Facebook is testing a new feature to help its users find fun experiences to share with their favourite people: Deals on Facebook.

Published: 27 Apr 2011

Facebook is testing a new feature to help its users find fun experiences to share with their favourite people: Deals on Facebook.

Initially, Deals will be available to people in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego, and San Francisco.

The company hopes to extend the feature to other cities in the future.

Few months ago Facebook came up with Check-In Deals, to help users get special offers when they check in at local businesses from their mobile.

Emily White, director of local at Facebook, said, “While many Deals on Facebook offer discounts, it's more important to us that you find interesting experiences around you to do with friends. We've worked with partners and local businesses to help deliver the best social activities in your area. And once you've found a deal you like, having the deal on Facebook makes it easy to share, buy and plan with your friends.”

How to find Deals

One can find deals on Facebook in a couple of different ways.

“For example, you can get deals updates through email and notifications to find out about new deals in your area. You can also check out the Deals tab of your home page. If your friends chose to share this information, you may also see the deals friends buy or like in your News Feed,” explained White.

Competition

Recently, Google began marketing a new daily deals service dubbed Offers to users in Portland, Oregon.

Amazon.com invested $175 million in LivingSocial in December.