SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTIVATING SUBMISSION OF CONDITIONAL PURCHASE OFFERS

摘要

A system and method are disclosed for encouraging buyers (110) to submit conditional purchase offers (CPOs) to a CPO management system (100) for a desired product. The CPO management system (100) processes each received CPO to determine whether one or more sellers (130, 140, 150) are willing to accept a given CPO. The disclosed CPO management system compensates buyers (110) if the buyer's conditional purchase offer is rejected, or expires before an acceptance is received. The CPO management system (100) evaluates one or more stored compensation offers to determine if the buyer (110) is eligible for rejection compensation, and may optionally require that the conditional purchase offer satisfies one or more additional predefined eligibility criteria. The rejection compensation can include, for example, (i) a cash award, (ii) a prize, or (iii) a coupon or credit that can be redeemed for a discount against future transactions, thereby encouraging future use.