METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW VOLUME BUYERS TO AGGREGATE PURCHASING POWER

摘要

A method and system for low volume buyers to aggregate their purchasing power to gain high volume discounts. Vendors display information about their products and services along with a price schedule that provides greater discounts for bigger volume of purchases. For example, buying 1 unit costs DOLLAR 100 per unit, 10 units would cost DOLLAR 90 per unit, and 1000 units cost DOLLAR 60 per unit. Another example of a volume discount is the price paid by each buyer is the total value demanded by the vendor divided equally between all interested buyers. Buyers then aggregate online to take advantage of these volume discounts. Unlike an auction model, where more buyers mean higher prices, here more buyers lead to lower prices.