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What recourse do you have if you purchase a coupon from Groupon or LivingSocial only to run out of time before it expires? Used to be that you had no choice but the consider the money wasted. According to the Today, it was only a matter of time before someone saw a business opportunity in that sinking feeling. Turns out that the feeling must have been pretty common because there are at least five different sites that allow you to resell your coupons:

CoupRecoup

Katherine, one of our founders, came up with the idea in March 2010 when she got stuck with a hotel Groupon that she couldnt use (because her parents cancelled a trip to visit her!). She tried to sell it on Craigslist, but got no response. She told her Facebook friends about it, but no one bit. Finally, her friend posted it to a companys internal message board, where she got some low-ball offers and finally sold it to someone out of desperation for half of what she paid for the Groupon. She knew there had to a better way, and that she couldnt be the only one with this problem. Two months later, CoupRecoup was born.

DealsGoRound

Launched in March 2010 in Chicago, DealsGoRound was the first secondary marketplace in the world to allow consumers to re-sell and buy past daily deals from companies like Groupon, LivingSocial, BuyWithMe and the like. The company currently operates in 128 cities across the United States and Canada.

Lifesta

Know that deal you bought for your New York visit, but then found out the restaurant is closed for a week because of a fire? (Yes we know the person this happened to. You cant make this stuff up.) Or how about that deal for organic green-tea hair removal, that for the life of you you cant figure why you got? Well on this site is someone whose mom called that day and is now looking feverishly for this very deal!

SellMyDeal

SellMyDeal is an online marketplace where people can buy and sell deals from Daily Deal sites. SellMyDeal is designed to offer you access to heavily discounted deals for products and services in your area. The purchase is immediate and the voucher can be used and enjoyed instantly. You can also use SellMyDeal to sell deals you’ve picked up on other sites.

Skeedka

SKEEDKA gives you the opportunity to take back control when it comes to group buying. SKEEDKA is an online marketplace for the exchange of unused daily deal vouchers. As a member you are able to buy and sell daily deals that were previously sold on sites like Groupon and LivingSocial. The group buying sites give you only 24 hours to buy a deal You may have missed the deal you wanted, or purchased a deal that you won’t use. SKEEDKA was created to help you fix that.

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