JASMERE.COM

Jasmere is an online marketplace that connects specialty web retailers with upscale consumers. Jasmere uses a "deal-of-the-day" format, similar to Groupon. Jasmere differentiates by featuring upscale web boutiques that deliver nationwide, rather than local bricks and mortar stores favored by other sites. Jasmere also turns typical 'supply and demand' economics on its ear, in that more demand for jasmere products actually *lowers* the price everyone pays. Thanks to specially negotiated deals with their featured merchants, jasmere lowers the price over the course of the day, as more people buy. No credit cards are charged until the feature ends, and everyone pays the same low price. Jasmere was launched in December 2009.