Groubal.com - Make Your Rights Prevail

You know how the old saying goes: “United we stand, divided we fall”. And there are fewer sites that bring such a universal truth to mind than this one.

It is named Groubal, and its aim is to let consumers build alliances and fight for what is right by creating online petitions. If we were to compare it with another site, we couldn’t - there is nothing else like it currently available. We could, however, say that it is a sort of amalgamation of sites like Yelp and Consumer Report



The way this site works means that if you feel that you were treated unfairly at an airport (IE, they kept you waiting there for four hours and they did not compensate you in any way) or if you think the fees that your bank is charging are abusive then all you have to do is head straight to Groubal and create a post. There, you will have the opportunity to explain what has happened and leverage your already-existing social contacts (IE, Twitter, Facebook…) in order to demand an action be taken to right the wrong that was inflicted.

In this way, Groubal is poised to become the first advocacy platform for US consumers to create petitions and recruit the help of others. The concept is quite interesting, and it will be worth watching out for similar sites that might surface in other countries.