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With 103 million users - all with analyzable shopping habits - it's surprising PayPal didn't jump into the daily deals game sooner. In the early part of next year, however, it'll take on the market's big hitters, Groupon and LivingSocial, with its own service. PayPal thnks it has a better way of offering deals though, pushing them to shoppers' mobile phones as they pass stores.

Belly is a system that wants to work to retailers' and customers' benefit. First step: giving its subscription merchants iPads.

No matter how weary you've grown of deal-a-day discounts, the niche market hasn't been exhausted yet. Here's what to look for in 2012.

Groupon boss Andrew Mason said in a blog post on Wednesday that its IPO process had been "a wild ride." Mason also announced some decent sales figures from last weekend - sales figures which gave a much-needed boost to its share value.

Groupon's Korean operation has been fined the equivalent of nearly $15,000 by the country's anti-trust watchdog for posting fake reviews and exaggerating the number of products sold through the site.

Add a little formality to daily deal gifts, which can otherwise fall remarkably flat.

If you want to participate in the kickoff of the holiday shopping season without feeling too much like a market-driven drone, check Small Business Saturday with the help of these social networking tools.

Internet shopping this holiday season? Check out the offers from Groupon, LivingSocial and other Daily Deals sites vying for your online business.

In what has been a difficult week for Groupon on the stock market, shares in the company fell below its $20 IPO price for the first time since going public earlier this month.

While the adoption of the Square credit card reader continues to grow among large and small businesses, one popular charitable organization has latched onto the mobile payment device for the 2011 holiday season.

Now you won't even have to leave your home to enjoy the benefits of location-meets-e-commerce application LivingSocial.

Love the gaming aspect of location-based applications but can't afford the "discounts"? The answer is Poorsquare, a new hack that surfaces all things cheap.

In the largest initial public offering since Google's $1.7 billion haul in 2004, daily deals site Groupon has set its IPO at $20 a share, raising $700 million for the 3-year-old startup.

Google Offers is making moves to further establish itself in the daily deals market with more US cities added to its service and new features to help personalize offers. Groupon may yet rue the day it rejected Google's multi-billion dollar offer for its business.

Daily Deals site Groupon has sued two former employees who left the company for rival Google Offers. Groupon hopes to get a court order stopping the pair from disclosing private information about the company to Google.

In a regulatory filing on Friday, daily deals company Groupon said it would be selling 30 million shares for between $16 and $18 in a bid to raise as much as $540 million in its upcoming IPO.

New reports are placing GroupOn's value between $5 and $10 billion, a far cry from $20 to $25 billion just a few months ago.

Will rewards be enough for Groupon to overcome it's biggest problem: User loyalty to the site trumping customer retention for local businesses?

Google Wallet is a new way to turn your smartphone into a credit card. Here we break down exactly how the technology works, step by step.

Google strengthens offers with a recent acquisition. Is DailyDeal Google's gateway into Europe?

Amazon's discounted Kindle with Special Offers is targeting deal hounds by integrating with AmazonLocal daily deals. The functionality will becoming this holiday season.

Don't write off Google's daily deals site yet, as a mobile edge could be its saving grace.