Patent ID: 8396750

Claim:
A method, comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of recommendations in a memory accessible by a server, the recommendations being applicable to improve an operation of a network presence of a plurality of online merchants, wherein a criteria is associated with each of the recommendations, each criteria determining whether a corresponding one of the recommendations applies to a network presence of one of the online merchants; automatically determining, in the server, a subset of the recommendations applicable to the network presence of the one of the online merchants; determining, in the server, an implementation status for each of the recommendations in the subset with respect to the network presence of the one of the online merchants; encoding for display the subset of recommendations along with the implementation status of each of the recommendations to an agent of the network presence of the one of the online merchants; facilitating, in the server, an implementation of at least one of the recommendations with respect to the network presence of the one of the online merchants; tracking, in the server, sales of at least one product occurring through the network presence of the one of the online merchants relative to a time in which the one of the recommendations was implemented; and identifying, in the server, an additional product offering to incorporate into an existing product offering through the network presence of the one of the online merchants, wherein at least one of the recommendations encoded for display recommends the additional product offering.