SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-LEVEL RETAILING

摘要

An online retailer may have a number of items for sale. The online retailer may enable a reseller to resell one or more of the items for sale. The retailer may provide items to the reseller at a discount. The price paid by a customer may include a markup from the reseller. The reseller may have a reseller code. When a resold item is purchased by a customer, the reseller code may be provided to the retailer. Based on the reseller code, the retailer may determine the price to be charged to the customer. After an item is purchased by a customer, the markup for the reseller may be paid to the reseller. Resellers may be organized in a hierarchical relationship. One or more of the resellers above the reseller corresponding to the reseller code may receive a portion of the markup for the item.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a processor of a machine; a communication module configured to:
cause a first item for sale to be presented, a first reseller being authorized by a retailer to resell the first item,cause a second item for sale to be presented, the first reseller not being authorized to resell the second item, andreceive an order for the first item and the second item along with a reseller code identifying the first reseller; a price generation module configured to:
generate a price for the first item based on the reseller code,generate a price for the second item that does not depend on the reseller code; and a payment module coupled to the processor and configured to:
receive a first payment in an amount including the price for the first item and the price for the second item, andgenerate a second payment to the first reseller based on the price for the first item, the second payment not based on the price for the second item.