Facebook closes daily ‘Deals’ service

Facebook has decided that they will no longer support the daily ‘Deals’ service that has yet to see action outside of the US, and at least it is rather comforting to know that the closure of this service will not affect check-in Deals that enables Facebook users to obtain access to a bunch of discounts as well as offers in shops or restaurants that they happen to ‘check into’.

According to a Facebook spokesman,. “After testing Deals for four months, we’ve decided to end our Deals product in the coming weeks. We think there is a lot of power in a social approach to driving people into local businesses. We remain committed to building products to help local businesses connect with people, like Ads, Pages, Sponsored Stories, and Check-in Deals. We’ve learned a lot from our test and we’ll continue to evaluate how to best serve local businesses.”

Well, this bit of news is sort of a dampener, especially just a few days after Facebook decided to kiss Places goodbye. Those who are unfamiliar with Places, well, it might not be a big loss since it is actually a separate mobile-only check-in feature on the site.

Edwin Kee
Categories: Computers
Tags: deal, deals, Facebook