| 摘要 |
Disclosed are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for duration and access based selling of products. Hypervertical is a concept of offering products for sale through specific channels for specific time periods. An online selling entity creates an online sales event offering products for sale. The online sales event is valid for a predefined duration. While the online sales event is active, access to the products are provided exclusively through the online sales event. However, upon expiry of the online sales event, which causes the online sales event to be deleted and access to the products be revoked, the access to the products is provided through third-party applications, such as search results of a search engine, social networking sites, other third-party websites. The third-party applications present the products as, for example, advertisements, accessing which the user can navigate to the online selling entity to view or purchase the products. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
creating an online sales event in an online sales application, the online sales event created based on a concept and offering for sale a plurality of products related to the concept, wherein the online sales event does not allow searching for a particular product within the online sales event using a search query, and wherein the online sales event is valid for a predefined duration; providing access to the products featured in the online sales event exclusively via the online sales event for the predefined duration; and upon expiry of the predefined duration,
removing the online sales event from the online sales application, andproviding access to the products that featured in the online sales event via a third-party application. |
