Frequently Asked Questions
Check out our some of the FaQs below to find out more about our services.
General
Absolutely! Registration with SaleBeacon is completely free for all users.
- For Customers: You get to enjoy our service at no cost. Download our app and start receiving real-time sale alerts from local businesses in your area.
- For Businesses: Creating and scheduling sale alerts to attract local customers is also free. You can engage with your community and boost your sales without any initial investment. Businesses can also create "Pay As You Go" Ads for a broader reach if they so choose using our Credit System.
- For Advertisers & Special Event Crews: Ads are based on a "Pay As You Go" model. Reach out to your potential audience up to 350 kms using our Ads.
Although, both Sale Alerts and Ads get pushed out to our mobile app, there is a slight difference between the two.
Customers will see all Ads within the range set by the Advertiser or Business no matter what, they cannot filter out ads using their range setting or business category settings.
As long as they are within the set range, they will see your ad. Ads are "Pay As You Go", whereas Sale Alerts are completely free.
Sale Alerts can be filtered out by the customer by adjusting their settings within the mobile app. There, they can set their desired range for Sale Alerts and toggle their desired business categories.
Not at all! The intent behind this application is to make it a free service with an option to "reach out" to potential customers outside of your Sale Alert range of 250 kms using the Ad option. Totally not required. The option for creating "Pay As You Go" Ads is there is you feel it would benefit your Business/Company. If you want to set up an Ad, just buy some credits and set up your Ad for the desired number of days - each credit is good for one day and they are cheap to purchase.
Absolutely not! There is no limit on the number of locations your account can have. These are managed within your console when you log into the web application.
For Advertisers & Special Events
Nope! In fact, they are really cheap. We use a "Pay As You Go" Credit System. You can replenish your Credits on your Account page inside the web application.
Yes! Currently, for Ads we suggest that you link to your advertisment's web URL when creating ads. All you need is your Ad created on your account, there's a field for your target website page.
Yes! You can run your Ad every day if you so desire, as long as you have enough credits in your account. When creating Ads you can set the start and stop dates and this calculates the number of credits being used for your Ad.
Yes! You can run one Ad per day for every location in your business.
Absolutely! Businesses can simply use Sale Alerts and not use Ads if they so wish, or they can solely us Ads and no Sale Alerts, though Sale Alerts are free so it would be good to use them for sure.
Ads are a good way of getting your name out there to a wider audience.
You can run one Sale Alerts and one Ad each day for every location in your business.
You set up your Sale Alerts and Ads using the forms provided on our website. For your images, if you are confident in your own personal design skills go for it, other options include getting a graphic designer or someone who knows design software to create them. Then simply upload them to your Sale Alert or Ad in the creation process.
We don't believe in selling personal data, so no worries on that front. The only data we plan to use would be the data that gets created when you click on a Sale Alert or Ad, just the demographic data essentially, nothing personal, that is our promise to you as our Customer.
Yes :) Simply adjust the categories you are interested in on the Settings page within the mobile app.
For sure. Use the Settings page within the mobile app to adjust the range setting. It goes from as little as 50 metres up to 250 Kilometres, all up to you.