They’re looking super sleek and have been redesigned from the ground up to increase click-through rates on your mailings.

At present we have templates for ‘Healthy & Beauty‘, ‘Getaways‘ and ‘Generic‘ – if you can think of a category that you would like a template for, drop us an email letting us know and we’ll start putting it together!

You can login to the newsletter tool here. If you don’t currently have login details, send us an email requesting them and we’ll send them right back over to you.

To go along with the launch of Groupon Events, we’ve put together some great new banners which link directly through to the Events page on the site to really improve your conversion rate from click to sale.

Remember! Change the two instances of ‘AFFID’ in the code to your Affiliate Window ID

• 300×250 (Code)
• 728×90 (Code)
• 160×600 (Code)

Groupon Events will be filling up with more great deals over the Summer months and beyond, so if you have an eventsy area of your site, why not pop a banner in there!

This blog will act as a source of information for anything that you need to know about promoting our deals and making even more commissions. We will give you tips on how to push deals, new banners or tools and useful information about any bonus schemes or competition we have running.

Back to our daily deal widget which we are very excited about. This widget is simply amazing and can be implemented on your site with just one small piece of code. This tool automatically updates itself every day with the deals in the city of your choice. So what are you waiting for? Get the widget right here, implement it on your website and start making money.

If you have any questions, are experiencing any problems or have other enquiries, please leave a comment below or contact us directly.

First there was the 515×760 iFrame widget, which spawned the much sought after 300×250 iFrame widget and now…

Affiliate Link Generating Bookmark

When you install the bookmark, you will be asked to enter your Affiliate Window ID, so that it can generate links with the correct tracking in. The tool then sits patiently in your bookmarks toolbar, waiting, then when you’re viewing a deal on our website and want to share it with your affiliate tracking, you simply click the bookmark and you’ll be presented with a bar at the top of the page with a whole host of sharing options:

Affiliate Link Code

Generates two snippets of code; Firstly an HTML link and secondly, your direct tracking URL.
 

Email

Will open up your default email program with your tracked link to the deal inserted into the body of the email
 

Facebook

Shares the deal to your Facebook wall or fan page through your tracking link
 

Twitter

Opens up Twitter so that you can tweet the deal through your tracking link
 

Pinterest

Opens up Pinterest so that you can pin the deal with your tracking link
 

We think this tool is amazing and we’re really excited to hear about how it easy it makes it for you to promote Groupon.

Head over to the install page here and you’ll be set up and sharing in under a minute!

As always, if you have any questions or feedback, type some stuff in the box down there.

You can generate your code here. You’ll need to use the same API Key that you were given when you previously requested it. If you’ve lost your API key or haven’t requested one yet, just drop us an email and ask!

Many of you were asking if you can use these tools on different websites with the same code; the short answer is yes, however, there was no way for you to differentiate between sales coming from the different sites. To solve this, we’ve added in a ‘clickref’ field which you can use when generating your code.

What is a clickref?

Let’s say you have two websites and you want to place the deal page widget on both of them, but you also want to be able to see which website is driving the most sales. Previously, this wasn’t possible, however we’ve now tweaked the widget a little so that you can generate two sets of code – one for each website – with different clickrefs e.g. ‘Site1‘ ‘Site2‘

This means you can then go to “Click References” under the reporting tab in Affiliate Window and see statistics for each individual clickref.

So, what are you waiting for? Claim your shiny new widgets today!

If you have any questions about all this, give us a shout in the comments.

This tool allows you to essentially create your own Daily Deals area on your website by automatically pulling in the latest deals for the city that you specify. All with one line of code!

If you’re a travel website, you may wish to set your default city to ‘Getaways‘, likewise if you’re a site with an audience which spans the whole country, you should set your default city to ‘Goods‘ which is our newly re-branded National Deals section. If your audience are generally from a specific city, that should be the city you choose as default to generate maximum conversions. There is a drop-down menu to change city built into the tool, so you don’t have to worry about people not being able to see deals for their city.

We’re really excited to see how this changes your promotion of Groupon. Many of you having been asking for this for a long time, so we’re pleased to finally be able to let you have it!

Head over to the Deal Page tool now to grab your code and please do give us any feedback in the comments!

Introducing our new, super simple to set up, Deal Page tool!

This tool allows you to essentially create your own Daily Deals area on your website by automatically pulling in the latest deals for the city that you specify. All with one line of code!

If you’re a travel website, you may wish to set your default city to ‘Getaways‘, likewise if you’re a site with an audience which spans the whole country, you should set your default city to ‘Goods‘ which is our newly re-branded National Deals section. If your audience are generally from a specific city, that should be the city you choose as default to generate maximum conversions. There is a drop-down menu to change city built into the tool, so you don’t have to worry about people not being able to see deals for their city.

We’re really excited to see how this changes your promotion of Groupon. Many of you having been asking for this for a long time, so we’re pleased to finally be able to let you have it!

Head over to the Deal Page tool now to grab your code and please do give us any feedback in the comments!

After another great week of Getaways we’re back once again with a fresh array of deals designed to satisfy even the most voracious of affiliate appetites!

As usual we’ve got a host of UK and International deals and it’s worth me reminding you that we’re still offering 12% commission Getaways until the end of the month!

