Merchant FAQ's

Lower your current advertising costs. Compare tour average daily deals sites to Flash Sale Finder

Advertising and offering deals and discounts is a great way to increase turnover BUT it can hurt your profitability if the deal site charges you a fortune- especially you have to offer a huge discount on your goods or services AND then give away up to half of what little is left in fees to the advertiser!

Example- your average ‘daily deal site’ may insist you discount your product  by 40% to 60%. In addition to this they charge you a fee of up to 50% of each sale.

(Some quick math- Your goods/ services RRP Sale = $100 Inc GST – discounted 50% = $50, less 50% fee = $25….That a whopping $75 Cost Of Sale BEFORE you even take off YOUR costs and GST…..OUCH!

Flash Sale Finder costs you as little as $7.50* to put up a deal…any deal…any size…any price**

Yes you read that right…just $7.50*. NOT per each item sold…but for the WHOLE Sale lifespan and for as many sales as you can make.- So the PROFIT it all yours! (as it should be)

(* based on our Business Starter 1 month membership allowing 2 x Flash Sales per week for $15 p/w Inc GST)

(** Discount on goods or service must be 25% off RRP minimum) 

Believe it or not, there are only four ways to increase your revenue:

1. Increase the number of customers. (I.e. try to bring more people in the door)
2. Increase the average transaction size. (i.e. trying to get each customer in to purchase more. This is typically done through upselling.)
3. Increase the frequency of transactions per customer. (I.e. encouraging people to purchase from you more often)
4. Raise your prices.(i.e. collect more revenue from every purchase a customer makes)

Flash Sale Finder can certainly help with the top 3 absolutely!

1. Increasing the number of customers by advertising regular Flash Sales but .. mostly when it’s during your quiet times!. Every hour you have your doors open its costs you LOTS of money. (Paying staff every hour just to name one big cost) So if you have staff on and your place has no customers that certainly kills your overall profitability. So make up daily specials that are really attractive during your slow hours. Getting more people in the door using a quick deal or special helps cover your costs and generating repeat customers – both old and new.
2. Increase the average transaction size. (i.e. trying to get each customer in to purchase more. This is typically done through upselling… So use Flash Sale Finder to get more customers in the door with a great deal or special and then work your magic to upset them on non discounted items. Don’t forget- you need to have the customer there first to be able to up-sell too…so use FSF to achieve that. Easy!
3. Increase the frequency of transactions per customer. Encouraging customers to purchase from you more often (as opposed to them going to your competitors) is SO much easier using Flash Sale Finder and putting up regular deals and specials to increase buyer frequency and interest. Customers will start actively looking out for your regular Flash Sales and become repeat and or long term committed customers…leading to more frequent  purchasers with or without a sale. Dont forget…you need to give a bit away to get a lot more back, so give a bit away with regular Flash Sales and get your customers back that have drifted away to your competitors!
4. Raise your prices.(i.e. collect more revenue from every purchase a customer makes). Hmmm well ok, good luck with that one, great if you can obviously but….its a toughie! (and numbers 1-3 (above) will usually give you lots better long term revenue increases and profit results as well as loyal customers, so give those first three a go!)

Everyone likes a sale or special promotion because it makes them feel like they’re getting in on something exclusive and limited in time or availability. Great Flash Sale Specials don’t just capture the attention of the target audience, but they inspire sharing as well. Social media channels are perfect for spreading the word and getting free advertising and FSF makes it easy for our users to do that. When people share your Flash Sales, their friends and family are much more likely to be interested since it’s coming from someone they know and trust to have their best interest in mind.

Virtually every business loses some customers. Ironically most businesses invest an enormous amount of time, effort and expense building an initial customer relationship, but then let that same relationship go unattended, leading to the the customer finding a new place to spend their well earns money.

There’s little point in dedicating massive resources to generating new customers when 25-60% of your dormant customers will be receptive to your attempts to regenerate their business if you approach and engage them the right way, with the right offer. Flash Sale Finder is the ideal tool to have in your toolbox to achieve this by offering regular deals to them.

Utilise Flash Sale Finder to help reduce that stock you need to get rid of.- some examples.

Hospo – Avoid spoiled stock. If you’re in hospo then inevitably you will have excess stock at times. Rather than let it cost you money by going to waste – run some Flash Sales  that help reduce that stock before it passes its use by and turn it into cash!.

Retail – Avoid dead stock! – Dead stock is stock that can no longer be sold, but not necessarily because it expired—it could have gone out of season, out of style, or otherwise become irrelevant. By using Flash Sale Finder to have great ‘run out discount sales’  you can get rid of and avoid dead stock.

Every business needs cashflow. Flash Sale Finder deals and specials can be great for achieving some fast turnover by being able to put up a sale Instantly! whenever you need to give your bank account a boost

Flash Sale Finder offers a fantastic was to advertise your business and get great brand exposure.

Your Flash Sale deals will not only benefit you from instant exposure via the FSF Web App  but you will also benefit from a wide audience reach from as some featured Flash Sales are also pushed through to our SEO managed social media pages such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc

(In out next release we will also be offering push notifications to all our register users to keep them instantly up to date of your latest deals in their area! )

Isn’t it frustrating when sometimes you see other similar business buzzing with customers but for some reason that day your just so quiet and empty – well they say crowds attract crowds and I think we would all agree …thats quite often the case

Use Flash Sale Finder to start getting that crowd in with a quick short special and then get the benefit of the full price paying crowd that follow- attract an audience now !

• First up- You can use the top drop down and choose between Flash Sale Events (Sales, Deals and Specials) or Flash Sale Venues. 
• Then- (optional) You can use the ‘Filter’ to drill down what ‘type’ of Flash Sale or Venue you might want to find.
• Next- in the box marked ‘Near: Me’ either leave this as is and just press the Search Button to get all the results near you! (40k search radius).
  • Or…(optional) tap on the ‘compass icon’ and move the slider to make the search radius bigger or smaller in size.
  • Or…(optional) tap on the ‘compass icon’ and un-tic the ‘near me check box‘ then enter any location you want to centre your search radius from. e.g. “Fortitude Valley” (or “Wickham Street, Brisbane” if you want your search geo-location more defined)

Lastly- Just click on large Orange Search Button and you will see all the results for your filtered search!.

If you’re using an Android device

1. Tap the Settings application
2. Tap Location
3. Tap Chrome
4. Tap Permissions
5. Toggle Location switch to On

Location Services in Chrome:

1. Open Chrome.
2. In the top right, click the Chrome menu.
3. Click Settings > Show advanced settings.
4. In the “Privacy” section, click Content settings.
5. In the dialog that appears, scroll down to the “Location” section. …
6. Under ‘Block’ , delete / remove https://flashsalefinder.com from this list.
7. Open the Flash Sale Finder web app once again and this time choose ‘Allow’ when it asks permission to use your current location.

To turn on Location Services on an iPhone or iPad

1. Tap the Settings application
2. Tap Privacy
3. Tap Location Services
4. Toggle the switch to On
5. Scroll down to the Safari Websites icon
6. Select While Using the App 

Location Services in OS X

Enabling Location Services

Follow these steps to enable location services in OS X Mountain Lion or later

1. Choose System Preferences from the Apple () menu.
2. Click the Security and Privacy icon in the System Preferences window.
3. Click the Privacy tab.

If the padlock icon in the lower left is locked  then:

1. Click it and enter an admin name and password to unlock it 
2. Select Location Services.
3. Check the “Enable Location Services” checkbox.

*Other mobile devices and web browsers should be similar to these fixes but may vary in execution. (Google or DuckDuckGo is your friend and a great option to find more device setting options  ☺ )