Online marketplace for moving and relocation services

A method of providing goods via a computer network marketplace, the method comprising:

• enabling a customer in the marketplace to access content regarding a good, wherein the content includes information relating to a plurality of vendors that offer the good;
• enabling the customer to select a vendor from the plurality of vendors;
• processing a transaction for the good between the customer and a vendor selected by the customer;
• accepting a payment from the customer for the good;
• associating a confirmation code with the transaction, wherein the confirmation code is known to the customer without being revealed to the vendor before delivery of the good is completed;
• communicating to the vendor information relating to the transaction;
• instructing at least one of the customer and the vendor that payment to the vendor will be activated upon submission of the confirmation code;
• and
• after delivery of the good, activating a payment for the service or good in response to submission of the confirmation code.

A computer system for providing services or goods via an online marketplace, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a computer readable memory accessible by the one or more processors, the computer readable memory storing programming instructions for:
• enabling a customer in the marketplace to access content regarding a service or good, wherein the content includes information relating to a plurality of vendors that offer the service or good;
• enabling the customer to select a vendor from the plurality of vendors;
• processing a transaction for the service or good between the customer and a vendor selected by the customer;
• accepting a customer payment for the service or good;
• associating a confirmation code with the transaction, wherein the confirmation code is known to the customer without being revealed to the vendor before performance of the service or delivery of the good is completed;
• communicating to the vendor information regarding the transaction;
• instructing at least one of the customer and the vendor that payment to the vendor will be activated upon submission of the confirmation code;
• and
• after performance of the service or delivery of the good, activating a payment for the service or good in response to submission of the confirmation code.

A method of providing services via a computer network marketplace, the method comprising:

• enabling a customer in the marketplace to access content regarding a service, wherein the content includes information relating to a plurality of vendors that offer the service;
• enabling the customer to select a vendor from the plurality of vendors;
• receiving information from the customer for entering into a transaction for the service with a vendor selected by the customer;
• receiving a payment for the service;
• communicating to the vendor information relating to the transaction;
• associating a confirmation code with the transaction, wherein the confirmation code is known to the customer without being revealed to the vendor before performance of the service is completed;
• instructing at least one of the customer and the vendor that payment to the vendor will be activated upon submission of the confirmation code;
• and
• after performance of the service, activating a payment for the service in response to submission of the confirmation code.