Key Benefits & How It Works

CM Live Deal is designed for instant action and maximum convenience. Merchants control when their deals start and stop instantly, giving them full power to manage traffic and customer flow. Users can browse local deals by city, claim a coupon in just a few clicks, and then print it or show it to the merchant to redeem for a discount.

Forget the old 'Groupon' model: no minimum claim quantity means coupons are available immediately after claiming. For free deals, users pay the merchant directly, simplifying the transaction and eliminating refund headaches from the website owner.

Technical Requirements

Joomla! Compatibility: Fully supports Joomla! 5.x.x and 6.x.x. (Joomla! 3.x.x is not supported). Please check Joomla!'s Technical Requirements for details.
Frontend Framework: Requires Bootstrap 5, which is included by default with modern Joomla! versions.

Features

CM Live Deal provides a robust feature set for every key player in your deal ecosystem:

For Merchants: Full Control & Insight

• Streamlined Onboarding: Easy sign-up for both Joomla! and merchant accounts simultaneously.
• Unlimited Deals: Create and manage an unlimited number of offers.
• Instant Control: Start and stop deals at any time to perfectly manage demand and traffic.
• Performance Tracking: Know your deal's success with impression and click values.
• Coupon Management: Easily manage claimed coupons and *mark them as redeemed.
• Customer Intelligence: Identify trusted and returning customers.
• Easy Redemption: Scan customer's coupon QR codes for quick and accurate redemption.
• Business Promotion: Upload photos of stores, products, etc., to enhance promotion.
• Membership Integration: Integrate with Membership Pro to limit deal creation/availability based on subscription level.

For Users: Fast, Local, and Hassle-Free

• Powerful Local Search: Find deals fast by keyword, category, and city.
• Instant Coupon Access: Get coupons in just a few clicks, with the option to claim without registration for free deals.
• No Waiting: Coupon is available immediately after claiming or paying.
• Flexible Payment: For free deals, pay only the merchant. For paid deals, pay a small amount to the site first, with the remainder paid directly to the merchant.
• No Daily Spam: Users only find deals when they need them - no more marketing emails.
• Social Sharing: Easily share favorite deals to Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
• Mobile Redemption: Redeem coupons by scanning the coupon's QR code.
• Coupon Management: Easily manage claimed/captured coupons.

For Site Owners: Effortless Platform Management

• Robust Categorization: Create unlimited categories and sub-categories (powered by Joomla!'s Categories component).
• Location Management: Easily manage merchants and cities using Google Maps or OpenStreetMap.
• Geo-Pinning: Get coordinates by address or by simply clicking and moving a marker-no copy-pasting required.
• Coupon Control: Manually create new coupons and provide them in HTML or PDF format (requires mPDF PHP library).
• Monetization: Integrate with Joomla!'s Group and third-party extensions like Membership Pro to charge merchants for deal posting.
• Mobile-Ready: Benefit from a responsive website powered by Bootstrap, saving the cost of developing separate mobile apps.

Payment & Localization

Supported Payment Methods: Seamless integration with PayPal and Stripe.
Localization: Comes with English by default. Community-contributed translations available (not 100% translated) include:

• Spanish (es-ES) - Contributed by ServiApps
• Portuguese (pt-PT) - Contributed by Eugênio Telles.
• Italian (it-IT) - Contributed by Davide Boris Minniti and HolalaWeb.

Included Modules

• CM Live Deal component: The core platform.
• CMLD Merchant plugin: Integrates merchant registration and profile with Joomla!'s User component.
• CM Live Deal Search module: A versatile search module to place anywhere on your site.
• CM Live Deal Categories module: Displays a list of deal categories.
• CM Live Deal Cities module: Displays a list of cities with deals.
• CM Live Deal Merchants module: Displays a list of merchants.
• Editors-XTD CMLDImage: Allows inserting merchant images directly into the editor.
• OSMembership CMLiveDeal: Integration plugin for OSMembership Pro component.
• Stripe and PayPal payment method plugins.