Systems and methods for providing social discovery relationships

A system for providing a social discovery service, comprising:

• a social networking portal comprising one or more memory devices storing software instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to:
• receive transaction data relating to a plurality of financial transactions associated with a plurality of users, at least one of the financial transactions involving an online transaction;
• receive product data identifying one or more products included in the financial transactions, the product data comprising stock keeping unit (SKU) data associated with the one or more products;
• receive Global Positioning System (GPS) location data of one or more electronic devices associated with the plurality of users and associated with the financial transactions;
• determine, based at least in part on the transaction data, a level of trust between a user and the plurality of users;
• generate a social discovery profile for the plurality of users based on the transaction data, the location data, and the product data, the social discovery profile reflecting shopping characteristics of the user in relation to shopping characteristics of the plurality of users and the level of trust;
• receive, from the user, a request for a crowdfunding event, the request including a crowdfunding parameter;
• identify, from the plurality of users, potential crowdfunding participants to participate in the crowdfunding event based on the location data, the crowdfunding parameter, the shopping characteristics, and the level of trust;
• notify the user requesting crowdfunding of the potential crowdfunding participants;
• receive instructions, from the user requesting crowdfunding, to provide an offer notification to the potential crowdfunding participants;
• and
• transmit the offer notification to the potential crowdfunding participants.

A computer-implemented method for providing social discovery service operations via a social networking portal, comprising:

• receiving, by one or more processors of the social networking portal, transaction data relating to a plurality of financial transactions associated with a plurality of users, at least one of the financial transactions involving an online transaction;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, product data identifying one or more products included in the financial transactions, the product data comprising stock keeping unit (SKU) data associated with the one or more products;
• receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) location data of one or more electronic devices associated with the plurality of users and associated with the financial transactions;
• determining, based at least in part on the transaction data, a level of trust between a user and the plurality of users;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a social discovery profile for the plurality of users based on the transaction data, the location data, and the product data, the social discovery profile reflecting shopping characteristics of the user in relation to shopping characteristics of the plurality of users and the level of trust;
• receiving, from the user, a request for a crowdfunding event, the request comprising crowdfunding parameters associated with the crowdfunding event;
• analyzing the social discovery profiles to identify, from the plurality of users, potential crowdfunding participants to participate in the crowdfunding event, based on the crowdfunding parameters, the shopping characteristics, and the level of trust;
• notifying the user requesting crowdfunding of the potential crowdfunding participants;
• receiving instructions, from the user requesting crowdfunding, to provide an offer notification to the potential crowdfunding participants;
• and
• transmitting the offer notification to the potential crowdfunding participants.