=== Viral Coupon for WP e-Commerce ===
Contributors: ashokrane
Tags: store promotion, viral marketing, viral promotion, word of mouth promotion, social media promotion, social media marketing, increase traffic, facebook like, tweet, free traffic, google plus
Requires at least: 3.2
Tested up to: 3.4
Stable tag: trunk
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
This plugin allows the customer to "Like" on Facebook about your store during Checkout & earn a discount.
== Description ==
This plugin allows the customer to "Like" on Facebook about your store during Checkout & earn a discount. This plugin can lead to **exponential growth in sales** as each & every customer is given an incentive to promote your store.
**What better way to market your site than word of mouth!**
Benefits:
- Your store will be shared on your customer's Facebook wall.
- You will start to build social backlinks which will in turn help your site's SEO.
- Increase your traffic by going viral!
- More Likes = More visibility
- Fully Integrated With WP e-Commerce
**Friends are 300-500% more likely to buy products, specially when recommended. All it takes is someone purchasing from your store and sharing it one time then... BOOM, you're getting viral traffic over and over and over again.**
Features
- If the users "Like", a coupon is automatically applied to their cart
- Control how much discount to give
- Specify URL for Facebook from Settings page
- Custom "Share to receive discount" message
- Auto reloads when user has liked. No manual refresh necessary!
- Automatically applies coupon to cart
- Simple setup
- Uses cookies to remember which users have already shared your link
**Customer Feedback:**
- very nice job...
- what an awesome plugin!
- Hi, i just buy your viral coupon plugin, very good job, thanks.
**PRO VERSION**
[Viral Coupon Pro for WP e-Commerce](http://www.tychesoftwares.com/store/premium-plugins/viral-coupon-for-wp-e-commerce-pro "Viral Coupon for WP e-Commerce – Pro") The Pro version supports Twitter & Google Plus in addition to Facebook Like.
== Installation ==
1. Ensure you have latest version of WP e-Commerce plugin installed
2. Unzip and upload contents of the plugin to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
4. The "Viral Coupon" link will appear in the admin panel once the plugin is activated.
[Click here](http://www.tychesoftwares.com/manuals/How-to%20Manual%20For%20Viral%20Coupon%20Plugin%20Lite.pdf "How-to Manual For Viral Coupon Plugin Lite") to download the How-to manual for the plugin.
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= I have installed & activated the plugin, why is the sharing box not visible on the Checkout page? =
Once installed & activated, please go to the "Viral Coupon" settings page & enter all the configuration parameters. Once completed, you will see the sharing box on the checkout page.
[Click here](http://www.tychesoftwares.com/manuals/How-to%20Manual%20For%20Viral%20Coupon%20Plugin%20Lite.pdf "How-to Manual For Viral Coupon Plugin Lite") to download the How-to manual for the plugin.
== Screenshots ==
1. The Settings page needs to be contain correct values for all fields, specially the coupon code.
2. The Checkout page will show the sharing box where the customer can click the "Like" button.
3. Once shared, appropriate thank you message will be shown & discount will be applied.
[Click here](http://www.tychesoftwares.com/manuals/How-to%20Manual%20For%20Viral%20Coupon%20Plugin%20Lite.pdf "How-to Manual For Viral Coupon Plugin Lite") to download the How-to manual for the plugin.
== Changelog ==
= 1.0 =
* Initial release.