NETWORK-BASED COMMERCE FACILITY OFFER MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS

摘要

Various embodiments include systems, methods, and software to manage offers in a network-based commerce system. One embodiment includes providing sellers an option when listing an item for sale to receive best offers for the item from buyers. This embodiment further includes receiving best offers submitted by offerees via the network-based commerce system and notifying sellers of received best offers. Some embodiments further include providing sellers an option to accept, reject, or ignore the individual best offers received. In some such embodiments, ignored best offers expire after a period, such as 48 hours. Yet further embodiments include notifying offerees of acceptance or rejection of their submitted best offers.

主权项

1. A method to generate a computer system user interface, the method comprising:
retrieving, from a database, a record related to an item to be transacted via a computer system, the record including: a published item price at which the seller is willing to sell the item under a buyout transaction format, and an offer indication that a seller of the item is willing to accept an offer from a seller under an offer transaction format; generating a user interface, using the record, to include the published item price and a first user-selectable interface component which is user-selectable by a user to initiate purchase of the item at the published item price during the buyout transaction format; and generating the user interface, based on the offer indication in the record, to include a second user-selectable interface component which is user selectable by the user to initiate submission of an offer for the item to the seller under the offer transaction format, the initiation of the submission of the offer including sending an email message from the computer system to the seller.