Deal site Tippr bought by nCrowd

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Updated at 7:40 a.m. with comments from Tippr CEO Martin Tobias. Tippr, the heavily-funded Seattle daily deals platform, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed size by Atlanta’s nCrowd. Kara Swisher at All Things D reports that the acquisition comes amid a “tough environment” for daily deal sites, including larger rivals such as Groupon… Read More…

Daily deal site Tippr offers a full refund after duped by fake Bose headsets

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In what CEO Martin Tobias described as the company’s first mass refund, Seattle daily deal site Tippr has apologized to customers who bought a pair of what they thought were $49 Bose headsets. Tobias tells GeekWire that a merchant signaled that the headsets were genuine, and that it was authorized to sell them. But Tippr… Read More…

Daily deal site Tippr lays off 25 staffers, restructures sales

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Tippr, the daily deal technology services startup led by Seattle entrepreneur Martin Tobias, laid off 25 employees today as part of a restructuring of the sales organization, GeekWire has learned. The Seattle company now employs about 45 people, yet still has about 10 open positions. “The reductions were in merchant sales and part of our… Read More…

Tippr buys DealPop social buying site from WhitePages

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Tippr, the group buying technology company, has acquired the social buying website DealPop from WhitePages. The deal was was announced by the two Seattle-based companies this morning. Tippr says it will strengthen its sales force by bringing DealPop aboard, and also add a technical team experienced in the infrastructure for group-buying technology. Financial terms weren’t… Read More…

Facebook Deals takes on Groupon and Living Social, and Tippr is there for the ride

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Facebook launched its much-anticipated attack on Groupon and Living Social tonight, unveiling the Facebook Deals service in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco. The New York Times has the news, noting that the service will allow friends to share deals with one another and see when a friend buys something. Facebook also is… Read More…

Now there’s an online marketplace for daily deals

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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,… Read More…