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How to Create a Daily Deal Funnel

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The Daily Deal Funnel lets you offer time-sensitive promotions similar to popular deal sites, without the need for complex tools or custom development. It’s designed to highlight one compelling offer and guide customers through a quick purchase experience. This can be a great way to boost urgency, drive traffic, and increase conversions. In this article, we’ll walk through how to set up, customize, and launch your own Daily Deal Funnel.

Requirements

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How Daily Deal Funnels Work

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Daily Deal Funnels are built to feature one irresistible offer and make it easy for customers to take action right away. These funnels are ideal for promotions with limited availability, such as flash sales, exclusive discounts, or special event pricing. Since the layout is focused and distraction-free, it helps convert visitors quickly and can be used to drive sales, test new products, or re-engage inactive leads.

For businesses, this funnel can serve as a low-effort campaign to generate buzz or fill gaps in sales. In the fitness niche for example, here are a few ways it can be used:

  • A coach offering a discounted one-on-one session or limited-time group challenge.

  • A digital product like a downloadable workout guide or meal plan.

  • A physical product such as resistance bands, protein samples, or branded gear.

Understanding the Daily Deal Funnel Structure

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The Daily Deal Funnel is a simple two-step funnel that’s built for speed and clarity. Each step is designed to focus on the offer and move the customer through the process without distractions.

  • Order Page
    This is where the offer is presented. The page typically includes product details, a strong headline, supporting media (such as an image or video), and an order form. Visitors can review the deal, fill out their information, and complete the purchase directly from this page.

  • Confirmation Page
    After the order is submitted, customers are taken to a confirmation page. This page confirms their purchase and delivers the next steps.

Creating a Daily Deal Funnel

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A Daily Deal Funnel can be built quickly using ClickFunnels’ pre-designed templates. Instead of starting from scratch, you can choose a template that matches your needs, customize it with your content, and launch your funnel in just a few steps.

  1. Go to Funnels and click Create Funnel. The Funnel Templates page opens.

  2. Use Search, or open Filters and pick a Funnel Type (Lead Funnels, Product Funnels, Presentation Funnels, Appointment Funnels or Challenge Funnels), to find a template that fits your Daily Deal Funnel. Click Preview to look through it, then click Use This Template. ClickFunnels installs the funnel and opens it in the funnel editor.

  3. Prefer to build it yourself? Click Start From Scratch, or let Build with AI create the funnel for you.

For the full steps, see How to Create a New Funnel.

Once the template is loaded into your workspace, you can begin customizing it to fit your business, audience, and sales message.

Editing Daily Deal Funnel Pages

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Once the Daily Deal Funnel is installed, it opens in the funnel editor. To come back to it later, go to Funnels and select your Daily Deal Funnel.

  1. Open the Funnel Workflow Editor by clicking on the funnel. Find the page you want to edit, hover over it, and click Edit.
    Hovering over the Order Form - V2 step card shows the Edit and Preview buttons, with Edit highlighted

  2. Each page is made up of sections, columns, rows, and elements. For a Daily Deal Funnel, key areas to customize include:

    • Headline: Clearly state the deal and create urgency.

    • Product Details: Highlight what’s included and why it’s valuable.

    • Order Form: Review and adjust settings as needed for your offers.

    • Buy Button: Use direct, action-focused text like Get the Deal.

    • Thank You Message: Confirm the order and provide next steps.
      To learn more about editing elements in ClickFunnels, refer to the Getting Started with the ClickFunnels Page Editor article.

  3. Click Save at the top right to keep your changes.

  4. Use the Preview option to check how your funnel looks before publishing. Remember to view your funnel on mobile devices to ensure it looks great on all screens. For detailed instructions, check our article on Mobile Optimization Techniques.

Automating Follow-Ups with Workflows

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Workflows allow you to automate follow-ups and actions based on customer behavior. Instead of manually managing emails, product access, or customer segmentation, workflows handle these tasks automatically.

With workflows, you can:

  • Send Order Confirmation Emails: Automatically email customers with purchase details.

  • Deliver Digital Products or Assets: Provide links to downloads or membership access.

  • Enroll Customers in a Course: Add buyers to an online course or members-only area.

  • Tag Customers Based on Behavior: Segment users based on purchases or actions.

  • Trigger Additional Offers or Sequences: Set up follow-up emails or SMS campaigns.

To set up a workflow: click the Lightning Bolt (⚡) icon on the funnel step where you want to trigger the workflow. In the Choose a workflow dialog, select an existing workflow or click New Workflow.
The Order Form step card with the Lightning Bolt (⚡) icon highlighted, and the Choose a workflow dialog with New Workflow and Select highlighted

In the workflow builder, add steps such as Send Email, Send asset, Enroll contact, or Tag contact, and add a Delay to space out follow-up actions over time. Make sure the workflow is enabled: open the workflow’s Settings, turn on Status, then click Update Workflow. Disabled workflows don’t run when triggered. For the full steps, see Adding Workflows to Funnel Steps and How to Create a Workflow.

