DealsPlus is an online coupon and deal

social commerce Social commerce is a subset of electronic commerce that involves social media and online media that supports social interaction, and user contributions to assist online buying and selling of products and services. More succinctly, social commerce ...

website. It combines aspects of a
online coupon site
and

user-generated content User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), emerged from the rise of web services which allow a system's User (computing), users to create Content (media), content, such as images, videos, audio, text, testi ...

driven deal focused sites. Like other coupon and deals sites, SEO plays an important role in DealsPlus’ business. Based on an SEO analysis, Priceonomics ranked DealsPlus third behind RetailMeNot and Coupons.com for a sample of key word terms.

Overview

DealsPlus sources deal and coupon content from its community of users as well as from a group of power users called Money Makers. DealsPlus’ Money Makers can earn a guaranteed minimum of $300 per month for submitting coupons and deals and can earn substantially more depending on the performance of the deals and coupons they submit.

History

DealsPlus was founded in 2006 as a social deal and coupon site. DealsPlus attempted to acquire the domain dealsplus.com in 2010 through a

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action but a three-judge panel rejected the UDRP claim. In early 2013, DealsPlus acquired Dealsplus.com for an unknown sum and changed some of its branding and design to reflect ownership of the new URL.

References

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