How to use the ShareThis link

You might or might not have noticed the ShareThis link on the deal pages:

So what is that little bugger anyway? We’re sure most of you were wondering that. ShareThis is a web company that launched in 2007. They provide a little widget for social sites, bloggers, and other online services. It makes it easier to share content found online with other people.

Okay, so how do I use it?

Using the ShareThis button is pretty darned easy. When you’re browsing a deal on our site, find the link as shown in the above post, and click on it. You’ll be presented with some options:

1. You can submit the content to the Social Web. In our case, the “content” is the deal that you’re looking at.

2. You can post the deal on your blog, Facebook, Myspace, etc:

3. You can send the deal to family and friends:

And there you have it! ShareThis really makes it easy for you to…well, share! So now that you know how it works, feel free to share coupons, deals, notify your friends about great deals you’ve found, or even gift ideas!

For you trigger-happy readers, here’s a ShareThis link to start off with. You’ll be sharing the contents of this blog article:

-The DP Team