摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic transaction system having information or professional techniques needed to quickly help the buyer decide which seller is the best candidate with respect to specified RFQ. SOLUTION: This method is one to perform online reverse auction on the Internet through a Web site, and includes a step in which the buyer accesses the Web site and prepares an estimation request (RFQ) for a specified product to be sold through the Web site, a step in which the buyer selects a mode for a reverse auction including either a public bidding mode or a closed bidding mode, a step in which an expert system program is carried out at the Web site to select the most prospective seller of the RFQ, a step in which a public reverse auction process is conducted between the buyer and a selected seller through the Web site when the buyer selects the public bidding mode and a step in which a closed reverse auction process is conducted between the buyer and a selected seller through the Web site when the buyer selects the closed bidding mode. |