Methods and systems for transferring liquor licenses

A method of displaying data for facilitating the transfer of surrendered liquor licenses on a wide area network, the wide area network comprising, in operable communication, a liquor license transfer system, a buyer system and a local control board system, the method comprising:

• a) the liquor license transfer system searching the local control board system on a periodic basis for surrendered liquor licenses using a data script;
• b) the liquor license transfer system uploading information relating to the surrendered liquor licenses identified in step a);
• c) the liquor license transfer system creating an available liquor license listing for each surrendered liquor license and storing the available liquor license listings to a liquor license database residing on the liquor license transfer system, the liquor license database also storing previously transferred liquor license records;
• d) for each available liquor license listing, the liquor license transfer system searching the previously transferred liquor license records and determining at least one comparable, wherein each comparable is a previously transferred liquor license record;
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• e) upon a particular available liquor license listing meeting criteria established by the buyer system that is searching the liquor license database, displaying the particular available liquor license listing and the at least one comparable identified in step d) on the buyer system via a user interface generated by the liquor license transfer system.

A method of determining comparable liquor licenses for a liquor license transfer system, the liquor license transfer system comprising a liquor license database and residing on a wide area network, the wide area network comprising, in operable communication, a buyer system and the liquor license transfer system, the method comprising:

• a) an administrator of the liquor license transfer system reviewing information relating to a plurality of previously transferred liquor licenses, the information comprising a date the liquor license was transferred, a liquor license type, a transferor, a transferee, a transfer type, an address of the liquor license prior to transfer and consideration paid for the transfer;
• b) upon the administrator approving a particular previously transferred liquor license, the liquor license transfer system storing the information relating to the particular previously transferred liquor license in the liquor license database as a previously transferred liquor license record;
• wherein the administrator only approves the particular previously transferred liquor license when the information relating to the previously transferred liquor license represents an accurate reflection of fair market value;
• c) the liquor license transfer system determining at least one comparable for an available liquor license listing, the particular previously transferred liquor license record being one of the at least one comparable for the available liquor license listing;
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• d) upon receiving a request from the buyer system to display the available liquor license listing, the liquor license transfer system displaying the available liquor license listing and the at least one comparable on the buyer system via a user interface generated by the liquor license transfer system.