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Method and system with multi-tier club memberships for discounted buying on the internet and at store locations

  • US 20060155603A1
  • Filed: 03/16/2006
  • Published: 07/13/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of buying and selling using club memberships as a basis for buyers to receive discounts on purchases of products offered by sellers through at least one of a computer system, the Internet, e-mail, electronic data interchange (EDI), television, telephone, facsimile (fax), catalogs, magazines, newspapers, coupons, and mailings and additionally at in-store locations, wherein the products comprise either goods or services, the method comprising:

  • making a plurality of discounted product offers from the sellers available to the buyers by integrating an Internet online channel of purchasing with real-world offline channels of purchasing;

    providing the club memberships and associated membership cards of the buyers to provide access to the integrated channels and the discounted product offers from the sellers; and

    wherein the buyers who are club members have access to a club Internet web site that allows the club members to access the discounted product offers on individual seller discount pages from the sellers directly linked through seller logos or seller names either generally or by product category to the club Internet web site without the buyers having to visit a multitude of seller sites separately and locate the individual seller discount pages from within information included on the seller sites.

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