Method and apparatus for administering a reward program

A method for facilitating the introduction of new products to market, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of early-adopter registrations, wherein the early-adopter registrations comprise registrations occurring early in the life cycle of a product;
• determining, by a processor, a measurement of success associated with the early-adopter registrations;
• determining, by the processor, whether the measurement of success satisfies a predetermined threshold;
• and
• upon determining that the measure of success satisfies the predetermined threshold, facilitating provision of a reward to a user associated with at least one of the early-adopter registrations.

A method for facilitating the introduction of new products to market, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of product registrations, wherein the plurality of product registrations comprise early-adopter registrations;
• determining, by a processor, a measurement of success associated with the product registrations;
• determining, by the processor, whether the measurement of success satisfies a predetermined threshold;
• and
• upon determining that the measure of success satisfies the predetermined threshold, facilitating provision of a reward to a user associated with at least one of the early-adopter registrations.