Beijing Massage Parlors: Imitation is the fastest form of starting-up for Groupon.cn
Groupon.cn seems to have not only stolen the name but also pretty much all the website coding and layout. Glancing at the Beijing and Chicago pages of the two respective sites they are absolutely, astonishingly identical, save for the ubiquitous social-networking icons atop the bona fide Groupon.com.
In the screenshot above, you can see a Groupon.cn page that features a high-end massage parlour in Beijing, selling vouchers for 60 RMB (US$8.80) that you can use for services worth double that sum – exactly the kind of shebang (see the Chicago screenshot, at the bottom of this post) that has made Groupon.com into a hot, new start-up in 37 cities across the US. In contrast, Groupon.cn seems to have just gotten started, and thus far has only a few venues around Beijing.
See the full article from “CNET Asia (blog)”