages, beauty products, and other lifestyle products. It also offers deals for discounted ballet lessons for adults and kids, as well as violin group lessons.

18. My Deluxe City
My Deluxe City (MDC) offers a fair range of deals, mostly lifestyle products like beauty and grooming products, spa and salon treatments, some gadgets and clothing items.

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