Now there’s an online marketplace for daily deals

There’s been a lot of activity in the daily deal space in recent weeks. And now Tippr — the Seattle startup — is looking to elevate things a bit with a new offering called PoweredByTippr Marketplace. The idea is that publishers, merchants, resellers and other daily deal participants can post and browse deals, negotiate pricing, reserve inventory and process payments from one spot, in essence simplifying “the complex logisitcs” around daily deals, says Tippr CEO Martin Tobias.

The new offering is built off the company’s patent-pending technology. Here’s more from the company on how it works:

The PBT Marketplace is the most advanced technology enabled deal marketplace available today and includes industry firsts, such as Dynamic Offer pricing, DealRank scoring, and Open Deal Format (ODF) compatibility.  While every deal in the Marketplace has a “buy it now” price, there is also a bid/ask process to allow for Dynamic Offer pricing between buyer and seller.  This enables true marketplace pricing dynamics, rather than a simple catalog of fixed price offers.

The company’s launch partners on the new offering include Sysco, Entertainment Publications and DoubleTakeDeals.

John Cook is co-founder of GeekWire, a tech news site in Seattle. Follow on Twitter: @geekwirenews.

  • Techman

    It sounds likeTippr is trying to copy offerex.com which is owned by Reachlocal. Its a great idea but to be a deal exchnage you need deals and Tippr doesn have a sales force. Also, have you see the deals they do have…Teeth whitening, Chiropractic offers, Paint ball. So Tippr really misses the mark when it comes to either quality or quantity.

    • Rojo C.

      I agree with Techman that you will need GREAT deals to make it attractive. The market is filled with spa and teeth whitening. Just look at this site that aggregate the deals in Seattle (www.seattledealsites). But it will be interesting who will jump on this platform.