Systems and methods for service transactions and charitable donations

A system for providing an online marketplace for services from vendors comprising:

• a computing system comprising one or more computing devices communicatively linked via an information network, wherein the one or more computing devices:
• provide a request for a service from a customer to a plurality of service vendors;
• receive a plurality of bids from the plurality of service vendors in response to the request for the service, one or more of the plurality of bids indicating a mutual relationship with the customer in an online social network;
• receive a selection of one of the plurality of bids indicating the mutual relationship for purchase;
• and
• complete the purchase of the service.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code stored on a computer-readable storage device that, when executed by one or more computing devices, control one or more computing devices to:

• receive a plurality of bids from a plurality of service vendors in response to a request for a service from a customer, one or more of the plurality of bids indicating a mutual relationship with the customer in an online social network;
• receive from the customer a selection of one of the plurality of bids indicating the mutual relationship for purchase;
• and
• post information associated with the purchase to a representation of the mutual relationship in one or more online social networks.