It will also include Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Google Buzz and e-mail sharing options. Google Offers is powered by Google Checkout and integrates with Google Wallet. Unlike Groupon, an offer on Google Offers is valid regardless of how many people take it. They then have the opportunity to buy that deal within a specific time limit (usually 24 hours). This initiative is part of an ongoing effort at Google to make new products … that connect businesses with customers in new ways.' Users receive an e-mail with a local deal of the day. Nate Tyler, a Google spokesman, stated that the company is 'communicating with small businesses to enlist their support and participation in a test of a prepaid offers/vouchers program. In 2011, Google began to drop hints of entering the Offers market. In 2014, Google announced it would be shutting the service down. It additionally integrated with both Google Maps and Google Wallet for mobile offers. Rather than a small number of prepaid offers, it instead offered many smaller discounts. Initially, it was a deal of the day website similar to Groupon, but it later changed focus. Google Offers was a service offering discounts and coupons.

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