Talk:Group buying

Merge

Tuangou seems to be a forerunner or Chinese term for Group buying. The articles at this point are similar in scope, so either should be totally merged, or partly merged so they cover different topics. We need to find the most common English language term for this. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 01:21, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I agree. Bazuz (talk) 14:34, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

I second. Ratibgreat (talk) 07:17, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

• This makes sense to me also. The deal of the day sites are a special version of group buying. Should we merge that also or just make sure they are cross linked? Jojalozzo 00:57, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
  • I agree and have merged Tuángòu to Group buying. --Pengyanan (talk) 15:11, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Dr. Ruffle's comment on this article

Dr. Ruffle has reviewed this Wikipedia page, and provided us with the following comments to improve its quality:

Add the paragraph below after the paragraph "Business Model"

Criticism of Group-Buying Business Model

Group-buying websites first contract with a specific manufacturer for a price discount conditional on providing a large number of consumers. Only then does the website seek these customers. Ellison and Snyder (2010) conjecture that the failure of numerous group-buying websites, like Accompany, Ipool, LetsBuyIt, Mercata and MobShop stems from this business model. These authors provide evidence from wholesale pharmaceutical prices that a more substantial price discount can be obtained if the website were first to obtain the consumers and then force manufacturers to compete in offering the best deal. Ruffle (2013) confirms that price discounts depend crucially on the degree of competition between sellers.

References

Ellison, Sara Fisher, and Christopher M. Snyder. "COUNTERVAILING POWER IN WHOLESALE PHARMACEUTICALS*." The Journal of Industrial Economics 58.1 (2010): 32-53.

Ruffle, Bradley J. "When do large buyers pay less? Experimental evidence." The Journal of Industrial Economics 61.1 (2013): 108-137.

We hope Wikipedians on this talk page can take advantage of these comments and improve the quality of the article accordingly.

Dr. Ruffle has published scholarly research which seems to be relevant to this Wikipedia article:

• Reference : Ruffle, Bradley J., 2009. "When Do Large Buyers Pay Less? Experimental Evidence," MPRA Paper 16683, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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