Social Media Integration for Offer Searching

A computing device comprising:

• a memory containing a user database holding information about users of an offer sharing site and an offer database holding information about offers provided by vendors on the offer sharing site;
• a processor receiving credentials for a consumer on a social media site;
• the processor using the credentials to request a list of friends for the consumer from the social media site;
• the processor receiving the list of friends for the consumer from the social media site and searching the user database to identify a subset of friends on the list of friends that also are users of the offer sharing site;
• the processor receiving a query from the consumer and performing a search of the offer database to locate offers that satisfy the query;
• the processor generating a user interface that displays a list of offers that satisfy the query while highlighting at least one offer that satisfies the query and was selected by at least one friend in the subset of friends.

A storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising:

• retrieving a group of discounts;
• requesting a list of subscribers associated with a consumer from a social media site;
• receiving the list of subscribers from the social media site;
• and
• displaying at least one discount of the group of discounts such that a discount that has been selected by a subscriber in the list of subscribers is highlighted.