Method and system for providing a trial of a referral service to a merchant based on a plan for expansion
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1. A method comprising:
- assigning, by a computer system configured to provide order referrals, a trial mode of a referral service to a merchant based at least in part on an expansion plan for the referral service, in which the merchant offers for sale at least one of a good and a service;
enabling, by a processor of the computer system, the trial mode for the merchant;
during the trial mode, receiving, by the computer system, an indication of a first order for the merchant from a remote device;
forwarding, by the computer system, the indication of the first order to the merchant;
allocating, by the computer system, a first payment for the first order to the merchant; and
transmitting a request for acceptance of a membership status to the merchant.
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Abstract
Disclosure includes selecting a merchant from a plurality of merchants, enabling a trial mode for the merchant, during the trial mode, receiving an indication of a first order for the merchant, forwarding the indication of the first order to the merchant, allocating a first payment for the first order to the merchant, and requesting an acceptance of a membership status from the merchant.
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1. A method comprising:
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assigning, by a computer system configured to provide order referrals, a trial mode of a referral service to a merchant based at least in part on an expansion plan for the referral service, in which the merchant offers for sale at least one of a good and a service; enabling, by a processor of the computer system, the trial mode for the merchant; during the trial mode, receiving, by the computer system, an indication of a first order for the merchant from a remote device; forwarding, by the computer system, the indication of the first order to the merchant; allocating, by the computer system, a first payment for the first order to the merchant; and transmitting a request for acceptance of a membership status to the merchant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus comprising:
- a machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of machine instructions for controlling at least one computer system configured to provide order referrals to perform a method comprising;
assigning, by the computer system configured to provide order referrals, a trial mode of a referral service to a merchant based on an expansion plan for the referral service, in which the merchant offers for sale at least one of a good and a service; enabling, by a processor of the computer system, the trial mode for the merchant; during the trial mode, receiving, by the computer system, an indication of a first order for the merchant from a remote device; forwarding, by the computer system, the indication of the first order to the merchant; allocating, by the computer system, a first payment for the first order to the merchant; and transmitting a request for acceptance of a membership status to the merchant. - View Dependent Claims (6)
- a machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of machine instructions for controlling at least one computer system configured to provide order referrals to perform a method comprising;
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7. A method comprising:
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assigning, by a computer system configured to provide order referrals to merchants, a trial mode of a referral service to a merchant based at least in part on an expansion plan for the referral service, in which the merchant offers for sale at least one of a good and a service; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of prices of each of a plurality of goods or services offered by the merchant to walk-in customers of the 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 merchant of at least one of the plurality of goods and the services from the at least one remote device; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of a payment of the price of the at least one of the plurality of goods and services; transmitting, by the computer system, the indication of the order to the respective merchant; and allocating, by a processor of the computer system, at least a merchant portion of the payment to the respective merchant based, at least in part, on whether the trial mode is active with respect to the referral service. - View Dependent Claims (8, 11)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
- a machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of machine instructions for controlling at least one computer system configured to provide order referrals to perform a method comprising;
assigning, by the computer system, a trial mode of a referral service to a merchant based at least in part on an expansion plan for the referral service, in which the merchant offers for sale at least one of a good and a service; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of prices of each of a plurality of goods or services offered by the merchant to walk-in customers of the 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 merchant of at least one of the plurality of goods and the services from the at least one remote device; receiving, by the computer system, an indication of a payment of the price of the at least one of the plurality of goods and services; transmitting, by the computer system, the indication of the order to the respective merchant; and allocating, by a processor of the computer system, at least a merchant portion of the payment to the respective merchant based, at least in part, on whether the trial mode is active with respect to the referral service. - View Dependent Claims (10)
- a machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of machine instructions for controlling at least one computer system configured to provide order referrals to perform a method comprising;
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