Groublogpon – The Serious Blog of Groupon

A couple of months ago, we invited thousands of customers to try a beta project called Groupon Rewards. The idea is for you to earn G’s for exploring your city, and spend them on the coolest stuff in town. With your feedback, we’re taking this program to the next level…by introducing “levels”. Rather than bronze, silver, and gold, you will climb the prestigious ladder of “sandwich”, “falcon”, and “moon”. Every time you get a Groupon, you take one step closer to the next level.

Welcoming the Moon

We invited some customers to check out a beta version of “levels”, and were blown away by your progress. In just a couple of weeks, several customers have already reached “Moon”. We felt like we needed to call and personally congratulate each one of these pioneers. Just ask Barbara D. from Washington D.C. who was given a call at her desk by three Groupon employees:

Getting to the Next Level

In the coming days, we’ll automatically add all Groupon Rewards members to the “levels” program. We’ll also continue to invite more and more customers into Rewards in the coming months. In the meantime, ask your friends if they’ve “got G’s”. We’ll also be sending a few random invitations each day to people who use “#GrouponG” on Twitter.

When you’re close to the first level (“sandwich”) we’ll send you a personal note and let you know. Each level gives you access to new benefits, like private parties, G-oodies, bonus G’s, and other cool stuff.

G’s are in beta, so we hunger for your feedback. Send any questions or comments to the rewards team.

Groupon is for lovers, but this month’s contest winner is dedicated to all the single ladies! Maureen O. to be exact, who submitted this photo.

Maureen writes:

“After we got settled in the downstairs room of the boat with our wine and food, my friend Kevin got up to toast us as we had done this as sort of a birthday celebration for him. When he finished the toast, he brought his girlfriend up and PROPOSED! It was a shock to us all – he had this planned all along!”

Pop some bubbly because we’ve got something to celebrate: an engagement Groupon-style.

Because Maureen is a member of Groupon Rewards, she’s earned 10,000 G’s to unlock special local deals or anything else she can find on Groupon.com. Do you want to be next month’s winner? Submit a photo of you redeeming your Groupon to pictures@groupon.com. Don’t forget – the Groupon must be in the picture to be eligible! (Not a member of Rewards? No problem – we’ll give you good old-fashioned site credit.) We’ll announce the monthly winner here. Check out the rest of this month’s entries on our Flickr stream.