Adding Products to the Order Page

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Adding products to your Daily Deal Funnel is an essential step that allows you to process payments and fulfill orders. Without connecting a product to your Order Page, your order form will not function, and customers won’t be able to complete their purchase.

To attach your deal, open the Order Page’s Three-Dot (⋮) menu and select Add Products (or click the green Products icon on the step card), then select your product. If you create a new product from the product selection window, it opens in a new browser tab and isn’t attached automatically, so return to the funnel and select it. For the full steps, see Adding Products in a Funnel Step.

Testing and Publishing Your Funnel

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Before making your funnel live, it’s important to test its functionality to ensure everything works as expected.

  1. Test the Funnel

    • Verify that all pages are connected in the correct order.

    • Check buttons, forms, and links to confirm they function properly.

    • Test the funnel on different devices and browsers for a smooth experience.

    • To run a full checkout test, follow the steps in How to Test Funnel Checkout in Test / Sandbox Mode.

  2. Turn On Live Mode (Payments)

    • When you’re ready to take real payments, open the funnel’s settings (⚙), turn on Live Mode (Payments), and click Update Funnel. This setting affects payments only.

  3. Copy and Share Your Funnel URL

Fulfilling Customer Orders After Purchase

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If your Daily Deal Funnel includes physical products, digital downloads, or a combination of both, it’s important to set up appropriate fulfillment methods to ensure a smooth post-purchase experience for your customers.

Physical Product Fulfillment Methods

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  1. ShipStation Integration: If your business uses ShipStation for logistics and shipping, you can connect your account in ClickFunnels. When a customer completes a purchase, order data is automatically sent to ShipStation for processing, packaging, and shipping.

  2. Shippo Integration: ClickFunnels also integrates with Shippo, which allows you to generate accurate shipping labels, compare live carrier rates, and access discounted shipping prices. When connected, Shippo can automatically display calculated shipping costs at checkout, helping you streamline fulfillment while offering cost-effective shipping options for your customers.

  3. Zendrop Fulfillment: If your product was imported from Zendrop, ClickFunnels automatically sends the order data to Zendrop when the purchase is made. Zendrop then handles the packaging and delivery of the product on your behalf.

  4. Manual Fulfillment: If you’re fulfilling orders manually, you can manage and track customer purchases inside your Orders tab. You’ll need to mark orders as fulfilled manually or use internal processes to ship products and notify customers.

To give you a general overview of how order fulfillment works in a Daily Deal Funnel, here are the most common scenarios depending on your business needs:

  1. Automated Fulfillment with Shipping Services: If you want to fully automate shipping, including label generation, packaging, and delivery, you can use integrated services like ShipStation or Zendrop. These platforms handle logistics after the order is placed.

  2. Manual Fulfillment with Live Shipping Rates: If you prefer to fulfill orders yourself (e.g., from your home or warehouse) but still want to charge accurate shipping fees, consider using Shippo. It allows you to display live carrier rates during checkout and print shipping labels manually.

  3. Creating Shipping Profiles: You can set up domestic and international shipping profiles in ClickFunnels to display calculated shipping prices automatically when the customer enters their address during checkout.

  4. Manual Order Management: You can also manually manage your entire fulfillment process by reviewing orders in the Orders tab, handling packaging and shipping yourself, and marking each order as fulfilled.

  • Manual Fulfillment: You can manually manage customer orders by reviewing purchases in your Orders tab. Once shipped, you can mark orders as fulfilled.

  • Shipping Integrations: If you’re using third-party services like ShipStation or Shippo, ClickFunnels can send order data directly to those platforms for automated label creation and tracking.

Digital Product Fulfillment

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If you’re selling a digital product, you can easily manage delivery using Downloads in ClickFunnels My Assets.

Uploading Digital Assets:

  1. Navigate to Workspace Settings > My Assets > Downloads in your ClickFunnels workspace.

  2. Upload your file (.pdf, .doc, .txt, or other formats).

Delivering Digital Assets Automatically:

Once uploaded, you can add the digital asset to your product from its Access tab (Add access > Downloads). When a customer completes a purchase, the file becomes accessible to the buyer.

  1. From your ClickFunnels dashboard, click Products and select All Products.

  2. Access the product added to your funnel.

  3. Open the Access tab.

  4. Click Add access and choose Downloads.

  5. In the Downloads dialog, select the files buyers of this product get, or click Select all files. If you don’t have any files yet, upload them first from Downloads (the dialog links to it with Go to Downloads).

  6. Click Save Access to apply the settings.