Identifying incentives for a qualified buyer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8290824
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09922884

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A system and method that facilitates e-commerce volume pricing is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, the system includes an offers and orders component that receives and aggregates orders for a product from a plurality of buyers. The system also includes a logistics component that determines a shipping price for the product for a subset of the plurality of buyers. The shipping price is determined at least in part upon the subset of buyers sharing a shipping method. According to another aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which buyers within an aggregated purchasing group may be subject to different pricing structures for the same product.

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  • EWINWIN, INC.;VALENTINE COMMUNICATIONS LLC;EWIN WIN, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mesaros, Gregory J Westlake, US 83 3368

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