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Multiple currencies

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Each daily deal site on Getsocio can now handle multiple currencies.

The amount is automatically converted from one currency to another when needed. The exchange rates are fetched every day from European central bank.

There are two practical use cases for multiple currencies

French translation

Thursday, December 15, 2011

French translation is up there!

Yet another extra mile we walked to make Getsocio even more flexible. Just go to Languages tab under Settings and have your entire site translated into French with a few clicks. And with entire website we really mean the "entire website" - all buttons on the deal page header and side bar, built-in pages, subscription forms and even the emails sent out by your site to its users and subscribers. Of course, you'd want some customization to give a special feel to your site, simply go to Messages page of Admin section and edit all wording you want to change.

10 reasons against bulk email upload

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Ever thought of the following question: I have a list of emails, how do I go about uploading it to my site? It doesn't matter how you got that list: collected naturally on your other site, got it from the vendor, bought it. The answer is simple and clear to all the cases: don't do it and here are the 10 reasons why you should not

Google Plus

Friday, December 9, 2011

More viral social power to your deals - we have integrated Google Plus!

Yeah, another robust way to spread the word about your daily-deal site. Visitors can +1 your deals using their Google accounts exactly the same way like they re-Tweet or Send them to Facebook. No settings from your part just toggle it on the Google block of Settings page of Admin section and that's it. A new button will appear in "Share this deal" box on top of each deal active or recent.