SERVICES FOR GENERATION OF ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACE LISTINGS USING PERSONAL PURCHASE HISTORIES OR OTHER INDICIA OF PRODUCT OWNERSHIP

摘要

An online marketplace system (515) provides various features for assisting users in listing products for sale, locating the listings (130) for a product, and performing related actions. A user wishing to sell a product can browse to an existing description (100, 105) of the product in an electronic catalog and then select an option (127, 325) to create a corresponding listing (130). If the user previously purchased the product via the system (515), the user may alternatively select the product (405) from a personal purchase history listing (400, 455). The system may also proactively send product-specific listing requests (455) to those predicted to own specific products. To create a listing (130) for a selected product, the user preferably specifies the product's condition (345) and a selling price (354). The pending listings (130) for a product are preferably displayed or summarized on the product's detail page (100) in the catalog. In one embodiment, the catalog also serves as a retail sales catalog of an online merchant.