Contextualized Commerce System and Method for Property Reservations, with Dynamic Pricing

A computer-implemented method in a framework comprising a booking platform having one or more computer systems storing information in one or more databases,

• the method comprising:
• (A)(1) obtaining media from a first user;
• (A)(2) verifying the media obtained in (A), and, based on the verifying, when the media fails the verifying, terminating, otherwise,
• (B)(1) forming and maintaining:
• (i) a first association between the first user and the media;
• and
• (ii) a second association between the media and a location;
• (B)(2) determining a link for the media, wherein the link encodes information for the booking platform to determine, directly or indirectly, an identity of the first user;
• (B)(3) maintaining:
• (iii) a third association between the first user and the link;
• and
• (iv) a fourth association between the link and the media;
• (B)(4) providing the link to the first user;
• (C)(1) in response to a second user selecting the link, where the link was presented to the second user in combination with the media, directing the second user to a server associated with the booking platform, the server presenting the second user with information about one or more properties at the location, wherein the one or more properties are selected from (i) properties in an inventory of the framework and/or (ii) properties from one or more external suppliers, wherein the framework maintains a list of canceled-and-still-usable reservations and wherein the one or more properties comprise one or more canceled-and-still-usable reservations;
• (C)(2) in response to the second user making a reservation for a particular property of the one or more properties, provisionally rewarding the first user with a provisional reward, wherein the provisional reward is unredeemable until the reservation is used;
• and
• (D) in response to the reservation being used, converting the provisional reward to a redeemable reward,
• wherein the information about one or more properties at the location comprises pricing information for the one or more properties, and
• wherein pricing information for the one or more properties comprises dynamic pricing information for the one or more properties, wherein, for a particular property of the one or more properties, the dynamic pricing information was determined based on one or more of:
• (i) a market price of the particular property, (ii) a chance of selling the particular property, and/or (iii) rental and pricing history of the particular property, and
• wherein the dynamic pricing information was determined in real-time after the second user selected the link, and in response to the second user selecting the link,
• wherein, for at least some of the one or more properties at the location, the information includes a corresponding refund option, including a refund amount and a refund fee, wherein a particular refund option for a particular property was determined in real-time after the second user selected the link, and in response to the second user selecting the link,
• wherein the provisional reward for a particular property is based on a price for the particular property, and wherein a redeemable reward is based on a price actually paid for the particular property,
• wherein the media comprises one or more photographs, images, videos, web pages, music, audio, text, commentaries, and/or graphics, alone or in combination.