A PURCHASE-TRANSACTION-SETTLED ONLINE CONSUMER REFERRAL AND REWARD SERVICE USING REAL-TIME SPECIFIC MERCHANT SALES INFORMATION

摘要

Abstract A PURCHASE-TRANSACTION-SETTLED ONLINE CONSUMER REFERAL AND REWARD SERVICE USING REAL-TIME SPECIFIC MERCHANT SALES INFORMATION A purchase-transaction-settled online consumer referral and reward system and method using real-time specific merchant sales information are provided .The system offers merchants a one-stop place for freely publishing of their real-time and specific sales offers and offers a risk-free service to merchants to use, who will be charged only after a referred purchase occurs and a revenue income is made. The system also allows merchants to determine how much they pay to the service provider for each referred purchase transaction, based on their profit margin and market competitiveness and the system serves al! merchants, online or offline, big or small, and regardless of buy, sell, and payment settlement technologies in use .The system also offers consumers a one-stop place for finding matching sales offers specifically meeting their needs, refers consumers to merchants to buy at existing merchant establishments and rewards consumers with each purchase transaction led from the service provider.