Patent ID: 8571921

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing e-commerce price indices, comprising the steps of: reading, using one or more computing devices, information regarding products available for purchase online, the information comprising, for each of a plurality of product offers, a product, a price, and a click rate, the click rate representing a number of times in a time period that one or more web-based input mechanisms associated with the product offer are activated, each product associated with at least one of a plurality of at least one of a plurality of product categories; calculating, by the one or more computing devices, a click-weighted average price for each of the product categories based on the read information for products corresponding to each particular category, wherein a price associated with a higher click rate is weighted greater than a price associated with a lesser click rate in the click-weighted average price calculation; and constructing, by the one or more computing devices, an e-commerce price index based on the calculated click-weighted average price for each product category, the e-commerce price index indicating changes over time in the prices of the products.