| 摘要 |
An apparatus and method for selling an item using a network are described. The method comprising the steps of: receiving information on the item from at least one supplier, the information including volume pricing information for the item, the volume pricing information comprising at least one volume purchase price and information on the required quantity of the item to be purchased for the volume purchase price to apply; establishing an offer acceptance criteria, the offer acceptance criteria including an offer acceptance quantity; setting the offer acceptance quantity based on the required quantity of the item to be purchased for the volume purchase price to apply; setting an initial remaining quantity that needs to be purchased to the offer acceptance quantity; offering the item for sale, the offer information including at least one volume sale price, the offer information further including the remaining quantity that needs to be purchased to meet the offer acceptance quantity; receiving an offer to purchase the item at the volume sale price from a customer, the offer to purchase including a quantity to be purchased; adjusting the remaining quantity by the quantity in the purchase offer, the offer information updated to reflect the adjustment to the remaining quantity; and when the remaining quantity is zero or less and the offer acceptance criteria is meet accepting the offers, supplying the items to the customers who have made an offer to purchase and resetting the remaining quantity to start from the required quantity. |
