Methods and systems for social shopping on a network-based marketplace

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for social shopping on a network-based marketplace. The system receives a selection, over a network, at a social shopping platform. The selection identifies a request from a user in a first community of users and is associated with a listing describing an item for sale. The social shopping platform includes multiple network-based marketplaces respectively associated with communities. The communities include the first community of users being associated with a first network-based marketplace. The system identifies the first network-based marketplace based on the request. The first network-based marketplace is used by the first community of users for transacting items of a single domain. Finally, the system updates a user reputation score based on the activity associated with the first network-based marketplace and presents second user interface information, over the network, including the listing.

1 . A system comprising:
 at least one hardware processor; and   a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising:
 receiving, from a user account, a user input associated with submitting vote information for a listing describing an item for sale on an online marketplace, 
 updating a reputation score for the user account based on the vote information; and 
 performing a function of the online marketplace using the updated reputation score. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the item for sale comprises a good or a service. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the vote information includes a thumbs-up vote for the listing. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise updating the reputation score for the user account based on a reputation score of the listing. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the performing the function comprises displaying the updated reputation score in a user interface on a computing device. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the performing the function comprises:
 selecting a skin user interface element from among a plurality of different skin user interface elements based on the updated reputation score;   displaying the selected skin user interface element in association with the user account in a user interface on a computing device.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the plurality of different skin user interface elements comprises background images, background colors, header images, fonts, text sizes, or text colors. 
     
     
         8 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 receiving, by a networked system having at least one hardware processor from a user account, a user input associated with submitting vote information for a listing describing an item for sale on an online marketplace;   updating, by the networked system, a reputation score for the user account based on the vote information; and   performing, by the networked system, a function of the online marketplace using the updated reputation score.   
     
     
         9 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 8 , wherein the item for sale comprises a good or a service. 
     
     
         10 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 8 , wherein the vote information includes a thumbs-up vote for the listing. 
     
     
         11 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 8 , wherein further comprising updating the reputation score for the user account based on a reputation score of the listing. 
     
     
         12 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 8 , wherein the performing the function comprises displaying the updated reputation score in a user interface on a computing device. 
     
     
         13 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 8 , wherein the performing the function comprises:
 selecting a skin user interface element from among a plurality of different skin user interface elements based on the updated reputation score;   displaying the selected skin user interface element in association with the user account in a user interface on a computing device.   
     
     
         14 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of different skin user interface elements comprises background images, background colors, header images, fonts, text sizes, or text colors. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising:
 receiving, from a user account, a user input associated with submitting vote information for a listing describing an item for sale on an online marketplace;   updating, by the networked system, a reputation score for the user account based on the vote information; and   performing, by the networked system, a function of the online marketplace using the updated reputation score.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the item for sale comprises a good or a service. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the vote information includes a thumbs-up vote for the listing. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise updating the reputation score for the user account based on a reputation score of the listing. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the performing the function comprises displaying the updated reputation score in a user interface on a computing device. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the performing the function comprises:
 selecting a skin user interface element from among a plurality of different skin user interface elements based on the updated reputation score;   
       displaying the selected skin user interface element in association with the user account in a user interface on a computing device.