Brian Conley, CEO of nCrowd, stated that the acquisition was nCrowd’s largest to date. “The addition of Tippr
and Groupalicious brings our active subscriber base to over 3.2 million in the U.S,” said Conley.

Over the past two years, nCrowd has purchased the assets of more than 20 U.S. daily deal sites in order to attain
a broad audience for its proprietary Automated Internet Marketing (AIM) platform.

Martin Tobias, founder and CEO of Tippr’s and Groupalicious’ parent company, Kashless, LLC, said that the
company chose to sell to nCrowd because the offer included an equity as well as a cash component. “The AIM
platform provides merchants a comprehensive Internet and social media marketing solution,” said Tobias. “In
our opinion, the value nCrowd provides merchants far exceeds what anyone else in the space can offer.”

According to Conley, the acquisition of Tippr and Groupalicious solidifies nCrowd as the third largest domestic
online player in the local coupon space, behind Groupon and LivingSocial.

“With this acquisition, we will feature quality local offers from New York to Honolulu and most major points
between,” said Conley. “And when merchants in our new markets see what our platform can do for them, we’re
confident they will recognize that we offer an unparalleled value proposition.”

As an outside account executive at Half Off Depot you will have the opportunity to significantly contribute to the expansion of our business. This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing company at an early stage with the potential for great emotional and financial reward. This opportunity is based in Atlanta. We offer a competitive compensation package including base, commission, and benefits.

Responsibilities

• High volume calling to prospective merchant leads and getting to the decision maker.
• Converting prospects into sales opportunities and closing local deals.
• Negotiating compelling offers that meet the objectives of the merchant and motivates our consumers to purchase.
• Assisting in the production of the offer.
• Ongoing account management and business development with merchants closed.

Requirements

• Superior sales skills.
• Two to five years solution sales experience.
• Demonstrated record of exceeding sales quotas.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Problem solving capabilities and inventiveness to create compelling online offers.
• Ability to thrive in a highly dynamic fast paced environment.
• Computer skills and experience managing activity via Salesforce.

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“Since inception, our vision has been to help local merchants attract and retain great customers,” said Brian Conley, CEO of nCrowd, “the joining of CrowdSavings.com to Half Off Depot on the AIM (Automated Internet Marketing) platform brings this vision much closer to reality.”

“The AIM platform is extremely merchant-centric”, said Chad Jaquays, CEO of Crowdsavings.com. “While CrowdSavings.com was doing great things for our customers, it became clear to me that Half Off Depot and the AIM platform was way ahead in serving the online and social marketing needs of merchants,” Jaquays said.

The new company will continue to operate both the halfoffdepot.com and CrowdSavings.com domains.

Half Off Depot is one of the 20 venture spotlight companies chosen that reflect a wide range of technologies and highlight the innovation of Georgia businesses.

“Venture Atlanta is the premier investor showcase in one of the top markets for developing and growing marketing technology companies,” said Brian Conley, CEO of Half Off Depot. “We are excited to present how Half Off Depot technology is helping local merchants reach consumers through online marketing.” 

Half Off Depot provides local merchants an easy to use, cost effective, and risk-free method to market to consumers online. The Half Off Depot patent pending Automated Internet Marketing engine is specifically designed to engage, convert, and retain customers by targeting them with compelling online offers across advertising, email, search, and social media channels.

Lance Weatherby, COO of Half Off Depot, will be presenting at the conference.

As an outside account executive at Half Off Depot you will have the opportunity to significantly contribute to the expansion of our business. This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing company at an early stage with the potential for great emotional and financial reward. This opportunity is based in Knoxville. We offer a competitive compensation package including base, commission, and benefits.

Responsibilities

• High volume calling to prospective merchant leads and getting to the decision maker.
• Converting prospects into sales opportunities and closing local deals.
• Negotiating compelling offers that meet the objectives of the merchant and motivates our consumers to purchase.
• Assisting in the production of the offer.
• Ongoing account management and business development with merchants closed.

Requirements

• Superior sales skills.
• Two to five years solution sales experience.
• Demonstrated record of exceeding sales quotas.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Problem solving capabilities and inventiveness to create compelling online offers.
• Ability to thrive in a highly dynamic fast paced environment.
• Computer skills and experience managing activity via Salesforce.

