Set the group up for deals
A deals group lives or dies on trust. Members join to save money, and a feed full of expired prices or other people's spam drives them out. Facebook gives admins the tools to keep it clean:
- Post approval: in Group settings, under Manage discussion, edit Post approval so posts from members wait for an admin.
- Group rules: write rules (what counts as a deal, no referral spam, no reselling) and ask new members to agree to them with your membership questions.
- Participant approval: Facebook lets admins approve members before their first post or comment.
Write a deal post people can act on
A good deal post answers the questions members would otherwise ask in the comments:
- 1
What it is, in plain words, with a photo.
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The price and the time you saw it ("$24.99 as of 9am ET"). Prices change, and a timestamp saves you from angry comments.
- 3
The regular price or percent off, if you know it.
- 4
Any clipping coupon or promo code, and whether it's online only or in store.
- 5
The link, and a short disclosure such as "I earn a commission if you buy through my links."
Amazon's rules for groups
Amazon's Associates program policies say the sites you use for Associates links must be publicly available at the address you provided. That matters if your group is private. Read the policy and ask Associates support before posting Amazon links in a private group.
Amazon also has rules about showing Amazon prices, including a date and time stamp next to any price you display. Check that section of the program policies before you build a posting habit around Amazon prices.
Keep older deals findable
A deal posted Monday is buried by Wednesday. Put a storefront link in the group description and a pinned featured post, and add each deal to it as you post. Shelves such as Today's deals, Under $10 and Clearance let members browse by what they care about.
InfluShop re-checks every product daily and marks price drops and 30-day lows, so you can see at a glance which older deals are still good. Price-drop alerts can go to your email or a Discord webhook, which gives you a steady list of things worth reposting.
Phone shoppers and the Facebook browser
Most members tap from the Facebook app, which opens links in its own browser where they are not signed in to the retailer. InfluShop can open Amazon, Walmart and Target links in the shopper's retailer app instead, so they land signed in with the cart one tap away.