Online service matching

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by a computer system over a network coupled to the computer system from a computing device of a customer, a request for a provider of a service to be performed for the customer, the request including characteristics of the service to be performed;
• retrieving, by the computer system from a database in communication with the computer system, information regarding a plurality of providers of the service;
• generating, by the computer system based on the request and the information regarding the plurality of service providers:
• a skills match score for each respective service provider;
• a value judgment score for each respective service provider, wherein the value judgment score for each respective service provider is based on:
• identifying one or more previous customers for whom the respective service provider previously provided the service;
• and
• determining a level of similarity between the customer and the one or more previous customers;
• and
• a distribution score for each respective service provider, wherein generating the distribution score for a respective service provider includes determining a number of previously-matched customers to the respective service provider over a predetermined time period;
• requesting customer device data from the customer computing device;
• receiving the customer device data from the customer computing device;
• selecting, by the computer system based on the respective skills match score, value judgment score, the customer device data, and distribution score for each service provider, a subset of service providers from the plurality of service providers;
• displaying the subset of service providers on a display screen of the customer computing device;
• receiving a selection, by the customer, of a service provider from the subset of service providers via the customer computing device;
• and
• transmitting information regarding the selected service provider from the customer computing device to the computer system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, over a network coupled to the computer system from a computing device of a customer, a request for a provider of a service to be performed for the customer, the request including characteristics of the service to be performed;
• retrieving, from a database in communication with the computer system, information regarding a plurality of providers of the service;
• generating, based on the request and the information regarding the plurality of service providers:
• a skills match score for each respective service provider;
• a value judgment score for each respective service provider, wherein the value judgment score for each respective service provider is based on:
• identifying one or more previous customers for whom the respective service provider previously provided the service;
• and
• determining a level of similarity between the customer and the one or more previous customers;
• and
• a distribution score for each respective service provider, wherein generating the distribution score for a respective service provider includes determining a number of previously-matched customers to the respective service provider over a predetermined time period;
• requesting customer device data from the customer computing device;
• receiving the customer device data from the customer computing device;
• selecting, based on the respective skills match score, value judgment score, the customer device data, and distribution score for each service provider, a subset of service providers from the plurality of service providers;
• displaying the subset of service providers on a display screen of the customer computing device;
• receiving a selection, by the customer, of a service provider from the subset of service providers via the customer computing device;
• and
• transmitting information regarding the selected service provider from the customer computing device to the system.