New Offer: New Select Members: Get $30 Groupon Bucks when you enroll today!
Update: Warning! Please read comments below. Looks like many people are having issues, especially when trying to cancel the service.
Groupon has launched a membership plan called Groupon Select. This is not a trial, you will be charged when you opt in, so make sure you really want to sign up first. It costs $4.99 a month and you get the following perks:
- Get an extra 25% off Local Groupons
- Extra 10% off on tickets & events
- Extra 10% off on Travel deals
- Free shipping on most products. No minimium price exclusions.
- Member-only discounts on premium merchants and national brands.
If you pay for an initial 6 month membership, you will get the first month free. That’s a limited time offer. Then you can also get a $5 Starbucks gift card for signing up. I don’t think you can sign up and pay for just one month. You can see the offer and sign up here.
Offer Terms
BeautyNow, Groupon+, and Marketplace deals are excluded. The maximum discount per transaction is $50. In addition, some merchants have asked to not have promotions apply to their deals, in which case you will see that your discount did not apply on the checkout page.
Guru’s Wrap-Up
I’m not sure if there’s much value here for the occasional shopper. There’s often discounts of 20% every few days and more rarely there’s 25% discount. I doubt those would stack with the 25% discount you get from the Groupon Select program. But if you do a lot of shopping on Groupon it should save you some money for sure. I’m skipping it for now, especially since Groupon+ is excluded.
