By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry

Study Shows Groupon Japan Is Generating $13 Million Monthly

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How is Groupon Japan doing exactly? Daily coupon search service CP4U posted  a study [JP, PDF] today, in which they analyzed the sales numbers of Groupon and a total of 146 Japanese clones in December 2010 and January 2011.

The chart below (via Asiajin) shows that Groupon generated 1.1 billion yen in revenue ($13 million) in December 2010 and 984 million yen ($11.8 million) in January 2011.

Groupon leads the Japanese market ahead of Ponpare, a clone offered by Japanese web giant Recruit.

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By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry