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1. A method of distributing products, comprising:
establishing, through a group generation service implemented through a cooperative network of computational servers distributed over a wide area distributed network, a first product group exclusively associated with a first product in response to a request from a first buyer; providing hundreds of thousands of potential buyers with access over the distributed network to group build interface information that allows potential buyers to communicate requests over the distributed network to join the first product group; receiving requests from over the distributed network from a plurality of buyers in accordance with the group build interface information each requesting to join the first product group and agreeing, along with each member of the first product group, to purchase at least one of the first product through the first product group; joining the plurality of buyers to the first product group in response to the requests; providing thousands of potential sellers with access over the distributed network to group bid interface information configured to allow potential sellers to communicate seller bids over the distributed network requesting to be selected as a seller of the product to the first product group; and receiving, from a plurality of potential sellers in accordance with the bid interface information, a plurality of different seller bids requesting to be selected as the seller for the first product group, wherein each seller bid of the plurality of different seller bids specifies a seller bid price at which the corresponding seller is willing to sell the first product to members of the first product group. |