Did you ever think about such an application?
Last week, I was in a restaurant & bar with two of my friends. The restaurant was serving unlimited food & drinks (max 3 hours) for $69 for two & $99 for five customers in a group.
We were three hence we spoke to the manager and got a customized deal of $99. This cost us $33 each.
We were wondering if could have found two more people to join us. Then it would have cost us approx $20 each.
Did it happen to you? Do you think such an app should be there?
Yes, split bill applications are there. These apps help user groups who are known to each other to split bills pre or post dining. But they don't do new introductions in real-time.
Deals, such as you describe, do not exist where I live.
So, any success would be limited to places where these sorts of deals are very common.
The app would have to match people very, very quickly, as I don't wait to wait at the restaurant for 30 minutes before I could start eating, as we try to find matchers.
That said, if you could figure out those (and probably many other) major obstacles, there's generally an interesting thread running through the idea:
You save money, but more, you feel like you're being sneaky and winning against the restaurant, which is sometimes a fun feeling.
You meet like-minded people on the fly, and you at least start with a common interest and thing to talk about (the food and screwing over the restaurant.)
Oh, another of those big drawbacks - the people this would appeal to are probably cheap and don't want to spend money (they don't have to). Therefore, they're probably not willing to pay any money for this app, regardless of the promise that the app would save them money. So.. that's going to be a hurdle.
Thanks, Edward for the prompt response. The app is making live introductions locating users locations & lounge/restaurant/bar they are in.
You are really awesome. Yes, this is for developing geography where people believe in savings, economic buyings, etc.
Think it like Tinder for group buying or grabbing ongoing deals.