System, and associated method, for configuring a buying club and a coop order
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1. A system for passing through shipping costs, said system including a computer having at least a processor and a memory operatively coupled to said processor, said memory being configured for storing a computer program executable by said processor, said computer program comprising:
- computer program code for requesting a selection to pass though shipping costs to a buying club or to members of said buying club;
computer program code for receiving and storing said selection; and
computer program code for passing through said shipping costs according to said selection.
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Abstract
A catalog of products is received electronically from each of a plurality of suppliers of products. Each catalog is then compiled into a master supplier catalog that is made accessible to one or more buying entities through an on-line web server, through which server the buying entities may then select and order products shown in the master supplier catalog.
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1. A system for passing through shipping costs, said system including a computer having at least a processor and a memory operatively coupled to said processor, said memory being configured for storing a computer program executable by said processor, said computer program comprising:
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computer program code for requesting a selection to pass though shipping costs to a buying club or to members of said buying club; computer program code for receiving and storing said selection; and computer program code for passing through said shipping costs according to said selection. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of associating information between a supplier and a buying club, the method comprising steps of:
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receiving buying club information, and a selection of a supplier, from a buying club; sending said information to said selected supplier; receiving setup parameters from said selected supplier; sending to said buying club from a web server said setup parameters for said buying club; and associating and storing on a web server said buying club with said setup parameters. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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