Los Angeles — Anything Facebook cannot do, we can do better. That seems to be the assumption behind the new daily deals offering Facebook Marketplace Network. The Daily Deals Agency, specializing in all aspects of the rapidly growing daily deals space, announced today that they have rolled out a pretty handy tool on Facebook that empower consumers the ability to browse thousands of daily deals via a set of unique and interactive Google maps.
The Daily Deals Agency, an innovative architect in the structuring and presentation of deals for merchants and consumers, has created its own Facebook Marketplace Network in the top 40 cities in the U.S., boasting offerings from more than 500 sources, sortable by category and location, along with deal maps from Google. It is a convenient integration of Facebook’s network of businesses with Google’s expansive and detailed Maps app.
Chief Executive Officer Stephen Schramke said:
Our Facebook Marketplace Network is formulated to simplify the customers’ shopping experience. Rather than having to sift through dozens of emails notifying them daily of individual deals, they can see all of the offers for their city presented in an easy-to-browse format.
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From the press release:
Existing entirely within the Facebook ecosystem, the Company’s unique marketplace pages provide access to daily deals from over 500 sources and present them both by category and by location on its first-of-a-kind interactive Google deal maps as well.
“Our Facebook Marketplace Network is designed to simplify the customer’s shopping experience. Instead of having to sort through dozens of emails notifying them daily of individual deals, they can see all of the offers for their city presented in an easy-to-browse format. Because this happens within Facebook, registration to view deals is not necessary, and when a Facebook member ‘likes’ a deal they can Tweet it to their friends as well,” stated Stephen Schramke, founder and CEO of The Daily Deals Agency. “Our daily deal marketplaces provide unprecedented convenience for Facebook members who shop daily deals and the companies that want to engage with them.”
Because this takes place within Facebook, registration to view deals is not obligatory, and when a Facebook member likes a deal, they can tweet it to their friends, as well. Our daily deal marketplaces provide unprecedented accessibility for Facebook members who shop daily deals and the companies that want to engage with them.
Once you detect your city’s Daily Deals Marketplace page on Facebook, you will see an interactive map below a window displaying different tabs that list the categories of deals for the day. Initially, the map will demonstrate what appears to be beacons with numbers inside of them.
Interestingly, as you zoom in to the colored beacons, ultimately you will see the familiar red pins on the map. Each of the pins is a hyperlink that you can click to find out what the deal is in that location of the map.
Nevertheless, it is a pretty novel way to localize your search for deals to your neighborhood or places you plan to be visiting in the near future. At present, the service is restricted to only 40 cities that are, as you can imagine, some of the more metropolitan offerings within the U.S.
If you are interested to find out whether your city is included in the marketplace, simply type “(city name) daily deals” in the search bar of your Facebook page and, if your city is a part of Daily Deals Marketplaces, you will see a page with the green star with the Uncle Scrooge moneybag as the page’s profile pic. Click on the page and away you go the land of steep savings.