group discount

Popular daily-deal sites, such as Groupon and LivingSocial, work with businesses to offer group discounts for shoppers. But a new site called oBaz, which launches Tuesday, wants to reverse the model by enabling shoppers to ask for what they want.

If you love getting group discount prices on local deals and events, then Groupon has an app for you -- if its deals are available in your area. The website has been growing in popularity recently, so much so that it is difficult for some businesses to cope with the consumer interest in deals that...