So without further ado I present Groupon’s latest and greatest:

UK

• Cornwall: Two or Three Night Beachfront Stay For Two With Breakfast from £99 at Seiners (Up to 56% Off)
• County Durham: One or Two Night Stay For Two With Breakfast and Bottle of Wine from £89 at The Lumley Castle Hotel (Up to 68% Off)
• UK Hotels: Two Night Stay For Two at Choice of Hotel With Three Course Dinner and Breakfast from £99 with Park Inn by Radisson (Up to 77% Off)

International

• Rhodes: Seven Night All-Inclusive 4* Stay For Two With Flights From £249 Per Person at The Forum Beach Hotel (Up to 44% Off)
• Prague: Three Night 4* Stay For Two With Flights, Dinner and Breakfast for £239 Per Person; Plus River Cruise for £279 Per Person
• Dubrovnik: Two or Four Night Stay For Two With Flights Plus Breakfast from £269 Per Person at the Rixos Libertas Dubrovnik (Up to 61% Off)
• Naples: Two or Three Night 4* Stay For Two With Dinner Plus Prosecco and Breakfast from £139 at the Best Western Hotel San Germano (Up to 59% Off)
• Sardinia: Three, Five, or Seven Night Half Board Stay For Two With Flights from £199 Per Person at the 4* Hotel Nadir (Up to 61% Off)
• Spain, Algarve or Tenerife: Seven Night Self-Catering Stay For Up to Four for £109 (Up to 79% off)

To link directly to any of these deals simply follow this short 30 second guide.

The next 2 days could change your life! Ok, not your life, but definitely your affiliate-based month.

We’re well into the second half of the month now, and looking to bolster the commissions we’re paying you to say goodbye to March on a high. With that in mind, direct your peepers below to these very exciting deals that will help you do just that!

Tuesday 20th March

Quiksilver

Skiing and Snowboarding equipment aint cheap, but scientists have discovered that monetary value is directly related to warmth, so it’s worth shelling out for top notch gear. That scientific revelation – as well as the fact we’re still in the Ski Season – makes promoting this deal a no-brainer!

You can deep link to this one by building a manual deeplink to our National Deal page (http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal), where this will be the main deal. For a short guide on how to build these deep links, click here.

Wednesday 21st

TOP SECRET

This deal is super secret as it’s not completely 100% confirmed yet, but we want to get you excited and thinking about promoting it because last time we ran it, we sold enough vouchers in one day to fill this football stadium.

Again, you can create your tracked deep link to this deal using the same method as mentioned above, or just head over to this page to learn how to structure your link.

We will also be changing our ‘Generic, Public Holidays & Super Deals’ banner set to promote these deals, so if you aren’t using that already, head to this page to grab your code.

Let the promotion commence!

It’s that time of the year when everyone is planning their summer holidays, so why not tempt your users with this week’s Groupon Getaways?

These amazing offers cater to all tastes; from seasoned travellers who fancy exploring the temples of Cambodia, to those who prefer something more relaxing like a luxury spa retreat.

Did you know that our Getaway Deals are live on our site for a week? This gives the user plenty of time to organise their diary, plan time off work and make that purchase! This also gives you lots of time to promote the deals, and the higher Getaway price points mean more commission for you!

Have a look a this week’s deals, they have just gone live today. I have included links below so all you have to do is add your Affiliate ID and paste the link to your social media platforms or in your newsletters.

As always if you are unsure of you Affiliate ID or need any assistance, just drop us a line at affiliates@groupon.co.uk

Tenerife: Seven Night Self-Catering Apartment Stay For Family of Four With Transfers for €129 at Royal Park Albatros (Up to 69% Off)

http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=193981&a=yourAFFID&URL=http://www.groupon.ie/deals/getaways/leisure-dimensions/4081017

Dordogne Culinary Break: Five Night Stay For Two With Cooking Classes and Meals from €420 Per Person from CookinFrance (Up to 50% Off)

http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=193981&a=yourAFFID&URL=http://www.groupon.ie/deals/getaways/cook-in-france/4080818

Marrakech: Two to Seven Night All-Inclusive Stay For Two With Spa Access and Welcome Pack from €249 at Kenzi Club Agdal Medina (Up to 66% Off)

http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=193981&a=yourAFFID&URL=http://www.groupon.ie/deals/getaways/kenzi-club-agdal-medina/4082316

Cambodia: Seven, Ten, or Fourteen Night 5* Stay For Two With Breakfast and Transfers from €341 at Angkor Miracle Resort and Spa (Up to 74% Off)

http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=193981&a=yourAFFID&URL=http://www.groupon.ie/deals/getaways/angkor-miracle-resort/4089558

Bantry Bay: Two Night Stay For Two With Breakfast and Refreshments for €99 at Westlodge Hotel (Up to 62% Off)

http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=193981&a=yourAFFID&URL=http://www.groupon.ie/deals/getaways/westlodge-hotel/4084751

County Westmeath: One Night Stay For Two With Prosecco, €20 Dining Voucher and Breakfast for €109 at Temple Country Retreat and Spa (Up to 53% Off)

http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=193981&a=yourAFFID&URL=http://www.groupon.ie/deals/getaways/temple-country/4084916

County Meath: Two Night Stay For Two With Three Course Meal and Breakfast from €99 at Ashbourne House Hotel (Up to 61% Off)

http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=193981&a=yourAFFID&URL=http://www.groupon.ie/deals/getaways/ashbourne-house-hotel/4081959