Grooster Blog: December 2010

Musings from Grooster on Vancouver, Shopping, Local Businesses, Events, Restaurants, Cafe deals and other things. Shop Online. Shop Local. Shop Grooster.com


Why The Group Buying Deal Rocked

posted by Lesel, CEO at , Dec 29, 2010
What makes a great deal?  We at Grooster have been running flash deals for 6 months in Vancouver.  This is a new industry and we are still testing the waters on how to most benefit local businesses and consumers.


Before I launched Grooster, I created four distinct phases to evolve the business. After my launch phase, my second phase was to test many different types of deals. Grooster ran deals with huge ranges of success. Some sold thousands, a few sold zero.  A few of the testing parameters included price, deal length, discount amount, minimum buyers, wording, location, alert
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Vancouver Christmas Events and Activities You Must Attend

posted by Lesel, CEO at , Dec 2, 2010
Vancouver is home to dozens of Christmas events and activities. It's well worth the effort to attend a few of them because it brings out the Christmas spirit.                                                                                                  
There may not be snow in downtown Vancouver for many days of the year, but it's still a very festive city. Actually, snow does come on occasion; the snowiest year on record was 1971, which received 242 cm of snow (imagine the driving chaos in Vancouver). Snow or not, here is a list of some of the best things to do over the Christmas holiday. Feel free to comment if we should add something else to the list.


Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge
Capilano Suspension Bridge becomes very festive with 250,000 sparkling lights, gingerbread cookie decorating, holiday music, glass blowing, and more lights throughout the park. Dec 3, 2010 until Jan 2, 2011.


Winter Solstice Lantern Festival
Take a look at the glowing constellation of lanterns on the longest night of the year with lanterns, fire,
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