Block, Inc.
Merchant and item ratings

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining merchant and item ratings. One of the methods includes obtaining information identifying one or more purchase transactions by users at a physical location of a merchant. One or more statistical signals are computed using the information identifying the one or more purchase transactions by the users. A quality score for the merchant is computed based on the one or more statistical signals. A rating for the merchant is computed based on the quality score.