Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Tippr.com Expands Nationwide

Seattle-based Tippr.com, the local group buying site run by Martin Tobias, said today that it is expanding nationwide, and will now provides deals for Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The site--which provides local deals on products and services--also said it will expand into additional markets throughout the year. Tippr was started in February after Tobias acquired a number of group buying patents from Vulcan Capital and Microsoft's Paul Allen, originally developed by Mercata. The firm said it is looking to offer an alternative to group buying sites Groupon and LivingSocial.