• First select the button, “Add a certificate today”. This takes you to the “Become a Member” page where you'll fill out contact information like; First Name, Last Name, Business Name, Phone, E-mail, Street, Zip and Company website domain address.
  
  
• Next you need to create your unique “User Name” (maximum 20 characters) and “Password” (maximum 10 characters).
  
  
• Next you choose a security question and type in an address so that if needed we can verify you identity if you're have lost your “User Name” or “Password” at sometime in the future.
  
  
• As you must be a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral to participate you will need to verify your membership by selecting “Yes” or “No”. We will verify your membership prior to final approval as a member of www.chambercertificate.com.
  
  
• Lastly, you will need to type in the appropriate security glyphs located at the bottom of the page.

Let’s assume that you want to create a certificate, choose “Click Here To Create a Certificate”

Step 1. You will be asked, "What is the dollar amount of the certificate?" You would enter the dollar value of the discount that you are offering to the purchaser.

Step 2. Select a category or category suggestion. If you choose “Select a category a drop down menu will appear with the available choices. If those category choices are not appropriate we allow you to suggest a more appropriate category for your business. We may accept your suggestion or modify it with the end user in mind.

Step 3. How many certificates would you like to offer? You can choose “Unlimited” or stipulate a number in the appropriate field.
Select a time frame for the certificate. Your choices here are unlimited and the certificate will be offer until you go into the management part of the website to end the offered, or you can enter a date specific MM/DD/YYYY.

Step 4. The certificate details field is where you explain the offer to the purchaser, such as, this certificate entitles holder to $25 off on goods or services purchased at $100 or more. Other examples, buy one get one free. You can customize your offer to entice the customer and encourage him/her to purchase your goods or services.

Step 5. Terms and Conditions field allows you to explain the limitations of your offer. Perhaps not allowing more then one offer or certificate to be used at the one time, or that during certain times of the day a certificate is not valid, or the certificate excludes use in the purchase of certain goods and services.

Step 6. Some businesses are regulated and need to provide industry disclosures as stipulated by government. Some businesses have industry disclosures that require the use of graphics. This field allows the business to include those disclosures for compliance. This is optional and does not have to be filled out.

To finish your certificate and submit, press “Create Certificate” button at the bottom of this page.

The final page explains that we will send an email to the email address provided so that you can activate your account. Depending on your level of security on your e-mail service, your activation e-mail from www.chambercertificate.com may go to your “Inbox” or your “Spam or Junk E-Mail Box”.

Please also note that it may take up to two business days for a staff person to approve your account and certificates prior to them being posted for security purposes. A Chamber staff member always approves all new members to the program and all new certificates prior to them being posted.

Once you have set up your account you can add as many certificates as you like and once a Chamber staff member approves them they will be posted.

The Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral and the Cape Coral Chamber Foundation reserves the right to deny membership to the www.chambercertificate.com program and deny certificates that are not legitimate, inappropriate or deemed injurious to purchaser or the Chamber and Foundation.

For personal assistance please contact Stephanie Roberson, Technology Director at (239) 699-8442.