MAY SHIP HANDLING

摘要

In an example embodiment, e-commerce listings from a database are ranked into a first ranking in accordance with a first ranking scheme. Then a location of a potential buyer is identified. One or more of the listings are identified as may ship listings that a corresponding seller has indicated as pertaining to a good or service that may ship to the location of the potential buyer, without a commitment of shipping to the location of the potential buyer. A position of one or more of the may ship listings in the first ranking may be altered to achieve a second ranking.

主权项

1. An e-commerce system comprising:
a marketplace application executable by a processor and configured to access listings from a database; a listing ranking module configured to rank the listings from the database into a first ranking in accordance with a first ranking scheme, the listing ranking module including a may ship ranking module configured to:
identify a location of a potential buyer;identify one or more of the listings as may ship listings that a corresponding seller has indicated as pertaining to a good or service that may ship to the location of the potential buyer, without a commitment of shipping to the location of the potential buyer; andalter a position of one or more of the may ship listings in the first ranking to achieve a second ranking.