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Disclosed is an electronic system (10) for marketing beverages. The system (10) includes an information storage device (14) for electronically storing product information about beverages for sale by beverage suppliers. The system further includes a module (16) for a prospective buyer to view the beverage product information stored in the information storage device (14) over a data network and a module (17) for registering a prospective buyer request for a sample of a beverage recorded in the information storage device (14). The module (17) also sends the sample request to the beverage supplier over a data network. The electronic system (10) also includes a bargaining module (18) enabling the prospective buyer and a beverage supplier to bargain, through communications sent through the data network, a purchase price for a quantity of the beverage following buyer sampling. A contracting module (19) is also provided for enabling the beverage supplier to contract with the buyer for purchase of a quantity of sampled beverage at an agreed purchase price, the bargaining and contracting steps being conducted over the data network.
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