Socialphil

group buying is now a strategy employed by millions of americans to get great deals on everything from dinners at restaurants to massages to gift cards on e-commerce sites. leveraging the power of their social networks, people can achieve the economies of scale traditionally only available to businesses and warehouse clubs. this has flipped the buying dynamic by putting the power in the consumer’s hands. however, the old adage is “with great power comes great responsibility.” now it’s time to put that power to good use. socialphil allows consumers to harness the buying power of great deals and tie into the philanthropic needs of charities in their local area. a designated portion of each socialphil consumer deal is donated to a local charity, charted and promoted as more people sign on to the deal and help contribute. now the power of a consumer’s social network can be measured not by how many people they drove to a certain deli for lunch but what impact they had on their local communi