Deals on listings

Deals let a seller put an offer on their listing: 10% off your first visit, Free delivery this month, Two for one on Tuesdays. Visitors see them on the listing and on a Deals page that collects every running offer on your site, which gives them a reason to come back. They work well on a business directory, where shops and restaurants want to bring customers through the door, but any seller can use them.

Deals are separate from coupons, which take money off a payment on your site. A deal is an offer the seller honours themselves, in their shop or with their own checkout.

Deals work with every built-in theme. They are off until you switch them on, except on new sites created as a business directory or services site, which start with them on.

Switch deals on

1. Go to Settings › General.
2. In Access & privacy, switch on Deals.
3. Click Save changes in the bar at the bottom.

If the switch is greyed out with Set by Yclas support for your site., ask us through Support to change it.

How sellers add a deal

On their own published listing, the seller clicks Add a deal to your listing (or Manage your deals once they have one) and fills in:

Field	What it’s for
Title	The offer, up to 120 characters, for example 10% off your first order.
Terms (optional)	The small print, for example One per customer. Not with other offers.
Code (optional)	A code customers give the seller, such as WELCOME10: letters, numbers, - and _.
Ends on	The last day of the offer, at most 90 days ahead.

They click Add deal. A listing can have up to 3 deals running at a time, and the seller can Remove one at any time. A deal disappears by itself after its end date.

If you sell membership plans, a plan can allow more deals per listing: set Deals per listing in its listing level.

What visitors see

• On the listing: a Deals section with each offer, its terms and when it ends (Ends today, Ends tomorrow, Ends in 3 days, or the date). Each offer has a Get this deal button (see below).
• On listing cards (Nova): a Deal badge, in results and lists, while the listing has a running deal.
• On the Deals page: every running deal on your site, at /deals on your domain. Add it to your menu so visitors find it.

Vouchers

When a visitor clicks Get this deal, they see the deal’s code, if it has one, and their own voucher: an 8-character code with a QR code, to show at the business. No account is needed. Asking again on the same browser gives the same voucher.

The QR code opens the voucher’s page, which shows anyone whether it is Valid, not used yet, used, or the deal has ended. When the seller (or your team) opens it signed in, they see Mark as used. A voucher can be used once.

On their listing’s Deals page the seller also finds:

• Use a voucher: type a customer’s voucher code and click Check voucher, instead of scanning the QR code.
• Last 30 days: for each deal, the Vouchers given and Used, with a By day breakdown.
• next to each running deal, taken N times: how many visitors clicked Get this deal.

At most 10 vouchers a minute are given to one connection, so a script can’t fill the seller’s counts.

If one of your categories has the web address name deals, the Deals page doesn’t open, so the category keeps its address.

Related guides

• Run a business directory — business listings, claims and quote requests.
• Coupons — discounts on payments made on your site.
• Membership plans — let higher plans run more deals per listing.
• Menu and footer links — add a link to the Deals page.
• Review replies, invitations and awards — more ways for businesses to stand out.
• Sale prices and bundles — sale prices that change what Buy Now charges.
• Import businesses from Google — fill a new directory with real businesses.