Method for selecting a merchant for a trial mode of a referral service
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1. A method comprising:
- selecting, by a computer system, a merchant for a trail mode of a referral service from a plurality of merchants, in which the selected merchant did not request to be selected;
enabling, by a processor of the computer system, the trial mode of the referral service for the selected merchant;
receiving, by the computer system, an indication of a first order for at least one of a good and a service offered by the selected merchant from a remote device of a customer;
forwarding, by the computer system, the indication of the first order to the selected merchant;
receiving, by the computer system, an indication of receipt of a payment for the first order;
determining, in response to receiving the indication of the payment, whether the trial mode for the merchant is enabled; and
allocating, by the computer system, a part of the first payment for the first order to the selected merchant based on whether the trial mode is enabled.
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Abstract
Disclosure includes receiving an indication of an order, receiving an indication of a payment for the order, transmitting the indication of the order to a merchant, and allocating at least a merchant portion of the payment to the merchant based, at least in part, on a trial status of the merchant.
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1. A method comprising:
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selecting, by a computer system, a merchant for a trail mode of a referral service from a plurality of merchants, in which the selected merchant did not request to be selected; enabling, by a processor of the computer system, the trial mode of the referral service for the selected merchant; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of a first order for at least one of a good and a service offered by the selected merchant from a remote device of a customer; forwarding, by the computer system, the indication of the first order to the selected merchant; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of receipt of a payment for the first order; determining, in response to receiving the indication of the payment, whether the trial mode for the merchant is enabled; and allocating, by the computer system, a part of the first payment for the first order to the selected merchant based on whether the trial mode is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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5. A method comprising:
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providing referral services, by a computer system, to a plurality of merchants; selecting, by the computer system, a merchant from the plurality of merchants for a trial mode of a referral service, in which the selected merchant did not request to be selected; enabling, by the computer system, the trial mode of the referral service for the selected merchant; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of prices of each of a plurality of products offered to walk-in customers of the selected merchant; providing, by the computer system, an indication of the prices to at least one remote device; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of an order for the at least one product from the at least one remote device; forwarding, by the computer system, the indication of the order to the selected merchant; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of receipt of the payment for the order; determining, by the computer system, whether the trial mode of the selected merchant with the referral service is enabled; and allocating, by the computer system, a portion of the payment to the selected merchant based, at least in part, on the trial mode of the selected merchant with the referral service. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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providing a referral service to a first plurality of merchants by a computer system; selecting, by the computer system, a merchant from a second plurality of merchants for a free trial of the referral service, in which the selected merchant did not request to be selected; enabling, by the computer system, free trial of the referral service for the selected merchant; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of an order for at least one product of the selected merchant from a remote device of a customer; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of receipt of payment for the order; initiating, by the computer system, delivery of the product from the selected merchant to the customer; and determining, by the computer system, an allocation of the payment for the order between the selected merchant and a provider of the referral service, based, at least in part, on the free trial of the selected merchant with the referral service. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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