Alternative Monetization - Coupon Engine Integration

[Edgemyster]

Yeah, thanks for sharing. However, it's not really relevant to the focus of what I was discussing in this thread.

[SEOvB]

Neat idea, I suppose you could do this a simple way, by posting deal threads, include the coupon and so on.

[mindhunter77]

I would use this if it were developed.

[Edgemyster]

Originally Posted by FRDS

Neat idea, I suppose you could do this a simple way, by posting deal threads, include the coupon and so on.

Certainly - and many forums have included coupons in that manner before, so this would be taking it a step beyond that.

This particular integration would impact efficiency and remove the work required (of admins, staff & users) for finding, adjusting for tracking and posting coupons. Work restrictions ultimately effect the total revenue a forum might generate. And since administrators and staff generally have plenty of other work to do already, we would syndicate our entire coupon database within your forum.

That means from Day 1, you would have 3000+ coupons that are QA'd to work on a continual basis. Plug it in, turn it on, you're ready to go. No more work for you -- and the check is in the mail.

Integration options into the forum are endless and limited only by our collective creativity, with the minimal implementation being a searchable directory of stores. It would be great to bridge the gap between directories and actual discussions and inject coupons into relevant conversations.

Anyway, any additional feedback is greatly appreciated. If there is a serious level of interest, we will create this for the community ourselves.

[smnoel]

Hi Edgemyster,

I just signed up for coupons.com to offer coupons on my website via their portal.
Are you familiar with their system? which coupon company do you work for?

My forum is all about saving money.
Let me know if you need a guinea pig.
I'm evaluating coupons.com system for the next month.

I'm interested in the ability to search the deals also which you mentionned.

my forum: http://www.frugalvillage.com/forums
Feel free to PM me if you have further details.

[Edgemyster]

Originally Posted by smnoel

Hi Edgemyster,

I just signed up for coupons.com to offer coupons on my website via their portal.
Are you familiar with their system?

I'm familiar with their site. Their coupons (grocery) in addition to ours (national stores) would be a great 1-2 punch for your visitors. Do they do a revenue share of some sort?