Our friends at Love RVA might be on to something. We were quick on deciding if whether we we’re going to do a deal. The differences we see in their site from others like Groupon & Living Social are many. Love RVA only takes a normal “salesman” percentage of 20% whereas the others want 50%! The deal also allows us to choose a non-profit, Ring Dog Rescue in this case, and we share 20% of the deal with them.
NBC12 Love RVA Feature from LOVE RVA on Vimeo.
They themselves don’t want to come across as bashing the larger national deal sites. They mentioned that Groupon & LS have been a driving force in Richmond and have helped many local businesses. They just think they’ve found a much better way.
We’re planning to do more deals with them in the future and would like to find some small local start-up non-profits to maximize the effect we could have. Until then, go save and hook-up Ring Dog Rescue. They do amazing things!