Nearly thousands of Groupon sites are expected to face closure or transformation in the next quarter.

According to the Beijing Times report, according to the domestic independent group buying navigation Web site group 800 released the latest data show that February group purchase site number than January net minus 164, currently there are 3,626, compared to the peak of five thousand or six thousand now has been dead and wounded half.

According to the report, February compared to January, the number of purchases fell by 5%, but in February domestic group buying turnover of about 1.46 billion yuan, a growth of 8.1% last month, the current month turnover is second only to December of 1.58 billion yuan, the February 2011 increase of 225%, became the second highest monthly sales record.

However, nearly 200 group buying sites have abandoned the local service class to complete the transition to physical group buying. It is expected that in the next quarter, nearly thousands of group buying sites will face the test of closure or transformation.