Systems and methods for managing discount vouchers

An apparatus comprising at least a processor and a memory, wherein the processor and/or memory are configured to perform the following operations:

• (a) providing a first voucher, which specifies both a voucher purchase price for purchasing such first voucher and a discount of an original purchasing price for purchasing a good or service from a first merchant using such first voucher, to a computing device that is associated with a first user and that is configured to display such first voucher on a display of such computing device,
• wherein the discount is specified as a price reduction or a buyer credit that is applied to the original purchase price by use of such first voucher to purchase the good or service,
• wherein the apparatus is in the form of an apparatus that is operable to provide a plurality of vouchers, including the first voucher, for a plurality of discounts offered by a plurality of different merchants,
• wherein the voucher purchase price for purchasing the first voucher is less than the discount that is obtainable by use of such first voucher to purchase the good or service and is less than a price of the good or service after the discount has been applied, if determinable from the terms of the voucher;
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• (b) after the first user purchases the first voucher at the voucher purchase price in a first transaction, remitting to one or more users, including the first user, a monetary or fiat currency reward that is related to at least a portion of proceeds that were obtained from a plurality of voucher transactions with respect to a sale of one or more of the plurality of vouchers that occurred prior to the first transaction or wherein such reward is related to proceeds from another source.

At least one computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon that are arranged to perform the following operations:

• (a) providing a first voucher, which specifies both a voucher purchase price for purchasing such first voucher and a discount of an original purchasing price for purchasing a good or service from a first merchant using such first voucher, to a computing device that is associated with a first user and that is configured to display such first voucher on a display of such computing device,
• wherein the discount is specified as a price reduction or a buyer credit that is applied to the original purchase price by use of such first voucher to purchase the good or service,
• wherein the first voucher is provided from a platform that is configured to provide a plurality of vouchers, including the first voucher, for a plurality of discounts offered by a plurality of different merchants,
• wherein the voucher purchase price for purchasing the first voucher is less than the discount that is obtainable by use of such first voucher to purchase the good or service and is less than a price of the good or service after the discount has been applied, if determinable from the terms of the voucher;
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• (b) after the first user purchases the first voucher at the voucher purchase price in a first transaction, remitting to one or more users, including the first user, a monetary or fiat currency reward that is related to at least a portion of proceeds that were obtained from a plurality of voucher transactions with respect to a sale of one or more of the plurality of vouchers that occurred prior to the first transaction or wherein such reward is related to proceeds from another source.