Apply Now

Formed in 2010, Dealmobs provides Half Off Depot with a solid customer base and strong connections to local merchants in Athens, Georgia, as well as Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina. “We continue to expand rapidly and our acquisition of Dealmobs is a logical extension of our growth strategy,” said Brian Conley, CEO of Half Off Depot. “We are delighted to welcome the Dealmobs consumer and merchant communities to the Half Off Depot family. We believe our unique approach to connecting local businesses to new customers will lead them both to be equally excited.”

“Half Off Depot is a force in the fast growing local online marketing space with strong financials and great growth potential,” remarked Dealmobs co-founder Jim Flannery. “By joining forces with Half Off Depot we look forward to offering our merchant partners a leading online customer acquisition platform and continuing our core focus of strengthening the connection between merchants and consumers,” said dealmobs co-founder Sam Mylrea.

Dealster marks the first acquisition for Half Off Depot. In addition to its membership base, Dealster’s value to Half Off Depot lies in its proprietary platform, which includes social elements for customers and merchants as well as other features currently on the Half Off Depot product roadmap.  “We look forward to expanding the Dealster platform and extending the social capabilities that Dealster created,” says Brian Conley, CEO of Half Off Depot. “This acquisition positions Half Off Depot as a consolidator in the deal space. We are strategically expanding our capabilities and reach organically and through acquisitions. Our mission is to balance these growth opportunities with the needs and wants of our customers and merchants.”

“Out of all potential interested parties, including two public companies and other top five major participants in this category, Half Off Depot has the greatest growth potential,” remarks Dealster founder Alen Malkoc. “Half Off Depot is proving that their business works for consumers and merchants alike, and we feel Dealster can help achieve their short- and long-term goals.”

“Our partnership with Google Offers is a demonstration of the strong following Half Off Depot has built with the merchants and consumers that we serve,” said Brian Conley, CEO of Half Off Depot.  “We are extremely excited to offer our great local deals to millions of more customers in the cities that we serve and to expand the value we bring to merchants as their marketing partner.”

“One of the most critical factors at a start up is having a strong, successful team. We have a great staff and are lucky to have Lance helping lead it,” says Brian Conley, CEO of Half Off Depot. “His contribution to the growth of our organization has been invaluable. Lance is familiar with the path we are on and helping start ups mature and grow, so I am confidant he will successfully help navigate the next phase of strategic growth for Half Off Depot.”

Lance previously served as startup and venture catalyst at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), the science and business incubator at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has a proven track record leading successful start-up companies: first as chief marketing officer of CipherTrust, which was acquired by Secure Computing for $274 million and then as executive vice president at Earthlink, formerly Mindspring, where he oversaw their launch into mobile, among other initiatives. Lance joined Mindspring in its infancy in a business development role and contributed to the company’s early growth, eventually leading the organization’s customer base growth from 340,000 to 1.3 million customers as executive vice president of sales and marketing.

ATLANTA – Within a few months of receiving notable venture funding from Noro-Moseley Partners, BLH Venture Partners and Linch Capital, Half Off Depot, the leading southeast online deal company, is growing significantly through targeted market expansion and member growth. With success in its current cities – Atlanta, Knoxville and recently-launched Tampa – the company is accelerating its expansion into three new Southeastern cities in the third quarter of 2011, providing merchants and customers across the region with a unique deals platform.

As part of its strategic growth strategy, Half Off Depot expects third quarter market expansion into Charlotte, Nashville, and Orlando to be met with enthusiasm and adoption from customers and merchants.

“In today’s market, we know consumers want to save money and the majority of the daily deal offerings fall flat. We’re on to something unique in that we give consumers shopping freedom and choice through our online marketplace, where deals are live longer than 24-48 hours. We’re extremely proud of the growth that we have seen in such a short period of time, and we are confident that we have the right formula to gain more traction as we roll out in new markets,” says Brian Conley, CEO of Half Off Depot.

Success by the Numbers

Half Off Depot is proud of its considerable success in current markets, as evidenced by its 30 percent increase in revenue growth over the last quarter. The company is also seeing tremendous escalation in member numbers, deal sharing from customers, merchant participation and satisfaction, and web traffic. Year-over-year, the company has seen web traffic increase by 82 percent, with 50 percent of visits coming from new users.

“Our competitive advantage is that we understand the challenges associated with running a small business, and we strive to provide a cost-effective solution to acquire new customers for our merchants that turn into loyal repeat customers,” adds Conley.