Methods and systems for facilitating the provision of opinions to a shopper from a panel of peers

Abstract

In accordance with one or more embodiments, a system determines an image, selects a panel of participants, and outputs the image to each of the participants of the panel of participants. Responses may be collected from the participants and an indication of the results may be output to a shopper.

1 . A computer readable memory storing instructions configured to direct a computing device to perform:
 receiving, from a shopper, a request for opinions regarding a garment;   determining an image of the garment;   selecting, by a merchant server, a plurality of peers to provide the opinion, the peers being selected based on a characteristic associated with a shopper;   outputting to each of the plurality of peers the request for the opinion and the image of the garment;   receiving, by the merchant server, responses to the request from at least a subset of the plurality of peers; and   outputting, to the shopper, an indication of the opinions of the peers regarding the garment, the opinions of the peers being determined based on the received responses.