Patent ID: 8650090

Claim:
A computer implemented method for a buyer to sell a product/service prior to purchasing the product/service in an electronic marketplace, comprising the steps of: querying the buyer of the product/service in a buy/sell transaction to sell the product/service in the electronic marketplace before the buyer purchases the product/service via a client device associated with the buyer by a creation module of a server managing the electronic marketplace over a communications network; relisting the product/service for resale on behalf of the buyer by a listing module of the server in the electronic marketplace before the buyer completes the buy/sell transaction to purchase the product/service from the seller; and processing a buy/sell transaction of the product/service between the buyer and another buyer by a transaction module of the server before the buyer completes the buy/sell transaction to purchase the product/service from the seller, thereby facilitating current or future sale of the product/service before the buyer purchases the product/service.