Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for providing a self-service interface

A method for generating a deal offer comprising:

• sending, using a computer, merchant identification information, the merchant identification information allowing for verification that a user is a representative of a particular merchant associated with the merchant identification information;
• receiving a verification prompt in response to sending the merchant identification information;
• verifying that the user is a representative of the particular merchant using the verification prompt;
• receiving one or more deal parameters for a deal offer, the one or more deal parameters based on one or more merchant self-service indicators associated with the particular merchant;
• and
• confirming the one or more deal parameters to provide the deal offer to one or more consumers.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• an executable portion configured to receive merchant identification information;
• an executable portion configured to verify that a user is a representative of a particular merchant using the merchant identification information;
• an executable portion configured to determine one or more merchant self-service indicators from the merchant identification information;
• an executable portion configured to programmatically generate one or more deal parameters for a deal offer based on the one or more merchant self-service indicators;
• and
• an executable portion configured to provide the one or more deal parameters to at least one consumer.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• an executable portion configured to send merchant identification information, the merchant identification information allowing for verification that a user is a representative of a particular merchant associated with the merchant identification information;
• an executable portion configured to receive a verification prompt in response to sending the merchant identification information;
• an executable portion configured to verify that the user is a representative of the particular merchant using the verification prompt;
• an executable portion configured to receive one or more deal parameters for a deal offer, the one or more deal parameters based on one or more merchant self-service indicators associated with the particular merchant;
• and
• an executable portion configured to confirm the one or more deal parameters to provide the deal offer to one or more consumers.