This document outlines the key players and components in the daily deal industry, including merchants who offer deals, consumers who purchase deals, vertical deal sites that focus on specific categories, white label platforms that power other daily deal sites, publishers that market deals, and merchant services that help merchants participate. It also references data, exchanges, aggregators, and consumer services that are involved in the daily deals business model.

1. The Daily Deal StackDaily Deal SitesMERCHANTSCONSUMERSVertical Deal SitesWhite LabelPublishersDataMerchant ServicesExchangesAggregatorsConsumer ServicesMerchant AgenciesSOON…