Square, Inc.

James Colin Brady

Amir Nathoo

Caroline Hollis

Connor H Dunn

Anish Bhatt

A salesperson may be paid commissions for products sold from the inventory of a merchant. In some examples, the commissions for different products may be determined and changed dynamically, throughout the course of a business day, in response to changing sales rates and inventory conditions. Specifically, commissions may be changed to increase the sales rates of certain products over others. As an example, it may be desired to increase the sales rates of products having relatively high inventory counts and/or that are nearing the expiration of their shelf lives. The changing commission amounts are published or advertised to the salespersons throughout the day so that the salespersons can see which products will produce the highest commissions. The commissions may be paid electronically, immediately or soon after the transactions in which the commissions were earned.

Dynamically changing sales commissions

In some examples, a payment service may enable employees to be paid after every work shift. After a payroll payment for a first work shift, however, corrections to the amount of the payroll payment may be provided by the employer. When corrections reveal that an overpayment has occurred, at least a portion of the overpayment is deducted from the payroll payment for a second work shift that is subsequent to the first work shift. In some cases, the entire overpayment may be deducted from the payroll payment for the second work shift. In other cases, the overpayment may be deducted in installments from each of multiple subsequent payroll payments, which correspond respectively to work shifts that are subsequent to the first work shift.

Payroll correction

In some examples, a service provider may provide a payroll service and a payment processing service to businesses. For instance, with authorization from the employer, the service provider may withhold a percentage of funds received as sales revenue through the payment service. For example, the service provider may withhold a percentage of sales revenue each day to be used to pay at least a portion of the payroll payments paid to employees of the employer. Alternatively, the service provider may determine an amount of payroll payments currently due to be paid on a given day, and may deduct at least a portion of this amount from the sales revenue of the employer for that day. As another alternative, the service provider may make payroll payments in advance, and may withhold a percentage of the employer's daily sales revenue until the cash advance is paid back.

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