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How to Use the Site Dictionary

September 19, 2011

The purpose of the site dictionary is to allow you to modify certain terms used on your site to whatever you want. For example, some people prefer to refer to daily deals as ‘group buys’, ‘group purchases’ or just plain old ‘deals’. By changing an entry in the site dictionary, your entire site will be [...]

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How to Void Credit Card Transactions in Authorize.net

September 16, 2011

At times you may need to void credit card transactions for your customers. To do so, you must login to Authorize.net to void the transaction. Note: You may only void unsettled transactions, which are transactions that have that have not yet been sent for settlement (i.e. the card has not been charged yet). Login to [...]

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How to Setup a Facebook Like button for your Site

September 15, 2011

The Facebook Like button will allow Facebook users to ‘Like’ your site. The Like button lets a user share your content with friends on Facebook. When the user clicks the Like button on your site, a story appears in the user’s friends’ News Feed with a link back to your website. The button will appear [...]

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How to Setup Facebook Connect on your Site

September 15, 2011

StartAGroupBuy supports Facebook Connect to allow your visitors to login to your site using their Facebook accounts. This makes it more convenient for visitors to register for your site because they won’t need to fill in yet another registration form or remember another username and password to use your site. Also, so long as the [...]

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How-to Set Up Authorize.net in your Payment Settings

September 7, 2011

Obtaining an API Login ID and Transaction Key from Authorize.net Log in to your Authorize.net account Under the Account section, click Settings Under the Security Settings section, click API Login ID and Transaction Key Copy the API Login ID You will need to obtain a new Transaction Key. Under the Create New Transaction Key, answer [...]

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How to Change a Company’s Description

September 5, 2011

Log in to your administrator account Go to Settings -> Site Settings -> Users Click the User who’s Company Description you would like to change Edit the Description field Click Save

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How To Start a Daily Deal Site In 60 Seconds

September 4, 2011

In this video, we show you how to start a daily deal website in just 60 seconds. Click here to get start your daily deal website now.

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How To Link Your PayPal Account for Payment Processing

August 23, 2011

To link your PayPal account for payment processing on your site, do the following: Login as a site administrator Go to Settings -> Site Settings -> Payment Processing Select the Process payment using information below option Select the Use PayPal option Enter your Paypal Email address Confirm your Paypal Email address Click Save

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Setup Your Custom Domain

August 17, 2011

When you first signed-up you were assigned a temporary URL.  At some point, you will want to use your own domain name.  To do this, please follow these instructions. Go to your domain registrar (Godaddy, Register.com, etc) Login to manage your domain Create an A Record Point the new A Record to 50.16.238.247 Send an [...]

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Tip: Increase Subscribers with Simple Sign Up Forms

July 22, 2011

Your goal as a daily deals site owner should be to sign up as many subscribers on your email list as possible. A common mistake is to ask for too much information on your sign up form. Most people will hesitate giving too much of their personal info (i.e. Phone, Address etc). We recommend that [...]

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