Dealio introduces Dealio Community site for bargain hunters

[mandy]

the site: http://www.dealio.com/deals/index.html

press release:

Vendio™, makers of the Dealio comparison shopping Toolbar™, today introduced the Dealio Community, a major expansion of www.dealio.com, where users can see consumer-posted bargains stemming from coupons, rebates, price matches, and more on virtually any product or service, online or off.  Deals posted on Dealio.com are now displayed, in real-time, through the Dealio Toolbar’s extremely popular "deals of the day" feature. 

"The "deals of the day" feature is extremely popular among our fast growing user base of nearly 1 million active Dealio Toolbar users," explained Rodrigo Sales, CEO and co-founder of Vendio. "The introduction of the Dealio Community not only provides our toolbar users with expanded access to the hottest deals available, but also makes those deals accessible to anyone visiting the Dealio.com website."

As part of the launch, Vendio announced a promotion rewarding users for actively contributing to the Dealio Community. Users who join the Dealio Community and post, revise, or share a deal with friends and family can win cash prizes of up to $2,500 (see separate release issued today or visit the rules at http://www.dealio.com/giveaway_rules.html).

With the Dealio Community, Vendio leveraged its experience in developing applications that make it efficient for online merchants to list items on various marketplaces. Much of that knowledge was used to build a better, more consumer friendly site that makes it easier for bargain hunters to find or contribute deals. Just some of the exciting new features are listed below: 

Find Deals

  1. By Deal Type: Different types of deals appeal to different consumers at different times. Dealio.com enables users to filter the deals displayed on the main search results page by their preferred deal type. Some examples include Online deals, In-store deals, Instant Savings, Coupon, FREE, Price Match and Misprint.
  2. By Popular Tag: Users can locate deals related to frequently-added products or product categories. These useful keywords can be tagged by members of the community to any deal. Popular tags show up as clickable links on all deal pages for ease of access.
  3. By Store: Users can display deals by store (i.e. Best Buy, Amazon.com, or Target). This search element is especially helpful for users who like to fine tune a specific product search to their favorite stores or who may want to find additional items available at a particular store to get free or discounted shipping.

Post, Share or Contribute to Deals

  1. Post deals: Users can post deals quickly without having to write long descriptions.  The submittal process asks users to enter information about the deal in a quick, structured process.  The resulting visual illustration makes deals extremely easy to read by calling out all of the deal’s key information.  This eliminates the need for users to sift through text in multiple posts.
  2. Revise deals: Unlike other "forum-like" deal web sites, Dealio.com users can revise deals outright if they have important details to add. The interaction ensures all deals posted to Dealio.com are kept up to date and contain both relevant and useful content, encouraging active, ongoing contributions by end users.
  3. Vote deals up or down: Users can "vote up" deals they like or "vote down" deals they don’t like. Users can also share with others how much they saved on a particular deal.
  4. Give users "props": Users can give "props" to other users. "Props" benefit the community by rewarding members who post the best deals and by giving those deals an added degree of credibility.

The introduction of the Dealio Community marks the beginning of many significant enhancements to both Dealio.com and the Dealio Toolbar.  Bargain hunters can expect Dealio.com to soon offer comparison shopping, deal news, and pricing tools under one complete, fully integrated experience.  Dealio Toolbar users can expect even more features to help them to find great bargains, including the ability to submit deals they find along the way to the Dealio Community right from the Dealio Toolbar.

http://www.dealio.com/about/pr.html?release=013