Triggers for automatic purchasing based on dynamic sales data

A method comprising:

• receiving preauthorization data comprising a set of criteria established by a user for an item, wherein at least one of the set of criteria is required to be met for a purchase of the item;
• determining, by a service provider system that comprises one or more hardware processors coupled to a non-transitory memory, at least one mandatory trigger causing the purchase of the item by the service provider system using preauthorization data, wherein the at least one mandatory trigger causes the purchase of the item when purchase information for a transaction for the item is associated with the at least one of the set of criteria and wherein the item is a physical product;
• determining a final date for the purchase of the item based on the set of criteria, wherein the final date causes the purchase of the item without meeting the at least one mandatory trigger;
• determining a plurality of online merchant marketplaces providing the item based on the set of criteria via a network connection with a plurality of servers, each of the plurality of servers associated with a different one of the plurality of online merchant marketplaces;
• retrieving sales data from plurality of online merchant marketplaces prior to the final date;
• determining whether the at least one mandatory trigger is met based on the sales data prior to the final date;
• and
• generating a purchase request for the item in the transaction in response to one of determining that the at least one mandatory trigger is met or a current date being the final date, wherein the purchase request is generated to minimize a cost for the purchase of the item based on the set of criteria.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving preauthorization data comprising a set of criteria established by a user for an item, wherein at least one of the set of criteria is required to be met for a purchase of the item and wherein the item is a physical product;
• determining, by a service provider system that comprises one or more hardware processors coupled to a non-transitory memory, at least one mandatory trigger causing the purchase of the item by the service provider system using preauthorization data wherein the at least one mandatory trigger causes the purchase of the item when purchase information for a transaction for the item is associated with the at least one of the set of criteria;
• determining a final date for the purchase of the item based on the set of criteria, wherein the final date causes the purchase of the item without meeting the at least one mandatory trigger;
• determining a plurality of online merchant marketplaces providing the item based on the set of criteria via a network connection with a plurality of servers, each of the plurality of servers associated with a different one of the plurality of online merchant marketplaces;
• retrieving sales data from plurality of online merchant marketplaces prior to the final date;
• determining whether the at least one mandatory trigger is met based on the sales data prior to the final date;
• and
• generating a purchase request for the item in the transaction in response to one of determining that the at least one mandatory trigger is met or a current date being the final date, wherein the purchase request is generated to minimize a cost for the purchase of the item based on the set of criteria.