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Slickdeals

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Slickdeals
Headquarters,
United States
Country of originUnited States
Key peopleNeville Crawley (CEO)[1]
Ken Leung (CTO)[1]
Stephen Loh (CFO)[2]
Elizabeth Simer (CBO)[1]
Josh Phillips (CPO)
Vitaly Pecharsky (SVP Product)[3][4]
URLslickdeals.net
Launched1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Current statusActive

Slickdeals is a mobile app and online platform where community members report and upvote the best deals on the internet each day.[5] It is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.[6][7]

History

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Slickdeals was founded in 1999.[1][8]

In 2012, Warburg Pincus made an investment in Slickdeals.[8][9]

In 2018, Hearst Corp and Goldman Sachs's private equity subsidiary, West Street Capital, acquired Slickdeals.[8][10] At the time of the acquisition, Slickdeals had more than 10 million active users.[8][11]

In June 2022, Statista named Slickdeals as the most visited coupon website in the United States.[12][13]

In January 2024, Slickdeals named Neville Crawley as chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Josh Meyers, who had been the CEO since 2013.[1][14][15]

Platform

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Slickdeals' platform allows users to share, review, and give feedback on deals and coupons in the U.S.[16][17][3] It also provides deal listings provided by the community and special saving coupons.[18][19][20] USA Today called it one of the largest online deal-sharing communities.[21]

It is also available as a browser extension.[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Harmon, Grace (15 January 2024). "Slickdeals Seeks 'Up-Funnel' Action". Los Angeles Business Journal.
  2. ^ "Built In LA". www.builtinla.com.
  3. ^ a b Avila, Sergio (November 24, 2016). "Local website simplifying Black Friday shopping". KSNV.
  4. ^ "Can you have too many credit cards?". April 18, 2012 – via Reuters.
  5. ^ updated, John Corpuz last (December 11, 2019). "The Best Shopping Apps for Coupons, Price Comparisons and Deals". Tom's Guide.
  6. ^ Tarasov, Katie (15 April 2021). "Why big companies are spending billions on deal sites like Honey and Slickdeals". CNBC.
  7. ^ "Slickdeals helps navigate shoppers through Black Friday deals". KSNV. November 23, 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d "Goldman Sachs PE Unit Buys Slickdeals From Warburg Pincus". Bloomberg. June 14, 2018.
  9. ^ "Goldman Sachs PE unit buys Slickdeals". Pittsburgh Post.
  10. ^ "Warburg Sells Slickdeals to Goldman and Hearst". Wall Street Journal.
  11. ^ Popomaronis, Tom. "How To Find The Best Black Friday And Cyber Monday Deals (From Home)". Forbes.
  12. ^ "Digital coupons and deals in the United States". Statista.
  13. ^ "Amazon now offers coupons, how consumers can stretch their dollar". April 17, 2023.
  14. ^ "The Liberal Arts of Leadership". www.rollins.edu.
  15. ^ "Finding The Hot Black Friday Tech Deals With Slickdeals.net". FOX 5 DC. November 21, 2017.
  16. ^ "Warburg Sells Slickdeals to Goldman and Hearst". WSJ.
  17. ^ "31 Best Websites to Score Free Stuff". Fortune.
  18. ^ "Most Popular Deal Site: Slickdeals". Lifehacker. November 27, 2012.
  19. ^ "How to Find Online Coupon Codes". PCMag.
  20. ^ "Holiday guide to shopping and saving as sales hit stores early". Today.
  21. ^ a b Saltzman, Marc. "Online shopping: Get the best deal-sniffing browser extensions and protect your packages". USA Today.