Identifying incentives for a qualified buyer
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by a processor to perform a method to identify an extra incentive for a qualified buyer, the method comprising:
- publically presenting an offer for an item, the item comprising a product or service, wherein the offer includes a single discounted price for the item and is contingent on a minimum quantity of orders for the item being received prior to a known and specified time;
aggregating orders for the item from a set of buyers;
determining that the minimum quantity of orders for the item has been satisfied; and
identifying an extra incentive for a qualified buyer from the set of buyers, wherein the extra incentive is provided to the qualified buyer by way of a private account and is contingent upon satisfaction of the minimum quantity of orders for the item prior to the known and specified time.
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Abstract
A system and method that facilitates e-commerce volume pricing is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, the system includes an offers and orders component that receives and aggregates orders for a product from a plurality of buyers. The system also includes a logistics component that determines a shipping price for the product for a subset of the plurality of buyers. The shipping price is determined at least in part upon the subset of buyers sharing a shipping method. According to another aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which buyers within an aggregated purchasing group may be subject to different pricing structures for the same product.
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117 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by a processor to perform a method to identify an extra incentive for a qualified buyer, the method comprising:
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publically presenting an offer for an item, the item comprising a product or service, wherein the offer includes a single discounted price for the item and is contingent on a minimum quantity of orders for the item being received prior to a known and specified time; aggregating orders for the item from a set of buyers; determining that the minimum quantity of orders for the item has been satisfied; and identifying an extra incentive for a qualified buyer from the set of buyers, wherein the extra incentive is provided to the qualified buyer by way of a private account and is contingent upon satisfaction of the minimum quantity of orders for the item prior to the known and specified time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by a processor to perform a method to identify an extra incentive for a qualified buyer, the method comprising:
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publically presenting a site accessible via a computer network, the site including an offer for a product or service, wherein the offer includes a single discounted price for the product or service that is available only when a minimum volume of orders for the product or service are received before a known and specified time, and wherein the offer may be canceled before the specified time; analyzing orders for the product or service from a plurality of buyers in order to determine the aggregate number of orders for the product or service; determining that the minimum volume of orders for the product or service has been satisfied; and identifying an additional incentive for an eligible buyer included within the plurality of buyers, wherein the additional incentive is made available to the eligible buyer by way of a private account only when the minimum volume of orders for the product or service are received before the known and specified time. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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109. A method for providing extra incentives to eligible buyers, the method comprising:
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publically presenting an online offer for an item characterized as a product or service via a web site, the offer including a discounted price for the item, and wherein the online offer is contingent upon receiving a minimum quantity of orders prior to a known predetermined time; aggregating orders for the item from multiple buyers at a computing device connected to a network; executing instructions stored in memory of the computing device to determine that the minimum quantity of orders is met; and providing an extra incentive to an eligible buyer from amongst the multiple buyers by way of a private account, the extra inventive contingent upon receiving the minimum quantity of orders prior to the known and predetermined time. - View Dependent Claims (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117)
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