MERCHANDISE TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A merchandise trading system and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a server may randomly assign inventory items to a plurality of customers and notify the customers of which items they have been assigned. The server may provide an interface by which the customers may negotiate trades of assigned items. At the end of a trading session, the items may be distributed to the customers to whom the items are assigned at the end of the trading session. The server may assign items in a random manner, or items may be assigned such that each customer receives a set of items with a minimum value. The server may provide an interface by which customers may select one or more items that are assigned to them to carry those selected items over to another trading session.