System and method for special event high volume commerce experience and deals management

A method comprising:

• displaying, by a shopping system instantiated on a first processor, a deal webpage that includes a coupon associated with a product, the coupon including a deal code, wherein the coupon provides a deal to a purchaser for the purchase of the product, and wherein the coupon is provided based upon a limit;
• receiving, by the shopping system, a request to purchase the product from the purchaser, the request including the deal code;
• providing, by the shopping system, a cookie including details of the deal to the purchaser;
• determining, by a coupon allocator of the shopping system, whether or not the limit is exceeded;
• allocating, by the coupon allocator, the coupon to the purchaser in response to the request, and in further response to determining that the limit is not exceeded;
• displaying, by a purchasing system instantiated on a second processor, a purchase webpage that displays a purchase of the product by the purchaser in response to the request;
• sending, by the first processor, the request to a first shopping cart of the shopping system;
• redeeming, by a coupon redeemer of the purchasing system, the coupon for the product in response to determining that the limit is not exceeded;
• modifying, by a coupon manager of a management system instantiated on a third processor, the limit based upon the number of coupons for the product that have been redeemed;
• modifying, by the coupon manager, the deal webpage to remove the display of the coupon from the deal webpage when the limit is exceeded;
• determining, by a load manager instantiated on the third processor, whether a processing load on the second processor is greater than a threshold;
• providing, by the load manager, a first indication to the first processor to send the request from the first shopping cart to a second shopping cart of the purchasing system when the processing load is not greater than the threshold;
• sending, by the first processor, the request from the first shopping cart to the second shopping cart in response to the first indication;
• providing, by the load manager, a second indication to the first processor to send the request to a waiting room of the shopping system when the processing load is greater than the threshold;
• sending, by the first processor, the request from the first shopping cart to the waiting room in response to the second indication;
• determining, by the coupon manager, that the request is held in the waiting room during the time which the coupons for the product are available;
• determining, by the coupon manager, that the purchase of the product occurs after the time which the coupons for the product are available;
• and
• directing, by the coupon manager, the coupon redeemer to redeem the coupon for the product when the request is held in the waiting room during the time which the coupons for the product are available and when the purchase of the product occurs after the time which the coupons for the product are available.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code for performing a method, the method comprising:

• displaying, by a shopping system instantiated on a first processor, a deal webpage that includes a coupon associated with a product, the coupon including a deal code, wherein the coupon provides a deal to a purchaser for the purchase of the product, and wherein the coupon is provided based upon a limit;
• receiving, by the shopping system, a request to purchase the product from the purchaser, the request including the deal code;
• providing, by the shopping system, a cookie including details of the deal to the purchaser;
• determining, by a coupon allocator of the shopping system, whether the limit is exceeded;
• allocating, by the coupon allocator, the coupon to the purchaser in response to the request, and in further response to determining that the limit is not exceeded;
• displaying, by a purchasing system instantiated on a second processor, a purchase webpage that displays a purchase of the product by the purchaser in response to the request;
• sending, by the first processor, the request to a first shopping cart of the shopping system;
• redeeming, by a coupon redeemer of the purchasing system, the coupon for the product in response to determining that the limit is not exceeded;
• modifying, by coupon manager of a management system instantiated on a third processor, the limit based upon the number of coupons for the product that have been redeemed;
• modifying, by the coupon manager, the deal webpage to remove the display of the coupon from the deal webpage when the limit is exceeded;
• determining, by a load manager instantiated on the third processor, whether a processing load on the second processor is greater than a threshold;
• providing, by the load manager, a first indication to the first processor to send the request from the first shopping cart to a second shopping cart of the purchasing system when the processing load is not greater than the threshold;
• sending, by the first processor, the request from the first shopping cart to the second shopping cart in response to the first indication;
• providing, by the load manager, a second indication to the first processor to send the request to a waiting room of the shopping system when the processing load is greater than the threshold;
• sending, by the first processor, the request from the first shopping cart to the waiting room in response to the second indication;
• determining, by the coupon manager, that the request is held in the waiting room during the time which the coupons for the product are available;
• determining, by the coupon manager, that the purchase of the product occurs after the time which the coupons for the product are available;
• and
• directing, by the coupon manager, the coupon redeemer to redeem the coupon for the product when the request is held in the waiting room during the time which the coupons for the product are available and when the purchase of the product occurs after the time which the coupons for the product are available.