Articoz – How It Works?
A. Group Deals for Advertisers:
1) Create the deal you want to offer with the terms you want (discounts and maximums)
2) Post the deal.
3) All users can purchase the deal.
4) Articoz and users will share the deal.
5) More customers will result in raises awareness about the benefit of your products…so you make more money!
B. Group Deals for Users (Publishers):
1) Find a group deal you like.
2) Purchase the deal.
3) Share the deals you want to share.
4) Rate the product/service if you choose.
5) Save 50%-80% on products and services from local businesses.
C. Prospective Deals for Advertisers: Or "Ask for a Deal!"
1) A group of users wants to have your product.
2) They create a Prospective Deal.
3) Users send you a notification.
4) If you accept, they start inviting people to the deal.
5) More customers will result in raises awareness about the benefit of your products…so you make more money!
D. Prospective Deals for Users (Publishers):
1) if a user (publisher) does not find a deal that he/she likes, the user can create a prospective deal and contact companies to request the deal
2) The user will contact many companies on Articoz or by e-mail
3) Companies who are registered on Articoz can communicate directly through their accounts; those who are not registered will receive an automated e-mail from Articoz including the details of the prospective deal plus an invitation to join Articoz.
4) Companies can accept the deal as it is, or they can adjust the price.
5) The user who posted the prospective deal will accept an offer from only one company and then invite friends to buy the deal.
E. Ads and coupons for Users and Advertisers:
1) Advertisers will post Ads on Articoz and associate them with coupons.
2) Those Ads will pop up on users’ dashboards and on a separate page called Ads and Coupons.
3) Those Ads will pop up as well randomly for 3 seconds each time a user reads an article
4) Users can click on the ad and get the coupons. The user can also invite friends to raise awareness about the product/ service of the company that posted the deal.
F. Dashboard for Users and Advertisers:
1) Users share their comments about different products and services of different companies.
2) Users can only post comments depending on 6 criteria: Breaking news, i like, I dislike, I recommend, I complain, I need
3) Advertisers and users can follow each other to find out what kind of comments users are posting.
4) Advertisers can see example posts under "I need" in order to identify what kind of deal they should post.
G.7 Polls and Coupons for Users and Advertisers:
1) Advertisers can post polls and associate them with coupons.
2) This will give users incentives to vote and get discounts.
3) Users earn discounts when they participate in polls.
3) Advertisers can benefit from the poll results to make real judgments about business issues
4) Polls are beneficial stats to provide more information for advertisers.
H. Events and Other Offers:
1) Advertisers can post coupons, sample products, promo codes to drive more traffic to their websites and their stores.
2) Users can benefit from free discounts.
3) Advertisers can post events and offer discounts.
4) Users can attend them and benefit from the discounts.