System for leveraging social networks to market products

摘要

A method for marketing financial instruments, goods or services is provided which comprises (a) providing a financial instrument; (b) providing a network which includes sets of network members Mn, Mn+1 and Mn+2, wherein each member of Mn+1 subscribes to the financial instrument through a member of Mn, and wherein each member of Mn+2 subscribes to the financial instrument through a member of Mn+1; (c) providing a first rebate to a member mxepsilonMn for each member mxyepsilonSx that subscribes to the financial instrument through member mx, wherein Sx⊂Mn+1; and (d) providing a second rebate to member mxy for each member mxyzepsilonSxy that subscribes to the financial instrument through member mxy, wherein Sxy⊂Mn+2.