today there are hundreds to deal-of-the-day sites — Singapore holds the record in Asia with over 60 different sites. But the best know and most successful deal-of-the-day site worldwide is Groupon, which offer cut-price deals on everything from restaurants to watches and vegetables. the company started in Chicago, lllinois, in the US, in 2008 and now has over 10,000 employees. The company's name comes from "group" and "coupon".