New OWS Deals/Coupons Website Script version 1.3.5 has been released.

1. New Datafeed server integration with multiple profiles support.
2. Datafeed timeout setting/fix for slow or time limited servers.
3. Deals from the datafeed could be imported as approved or could be manually reviewed before publishing
4. MySQL Null Default Date settings (i.e fix for 1901-12-13 default date)
5. Limit amount of tags for the user interface and admin panel.
6. (*)Admin panel editable Custom HTML Blocks. useful for showing banners, notices, etc..
7. (*)Choice of a SEO extensions (.html, .htm, .asp, .aspx, .php, .cfm, .jsp) instead of pre-fixed .html
8. Duplicate an existing deal/coupon or adjust publishing date so it will appear as just inserted.
9. Rewards functionality improvements: Log transactions and show the list of reward eligible transactions to the users, define and  show the reward amount for each store(revised), show user his/her total amount of accumulated rewards.
10. Free subscription plans for store owners.
11. smarty and jquery has been updated to the latest.
12. Numerous speed  enchantments and bug fixes.

(*) Requires template modification/update (existing customers).

My usual answer is ASAP, which is actually correct.  The best time is now when the economy is in a recession more and more people are starting to look for coupons online instead of driving to the nearest mall.

But …There is also a thing called “Winter holydays shopping” which happened every November-December. If you start your Deals/Coupons website right now you still have six month till November to promote your site.  Six month is enough time to put some good content,  become well indexed in all major search engines and do some link building to improve you ranks.  This is the time that you need to bring your site to its full power, so you can make some really good money on this “Winter holydays shopping” spree.

So, if you are still waiting for the right time, this time is NOW!

Stay tunned….