Computer systems for peer-to-peer onboarding to an online marketplace
AssigneeChaldal, Inc.
InventorsWaseem Alim, Tejas Viswanath, Zia Ashraf
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Abstract
A system and method may be provided for more efficient onboarding of entities to a marketplace. An existing entity in the marketplace may agree to become an agent of the owner of the marketplace. A request may be received from a new entity wishing to join the marketplace. The system and method may assign the existing entity to onboard the new entity. A digital image may be received of the existing entity and new entity and optional documentation of the new entity's credentials. The system may digitally link the first seller and second seller so that the first seller may receive a portion of the transaction values collected by the second seller going forward.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
- providing an online marketplace, the online marketplace having sellers and consumers;
- prompting, at a first client device, a first seller to become an authenticating agent of an owner of the online marketplace;
- receiving, from the first client device, an acceptance from the first seller to become an authenticating agent of the owner of the online marketplace;
- receiving, from a second client device, a request from a second seller to join the online marketplace;
- assigning, via a server, the first seller to onboard and authenticate the second seller to the online marketplace;
- initiating a verification process, via the first client device, to verify the second seller's credentials;
- receiving, at the server, a digital image containing the first sell¬er, second seller, and documentation of the second seller's credentials;
- verifying, at the server, that the digital image contains the first seller, the second seller, and documentation of the second seller's credentials;
- adding the second seller to the online marketplace;
- and
- storing, at the server, a digital link between the second seller and the first seller and transmitting a portion of the value of one or more transactions completed by the second seller to an account of the first seller.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for:
- providing an online marketplace, the online marketplace having sellers and consumers;
- prompting, at a first client device, a first seller to become an authenticating agent of an owner of the online marketplace;
- receiving, from the first client device, an acceptance from the first seller to become an authenticating agent of the owner of the online marketplace;
- receiving, from a second client device, a request from a second seller to join the online marketplace;
- assigning, via a server, the first seller to onboard and authenticate the second seller to the online marketplace;
- initiating a verification process, via the first client device, to verify the second seller's credentials;
- receiving, at the server, a digital image containing the first sell¬er, second seller, and documentation of the second seller's credentials;
- verifying, at the server, that the digital image contains the first seller, the second seller, and documentation of the second seller's credentials;
- adding the second seller to the online marketplace;
- and
- storing, at the server, a digital link between the second seller and the first seller and transmitting a portion of the value of one or more transactions completed by the second seller to an account of the first seller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.