Groupon, Inc.

Bytedance Inc.

Nolan Finn

Matt DeLand

Brian Mullins

Stephen Lang

John Stokvis

Zahra Ferdowsi

Shafiq Shariff

Zahra Ferdowski

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for calculating closing metrics regarding a contract between a promotion service and provider. A promotional system may calculate a probability of closing, and an estimated time to close. The promotion service may offer a promotion to consumers for a discounted product or service, to be honored by the provider. A category, lead source, historical data, stage in sales, and/or size of the provider may be used in calculating a probability of close and/or time to close. An example method may comprise supplying a classifying model with a dataset, wherein the dataset comprises an identification of a provider and attributes corresponding to the provider and identifying a class of the provider in accordance with the plurality of corresponding attributes, wherein the identification is determined based on one or more patterns determinative of a return rate by the classifying model.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for determining closing metrics

Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for classifying a provider of products, services or experiences as a provider that should be engaged based on a predicted return rate for any products, services or experiences that may be offered and purchased by a consumer. An example method may comprise supplying a classifying model with a dataset, wherein the dataset comprises an identification of a provider and a plurality of attributes corresponding to the provider and identifying a class of the provider in accordance with the plurality of corresponding attributes, wherein the identification is determined based on one or more patterns determinative of a return rate by the classifying model.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for determining a provider return rate

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