Patent ID: 7979318
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for variably pricing a product based on the volume of product sold comprising the steps of: electronically offering a product for sale to buyers; using the computer to define an adjustment curve for establishing pricing at a range of volumes for the product along such curve; allowing a user to define at least one plot point along such curve; using the computer to calculate and store a quantity percentile for such at least one plot point by establishing a start price break and an end price break and calculating the difference in quantities between the start price break and the end price break; using the computer to calculate and store a price percentile for such at least one plot point, the price percentile calculation step further comprising the step of calculating the difference in price between the start price break and the end price break at the quantity percentile that was calculated in the quantity percentile calculation step; and utilizing the adjustment curve to display the product pricing on a screen display operated electronically by a buyer via a website; wherein adjustment of either quantities or prices of one or both of the price breaks results in the automatic refreshing of the adjustment curve.