Patent ID: 7941343

Claim:
A method for enhancing product sales in network transactions, the method comprising: (a) delivering display information to a customer side for ordering products or services via a network; (b) receiving at a seller side an initial order from the customer side, said initial order comprising (i) customer side information including an identity of a client, and (ii) an initial specified quantity; (c) determining, with a seller side computer, based on said initial specified quantity whether said initial order is to be treated as a retail-customer-to-business transaction or as a business-to-business transaction, and (c1) when it is determined based on said initial specified quantity that said initial order is to be treated as a retail-customer-to-business transaction, and said specified quantity of said initial order is in a range equal to or higher than a first predetermined quantity but lower than a third predetermined quantity, changing the display information at the customer side to reflect the retail-customer-to-business transaction and a retail-customer-to-business promotion, and (c2) when it is determined based on said initial specified quantity that said initial order is to be treated as a business-to-business transaction, and said specified quantity is equal to or greater than said third predetermined quantity, changing the display information at the customer side to reflect the business-to-business transaction and a business-to-business promotion; and (d) processing and executing the order with the appropriate corresponding promotion, wherein when it is determined in (c) that the specified quantity of the initial order is lower than said third predetermined quantity, then it is determined based on said customer side information if said initial order is eligible to be treated as a business-to-business transaction, and when it is determined based on said customer side information that said initial order is eligible to be treated as a business-to-business transaction, the seller side calculates a quantity difference to qualify for the business-to-business transaction and promotion, displays the quantity difference along business-to-business transaction and promotion information at the customer side, and provides the customer side with an option of modifying the order.