SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE SUBMISSION, COLLECTION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCT AND SHOPPING RELATED INFORMATION

1 . A method comprising:

receiving and storing, at a server, a project listing associated with a project that includes at least one shopping-related activity;

providing, at the server, access to the project listing to a plurality of users;

receiving, at the server, at least one request for participation in the project from at least one user from the plurality of users;

receiving, at the server, approval for at least one approved user from the plurality of users to participate in the project, based on the at least one request for participation in the project;

receiving, at the server, a link to content generated by the at least one approved user, the content being associated with the at least one approved user's performance of the at least one shopping-related activity and the content including at least one of text content, image content, and video content; and

providing, at the server, access to the link to the plurality of users.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of users are members of a user group, the method further comprising:

receiving, at the server, a request from a new user for inclusion of the new user in the user group;

receiving, at the server, approval of the new user for inclusion in the user group; and

storing, at the server, a user-profile associated with the new user.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the project is associated with a predetermined product and each shopping-related activity of the project is related to the predetermined product.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of:

distributing the link to at least one social media outlet; and

submitting the link for inclusion on at least one content aggregation page.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the server, user profile information associated with each user of the plurality of users;

storing the user profile information at a database connected to the server;

anonymizing the user profile information stored at the database;

receiving, at the database, a query for user profile information; and

providing anonymized user profile information from the database in response to the query.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the server, traffic data for a web page associated with the link to the content generated by the at least one approved user; and

storing, at the server, the traffic data in a user profile associated with the at least one approved user.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, at the server, a listing of interest groups; and

storing, at the server, at least one interest group from the listing of interest groups in a user profile associate with each user from the plurality of users.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

inviting at least one user from the plurality of users to participate in the project based on the at least one interest group stored in the user profile associated with the at least one user.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the server, the link to the content generated by the at least one approved user from a mobile application of a mobile device utilized by the at least one approved user to generate the content.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, at the server, links to at least one training or education course;

receiving, at the server, data indicating that at least one user from the plurality of users has completed the at least one training or education course; and

storing, at the server, data indicating that the at least one user has completed the at least one training or education course in a user profile associated with the at least one user.

11 . A server with a computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor for:

receiving and storing a project listing associated with a project that includes at least one shopping-related activity;

providing access to the project listing to a plurality of users;

receiving at least one request for participation in the project from at least one user from the plurality of users;

receiving approval for at least one approved user from the plurality of users to participate in the project, based on the at least one request for participation in the project;

receiving a link to content generated by the at least one approved user, the content being associated with the at least one approved user's performance of the at least one shopping-related activity and the content including at least one of text content, image content, and video content; and

providing access to the link to the plurality of users.

12 . The server of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of users are members of a user group, the computer readable storage medium storing further instructions executable by the processor for:

receiving a request from a new user for inclusion of the new user in the user group;

receiving approval of the new user for inclusion in the user group; and

storing a user-profile associated with the new user.

13 . The server of claim 11 , wherein the project is associated with a predetermined product and each shopping-related activity of the project is related to the predetermined product.

14 . The server of claim 11 , the computer readable storage medium storing further instructions executable by the processor for:

distributing the link to at least one social media outlet; and

submitting the link for inclusion on at least one content aggregation page.

15 . The server of claim 11 the computer readable storage medium storing further instructions executable by the processor for:

receiving user profile information associated with each user of the plurality of users;

storing the user profile information at a database connected to the server;

anonymizing the user profile information stored at the database;

receiving a query for user profile information; and

providing anonymized user profile information from the database in response to the query.

16 . The server of claim 11 the computer readable storage medium storing further instructions executable by the processor for:

receiving traffic data for a web page associated with the link to the content generated by the at least one approved user; and

storing the traffic data in a user profile associated with the at least one approved user.

17 . The server of claim 11 the computer readable storage medium storing further instructions executable by the processor for:

providing a listing of interest groups; and

storing at least one interest group from the listing of interest groups in a user profile associate with each user from the plurality of users.

18 . The server of claim 17 the computer readable storage medium storing further instructions executable by the processor for:

receiving an invitation for at least one user from the plurality of users to participate in the project based on the at least one interest group stored in the user profile associated with the at least one user; and

communicating the invitation to the at least one user from the plurality of users.

19 . The server of claim 11 the computer readable storage medium storing further instructions executable by the processor for:

receiving the link to the content generated by the at least one approved user from a mobile application of a mobile device utilized by the at least one approved user to generate the content.

20 . The server of claim 11 the computer readable storage medium storing further instructions executable by the processor for:

providing links to at least one training or education course;

receiving data indicating that at least one user from the plurality of users has completed the at least one training or education course; and

storing data indicating that the at least one user has completed the at least one training or education course in a user profile associated with the at least one user.