Groupon, Inc.
Merchant booking availability engine

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for associating time slots with a promotion and for scheduling time slots for redemption of the promotion based on merchant availability. The method includes receiving details, from a merchant, of a promotion for a good or service, and presenting, by a merchant interface, a set of proposed time slots for redeeming the promotion and a predicted booking limit for each proposed time slot. The method further includes receiving, from the merchant, selection of one or more time slots from the set of proposed time slots. Optionally, the method may include presenting, by the merchant interface, a commission schedule for the set of proposed time slots, wherein receiving the selection of time slots for use with the promotion is based on the commission schedule. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.