Method, medium, and system for selecting a merchant for a trial mode of a service
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1. A method comprising:
- assigning, by a computer system, a trial mode of a service to a merchant, in which the merchant did not request to be assigned to the trial mode of the service;
facilitating, by the computer system, provision of at least one of a good and a service offered by the merchant to fulfill at least part of an order for the at least one of the good and the service; and
allocating, by the computer system, at least a part of a payment for the order to the merchant based on a determination of whether the trial mode if enabled for 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, requesting an acceptance of a membership status from the merchant, and receiving an indication of the payment for the first order.
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1. A method comprising:
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assigning, by a computer system, a trial mode of a service to a merchant, in which the merchant did not request to be assigned to the trial mode of the service; facilitating, by the computer system, provision of at least one of a good and a service offered by the merchant to fulfill at least part of an order for the at least one of the good and the service; and allocating, by the computer system, at least a part of a payment for the order to the merchant based on a determination of whether the trial mode if enabled for the merchant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon at least one instruction that when executed by a computing device enables the computing device to:
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assign a trial mode of a service for a merchant that did not request to be assigned the trial mode of the service; facilitate provision of at least one of a good and a service offered by the merchant to fulfill at least part of an order for the at least one of the good and the service; and allocate at least a part of a payment for the order to the merchant based on a determination of whether the trial mode if enabled for the merchant. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. An apparatus comprising:
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a means for assigning a trial mode of a service for a merchant that did not request to be assigned the trial mode of the service; a means for facilitating provision of at least one of a good and a service offered by the merchant to fulfill at least part of an order for the at least one of the good and the service; and a means for allocating at least a part of a payment for the order to the merchant based on a determination of whether the trial mode if enabled for the merchant.
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