OneSpout launches website to help Canadian consumers eliminate group buying
clutter to find local deals

Toronto-based startup collects daily deals into one place, allows consumers to get a personalized e-mail with deals they actually want

TORONTO, Sept. 21 /CNW/ - Toronto-based startup OneSpout today launched a new online service that will help Canadian consumers cut through group buying clutter to find great deals. OneSpout.com collects relevant offers from daily deal websites, allowing consumers to get a personalized e-mail with offers around their city.

"Consumers love a good deal, but they hate searching for them. At OneSpout we do the heavy lifting for them, collecting all the daily deals into one place," says Al Mithani, founder of OneSpout. "As a consumer I was frustrated by the piles of daily deal e-mail offers I was receiving. It led me to build OneSpout to help consumers like me get deals they actually care about."

Daily deal websites have taken Canadian consumers by storm, offering deep discounts on restaurants, spas, and activities in their city. But along with the deals come inbox clutter. With over 500 daily deal websites around the world and almost 20 in Toronto alone, consumers face e-mail overload every morning. On the flip side, many consumers only know about only one or two daily deal websites and are missing out on relevant offers every day.

OneSpout solves that problem by collecting all local daily deals into a single, personalized e-mail so consumers get the deals they actually want to see. Users can customize by filtering out keywords (excluding gym offers) or viewing by discount percentage (only show me deals that are 50% off or more). The service launched today in 14 cities and regions across Canada, including Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver. The website is completely free to use, and by signing up for an account users can set their own personal deal preferences. Users can also get deals via the free iPhone app, through an RSS feed, or on Twitter and Facebook.

"We want to add personalization to give consumers choice," says Al. "At OneSpout we allow you to see only the deals you want to see - so we're not only saving you money with the offers, but we're saving you the time of sifting through irrelevant deals."

Visit OneSpout.com now, watch a short tour video outlining OneSpout on the site, read the blog highlighting the biggest trends in daily deal industry, or read a Group Buying 101 fact sheet to learn more about this increasingly popular industry (available in the press kit).

About OneSpout

OneSpout.com is the first Canadian website that collects local daily deals into one place. It allows users to eliminate inbox clutter, and opens their eyes to the many daily deal websites out there. OneSpout also lets users personalize their e-mails based on their preferences, so they only get deals they actually want to see. Daily deals without the clutter - now that's what we call a steal.

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