Method for expanding sales through computer game

Abstract

What is offered is a method for expanding sales for a merchant by attracting customers through a computer game. The method is based on the use of a computer game platform having an administrator panel and rentable by a merchant who advertises the product and offers a customer the choice to print a coupon and use it directly for purchasing the product or to participate in a betting-free and gambling-free computer game. The game is based on a bonus-based player's incentive to attract “n” number of friends as potential buyers of the product for participation in the game so that the merchant can economically justify the discount coupons and loss of one entire product due to attraction of a large amount of potential buyers.

1 . A method for expanding sales for a merchant by attracting customers through a gambling-free and betting-free computer game, comprising:
 providing a rentable computer game platform having an administrator panel controllable by an administrator and accessible through the Internet;   renting a rentable computer game platform to a merchant who wants to sell at least one product that has a predetermined identification number;   providing a merchant home page prepared by a merchant, said merchant home page containing information about at least one product, the sales term, and the game rules;   transmitting of information about at least one product, the sales term, and the game rules to the administrator panel for approval by the administrator;   opening of the game home page on approval of information about at least one product, the sales term, and the game rules by the administrator, the game home page providing the customer with the choice of printing at least one coupon or participating in a gambling-free and betting-free game and with an incentive to attract “n” number of friends as potential buyers of at least one product for participation in the game so that the merchant's free mode of the game is economically justified; and   accessing the game from any electronic device connectable to the Internet.   
     
     
         2 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , providing the game home page with game rules and opening a game window with a virtual slot if the customer confirms agreement with the game rules, the virtual slot operating in accordance with parameters given by the merchant; and allowing the customer to choose manual spin or autoplay, wherein the manual spin requires a manual click for each spin and wherein autoplay continues automatically without interruption until expiration of the sales term or until winning at least one coupon or at least one product, whereupon the game switches to another deal on the game home page. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the incentive to attract “n” number of friends comprises opening an additional virtual slot when the number of player's friends logged into the game reaches “n”. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further providing the game with the player's page and registering the customer on the player's page as a player upon the customer's confirming agreement with the game rules, registration comprising the player's e-mail address and password, and the player attracting friends to the game by importing their e-mail addresses through the player's page. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further providing the game with a player number validation function that validates the number of friends attracted by the player and logged into the game. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game is accessible to the player from any electronic device connectable to the Internet and having an Internet browser, wherein for autoplay the game home page works in the background without interference from other players' activity on the electronic device used for the game. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the game is accessible to the player from any electronic device connectable to the Internet and having an Internet browser, wherein for autoplay the game home page works in the background without interference from other players' activity on the electronic device used for the game. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the game is accessible to the player from any electronic device connectable to the Internet and having an Internet browser, wherein for autoplay the game home page works in the background without interference from other players' activity on the electronic device used for the game. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein further providing the step of registering on the game home page the fact of printing at least one coupon, winning at least one coupon, or winning at least one product. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein further providing the step of registering on the game home page the fact of printing at least one coupon, winning at least one coupon, or winning at least one product. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein if the customer has chosen to print the coupon and to buy at least one product, the customer registers the fact of buying the product on the game home page. 
     
     
         12 . The method as claimed in  claim 11 , further providing the game home page with game rules and opening the game window with a virtual slot if the customer confirms agreement with the game rules, the virtual slot operating in accordance with parameters given by the merchant; allowing the customer to choose a manual spin or auto play, wherein the manual spin requires a manual click for each spin and wherein autoplay continues automatically without interruption until expiration of the sales term or until winning at least one coupon or at least one product, whereupon the game is switched to the game home page for another deal; the incentive to attract “n” number of friends comprising opening an additional virtual slot when the number of customer friends logged into the game reaches “n”; and
 providing the game with the game home page and registering the customer on the player's page as a player upon the customer's confirming agreement with the game rules, the registration comprising the player's e-mail address and password assigned to the player, the player attracting friends to the game by importing their e-mail addresses through the player's page. 
 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the game is accessible to the player from any electronic device connectable to the Internet and having an Internet browser, wherein in case of autoplay the game home page works in the background without interference from other players' activity on the electronic device used for the game. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein if the player wins a coupon and buys at least one product, the player obtains an additional virtual slot to play for at least one other product. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one product is a car, and the predetermined identification number is the vehicle identification number. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein for the customer who chooses to print a coupon and to buy a car instead of playing, the customer obtains an additional virtual slot to play for another product. 
     
     
         17 . The method as claimed in  claim 16 , further providing the game home page with game rules and opening a game window with a virtual slot if the customer confirms agreement with the game rules, the virtual slot operating in accordance with parameters given by the merchant; allowing the player to choose a manual spin or autoplay, wherein the manual spin requires a manual click for each spin and wherein autoplay continues automatically without interruption until expiration of the sales term or until winning at least one coupon or at least one product, wherein the incentive to attract “n” number of friends comprising opening an additional virtual slot when the number of player's friends logged into the game reaches “n”; and providing the game with the player's page and registering the customer on the player's page as a player upon the customer's confirming agreement with the game rules, the registration comprising the player's e-mail address and password assigned to the player, the player attracting friends to the game by importing their e-mail addresses through the player's page. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the game is accessible to the player from any electronic device connectable to the Internet and having an Internet browser, wherein for autoplay the game home page works in the background without interference from other players' activity on the electronic device used for the game. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein if the player wins a coupon and buys the car, the player obtains an additional virtual slot to play for another product.