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Redeem&Get Offers Daily Deals Sites A New Way Out Of The Offers Mess

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http://techcrunch.com – Last year Groupon bought OpenCal. It’s since launched Groupon Scheduler, a management tool for merchants using Groupon. However, there remains a problem in the Daily Deals market. A lot of deal sites use other kinds of platforms for deals, and the market is becoming increasingly confusing. So there remains a gaping hole for an enterprise solution allowing Daily Deal sites to be competitive against groupon and offer better merchant services. Irish startup Redeem&Get set out to address this issue with a Deal Manager Pro, aimed at helping online marketeers leverage daily deals by managi (IT news)

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