CMGroupBuying is a Joomla! component which helps you add social buying / group buying feature to your Joomla! website.

 

Additional extensions:

• CMDailyDeal: Joomla! template for CMGroupBuying.
• CMGroupBuy: Responsive Joomla! template for CMGroupBuying.
• CMMobile: Joomla! template for mobile browsing.
• CMSubscription: Joomla! template for daily mail subscription page (similar to Living Social's homepage).
• CMGroupbuying Location: module to change subscribed location.
• CMGroupbuying More Deals: module for listing more deals.
• CMGroupbuying More Coupons: module for listing more free coupons.
• CMGroupbuying Search: module for searching deals.
• cmlandingpopup: plug-in for displaying a subscription popup in a specific page
• CMDealArticle: plug-in for inserting a deal into Joomla!'s article.
• CMMobileDetection: plug-in for detecting mobile browsing.
• tagcmgroupbuying: plug-in for ACYMailing's tag system (1 today deal).
• tagcmgroupbuying2: plug-in for ACYMailing's tag system (multi deals).
• autopost: plug-in for posting deals to Facebook and Twitter automatically.
• cmdealk2: plug-in for integration with K2 component.

Integration with 3rd party components:

• Integration with ACYMailing component for a email subscription, tag system and auto-newsletter to send daily deal to subscribers.
• AlphaUserPoints integration: earn points by referring deals, buying deals, use points to buy deals.
• Integration with Joom!Fish and Falang for multilingual content.
• Integration with K2: K2 can be used for listing deals.
• Integration with Akeeba Subscription: a merchant is created automatically when user subscribes for a subscription

Integration with deal aggregators:

• Provide customizable XML structure to connect with deal aggregators.

 

Main features:

Front-end:

• Menu items for  all deals, active deals, upcoming deals, expired deals, deals in a category, all free coupons, active free coupons, upcoming free coupons, expired free coupons
• Menu items for shopping cart, user's orders and coupons, RSS feeds.
• Ability to buy without registration.
• Partner (merchant) area for checking and updating coupon status.
• +1 button for Google+, share deal via Twitter and Facebook, send deal via Facebook message.
• Each deal, each coupon has its own background image.
• Insert deal into Joomla! article, ability to design your own template.
• Facebook comment.
• Side module for listing of deals.
• Search for deals.
• Mobile template.
• Deal map: use Google Maps to browse for deals.
• Multi-option for deal: every deal can have many options (prices).
• Supported payment gateways:
  • Alipay
  • Authorize.net's SIM
  • Authorize.net's AIM
  • Gold (Cardcom)
  • Cash
  • DineroMail
  • eWAY's Shared Payments
  • eWAY's Direct Payments
  • Faturah
  • Fortumo (only support Mobile Payments / Premium SMS API)
  • iDEAL (via Mollie and Sisow)
  • iPay88
  • Klarna
  • MercadoPago
  • MOLPay
  • PagSeguro
  • Payfast
  • Paypal Web Payment Standard
  • Paypal Pro's Direct Payments
  • PayU
  • Payza
  • PesaPal
  • Setcom
  • SystemPay
  • 2Checkout
  • VivaPayments
• JomSocial integration: pre-fill JomSocial profile when checking out, buy deal with JomSocial point, get bonus JomSocial point for referral, post an activity on user's wall after buying deal.
• Integration with Community Builder user profile.
• Free developing new payment gateway.
• Merchant can submit his deals and his free coupons by himself.
• Geotargeting (using IP database from MaxMind and IPInfoDB).
• Joomla Content plug-ins are supported in deal detail page.
• Support RTL languages.
• Advance payment: buyer only needs to pay to group buying site a small amount of deal price, the rest will be paid to merchant
• Ability to buy without registration
• Ability to buy multi deals at the same time
• Responsive template and layout (mobile friendly)
• Integration with Akeeba Subscription: partner is automatically created when user subscribe a subscription
• Disqus comment integration
• Coupon in HTML and PDF format

Back-end:

• Control layout, email notification and other settings.
• Design coupon by drag-and-drop.
• Compose mail content.
• Manage categories, locations, partners, deals, orders, coupons, free coupons.
• Report for deal and partner, ability to export report to Microsoft Excel file.
• Administrators preview deals and free coupons from merchants before set them published.
• Administrators can modify buyer/coupon receiver info.
• Resend coupon to receiver.
• Auto post deal to Facebook and Twitter.

CMGroupBuying is a Joomla! component which helps you add social buying / group buying feature to your Joomla! website.