System and method for negotiating item prices

摘要

A system and machine-implemented method for providing a user participating in an online shopping environment with a negotiated price for an item, the method comprising receiving a request to negotiate a price of an item being posted to an online shopping environment and offered at a first price, identify purchase context information corresponding to the item in response to receiving the request, wherein the purchase context information include information regarding the item and information regarding the online shopping environment, determining a negotiated price for the online item based on the purchase context information and providing the negotiated price for display to one or more users.

主权项

1. A method executed by one or more computing devices for providing a user participating in an online shopping environment with a negotiated price for an item, the method comprising:
receiving a request to negotiate a price of an item being posted to an online shopping environment and offered at a first price, wherein the item is posted to the online shopping environment using data obtained from a remote service without redirecting to the remote service; identifying, using the one or more computing devices, purchase context information corresponding to the item in response to receiving the request, wherein the purchase context information includes information regarding the item and information regarding the online shopping environment, the purchase context information comprising a number of users indicating interest to purchase the item at a lower price; determining, using the one or more computing devices, a negotiated price for the online item based on the purchase context information and based on the number of users being greater than or equal to a threshold number of users; and providing the negotiated price for display to one or more users.