Scoutmob was an Atlanta-based startup company whose primary service was an ecommerce website focused on offering unique goods from independent makers.
[1] Scoutmob was founded in 2010 by David Payne and Michael Tavani as an offshoot of another Atlanta-based company that provided customized wifi accounts to local businesses.
[2] The company started providing the local deals portion of their business in Atlanta and quickly expanded to other cities in the United States.
"[5] The site offers curated content from independent makers, whose products range from clothing and accessories to home goods and food.
[1] Scoutmob differentiates itself from sites like Living Social, a deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies and Groupon, a deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies, by providing users deals on their mobile phone and by being instantly redeemable.