How To Connect to Groupon

Overview

Groupon is an experiences marketplace that gives people more ways to get the most out of their city, wherever they may be.

By enabling real-time mobile commerce across local businesses, live events, and travel destinations, Groupon helps people find and discover experiences, big and small, new and familiar, that are great fun and rewarding.

This article contains a checklist of Rezdy account and product requirements. You must meet all the requirements below for your product pricing and availability to appear on Groupon.

• Click here for a full list of supported & not supported Rezdy features.
• Click here for an FAQ on common Groupon/Rezdy issues.

Note: Groupon is currently onboarding new or existing Operators with deals in the US, the United Kingdom & Germany, with plans for further expansion support at a later date.

1. Initial setup: What you need to get started

This integration enables Groupon to pull price & availability, booking questions & price option labels from Rezdy. You still need to set up your product/deals and commission within your Groupon account. The Groupon onboarding team assists you with this.

You must:

• Have an account with Groupon. If you already work with Groupon, please contact your Groupon Sales manager.
• Complete the updated agreement provided by the Groupon Sales Manager; and
• Create or update your deals on Groupon.

2. Rezdy setup: Share a negotiated rate

1. Click here to load Groupon's Marketplace profile.
2. Select Add Agent.
3. Read our T&C regarding OTA connections and click Send Your Rates if you agree to proceed.
4. Scroll to Rate and select the Negotiated Rate you created from the list. Click here to learn how to create a negotiated rate.
5. Click Add Agent.
6. Congratulations! You've sent your rates to Groupon.

Note: When setting up the Rate Category in your Rezdy account:
Commission % = Groupon’s margin percentage.
Net Rate = Dollar amount Groupon is paying you for each purchase.

Rezdy & Groupon product mapping 

Groupon has access to your Rezdy product codes once you have completed step 3. To ensure Groupon is notified, please send your rates when prompted or resend them from the saved Agent page.

Groupon helps map the connection between your Groupon deals and your products in Rezdy. The following process may take up to a week. Please work with your Groupon onboarding manager to complete this process.

1. Once the mapping has been established, Groupon syncs both price, availability & price option labels for the next 60 days.
2. Groupon reviews your deal setup.
3. Groupon may conduct some booking tests.
4. Groupon contacts you once your listing has been signed off, then congratulations! Connectivity between Groupon and Rezdy has been established, and Groupon is ready to start selling!

Future changes to the product or negotiated rates

Once connected, it is highly recommended that you reach out to your Groupon Account Manager directly before any changes to your product structure. Changing your product structure in Rezdy may break the mapping to Groupon, resulting in bookings failing.

Changes include, but are not limited to:

• Deleting a product originally connected to Groupon.
• Removing products from a Rates Category linked to the Groupon account.