Mr. Fitz Villafuerte of Ready To Be Rich has kindly permitted me to repost his great article on reliable group buying websites in the Philippines. Group buying is a great way to save money. You have to resist temptation most of the time though. Don’t participate in a group buy when you don’t really need that particular service or product just because the deal is too good to miss. You’ll just end up with more unnecessary expenses that way. I’m a member of most of them but I only bought once. Fitz himself tried to verify all of the list below.
I will be updating this from time to time.
Group buying, social buying, collective online buying, crowd buying – they all mean one thing. It’s getting deals and discounts through the power of bulk buying.
This is not your typical mall sale promotion, but really BIG online discounts with deals going up as high as 90% off the original price.
Seriously, if you’re planning to buy some new clothes, get a new gadget, dine in an expensive restaurant, stay in a five-star hotel, experience that luxurious massage or anything and everything else – it pays to visit these group buying websites first and see if they have the right deal for you.
Below now is a complete list of all the group buying websites available for Pinoys. While most of them cater to the residents of Metro Manila, some do have deals available for those in other parts of the country like Cebu, Davao and others.
So are you ready to do some online deals shopping?
Here they are in alphabetical order:
List of Group Buying Websites in the Philippines
500 Peso Deals (verified, active)
Awesome! (verified, active)
Buyanihan (verified, active)
Cash Cash Pinoy (verified, active)
Catch The Deal (launching soon)
CleverBuy (verified, active)
Couppie (verified, active)
Crazy Deals (verified, active)
Cuponz Philippines (verified, active)
Deal Grocer (verified, active)
Deal Dozen (verified, active)
Deal Spot (verified, active)
Discounts.PH (launching soon)
Ensogo Philippines (verified, active)
ebay.ph Kuponan (verified, active)
Filodeals (launching soon)
Groupon Beeconomic (verified, active)
Gupo (verified, active)
Local Roam (verified, active)
MeloDeal (launching soon)
Metro Deal (verified, active)
Nakamura (verified, active)
Pakyaw (verified, active)
Pilipinas Best Buys (verified, active)
Presyong Patok (unverified, inactive)
Tara Let’s Buy (launching soon)
TipidTo (verified, active)
Twangoo Manila (verified, active)
Wow Deals (verified, active)
Explanation of statuses:
- Verified – Active: At least two people I know have bought deals from the site AND experienced NO problems; and there’s a current deal being offered OR the last deal offered was not more than a month ago.
- Unverified – Active: I personally don’t know anyone who successfully bought deals from the website; however there’s a current deal being offered OR the last deal offered was not more than a month ago.
- Verified – Inactive: At least two people I know have bought deals from the site AND experienced NO problems; but the last deal they offered was more than a month ago. If they remain inactive for two months, they will become “Unverified”.
- Unverified – Inactive: You probably already know what this means. I advise that you avoid these websites.
- Launching Soon: Check them out as they probably have a promo for people who will sign up prior to their official launch.
Date of Last Update of this list: February 6, 2011
Originally posted here.
25 Comments
Hi there
please check out wowdeals.ph. the site is up and running already
http://wowdeals.ph
http://facebook.com/wowdeals
Introducing Deal Swap (http://dealswap.blogspot.com/)
Sell your (valid) unused coupons/vouchers.
Find deals no longer available on the original websites.
Hi, Your weblog appears awesome – complete with interesting content articles.. and so forth. Your own stuff is very nice… Keep it up! -Dealies Philippines
Thanks, PJ
Please check us out at http://500pesodeals.com and tell us what you think.
We’re launching on May 13 and currently have ongoing promos on Facebook, including an iPad 2 raffle. We hope to see you there!
Your website always crashes. I’ve been trying to register but it’s no good.
Hi,
We would appreciate it if you could add our website to your list. Fitz has already added us to his so we are hoping you can update yours as well
Thank you
Hi,
Please check out our site too. We are now in the launching stage and starting off with an iPAD2 raffle. Thanks and more power!
Hello. Everyone
I just wanted to let you know that our “Group Buying Website” – http://www.Catchthedeal.com.ph & http://www.catchthedeal.ph
will be launching by May 31st.
Thank you and have a great day
Natry ko n mga site na to ok nmn sila
The sites I love are
Cleverbuy-
http://www.cleverbuy.com.ph/referafriend/?bl=amFuZV8xMzA0QHlhaG9vLmNvbQ%3D%3D
Beeconomic-
http://www.beeconomic.com/Philippines?r=twh6BzWRIBW5KhT0izGwYQ%3d%3d&v=aBJBaTLcnLQrgQvkekK7MQ%3d%3d
buyanihan-
http://www.buyanihan.com/?plnk=VmtaYVUxSnRVWGRPVmxaVFZrWktUMVZyVlhkbFJsSlhWV3RLYkZWVU1Eaz0=
Ensogo-
http://www.ensogo.com.ph/manila/invitation/?s=ddfb179470ba1ca1dfea75a1f89447be
cashcashpinoy-
http://www.cashcashpinoy.com/referme.php?refer=J9817YG
i’ve tried ensogo, buyanihan, and dealspot.. but dealspot’s customer service is the best! very accomodating.. more power!
Hope to get included in the updated list!
Get your Killer Bargains at Nakamuraka.com!
Hi guys! Have you seen the current deal on http://www.mycitycounts.com ? 3 Days and 2 nights stay for 2 in a luxury resort spa in Bohol?
Hi. The site is down
Guys pls check out http://www.pilipinasbestbuys.com
thanks
i tried dealspot.ph and they are real!! the new improve website is easy to access..try it..
try dealspot!!! …..
Great Deal!
Only P250 for P500 worth of all scrumptious meals and thirst-quenching drinks served at Little Asia The Fort, Greenhills, and Tomas Morato
Thanks Pilipinas Best Buys
http://www.pilipinasbestbuys.com
I would like to warn you NOT to include http://www.E-dealstogo.com on your list of verified and active sites. We recently had a bad experience in verifying the legitimacy and credibility of its owner. We found out that it is a sole-proprietor type of business who initially claimed that its shop is corporately owned. Considering the money that you have to shell out in order to get its travel deals, don’t you think that it is safer to transact business with a corporation as it has stricter business requirements and being regulated by SEC, than with an individual?
Hi Concerned E-shopper,
Please present us with proof. Otherwise, what you said might constitute as libel. You may email me the proofs and then I can make a separate post warning shoppers about the company. Thanks.
Hi. Please send me where i can forward my email correspondences with the site. Thank you.
You may email me at ako.ay (at) mukhangpera.com
Check http://pinoypresyo.com/ for the biggest collection of daily deals in the country
Good day,
please add http://www.randomboxdeal.com/ in your list of active Group Buying websie thank you so much.. God Bless
Great deals are on Please Visit and Register..
Thanks,
Liberty Penaredonda
This looks great! Please extend your list and include our newly launched deal site: http://www.max-saver.com.ph. Check our most recent deal and join our ongoing raffle!