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One way that this project becomes financially sustainable is through local businesses supporting the project little by little. Special accounts that allow businesses to create offers that would be displayed to the local community similar to the way Google has sponsored ads.

I imagine that all of the businesses in area X will have their ads rotated according to an algorithm. If a local business is a more serious sponsor, their promotion will be displayed more frequently.

I would like to see all of the local businesses on our map as well as in a specialized page accessible from the main logged-in page.

Also (if possible), the ability to rotate through sponsored content like reddit allows with the arrows.

One requirement of these local business advertisements is that they offer a specialized offer for JoatU members. For example, a result may look like this:

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10% off from all Cafe Rico orders until Nov 31st

If they click, they are then brought to the offer page that details:

Mention JoatU at the time of ordering and you can receive 10% off your order.

OR

Show JoatU from your phone to the person behind the counter to receive 10% off your order.