Patent ID: 6922674

Claim:
A method of selling aftermarket accessories for a vehicle comprising the acts of: creating an exclusive database region for each of a plurality of dealers in a host computer system database; generating for each of said plurality of dealers, a separate dealer defined list of aftermarket accessories for a specific model of vehicle, wherein at least some of the aftermarket accessories are not pre-installed by a manufacturer of the vehicle; storing each separate dealer defined list of aftermarket accessories in each one of said participating dealers' respective exclusive database regions; receiving at said host computer system a request for information regarding said model vehicle directly from a potential buyer via a computer network; matching said request from the buyer with a particular dealer; displaying a list of aftermarket accessories associated with said particular dealer to said potential buyer via said computer network in response to said request; receiving a purchase request from said potential buyer for said model of vehicle, wherein said purchase request includes a request for one or more of said aftermarket accessories selected by said buyer from said list; and storing said purchase request in said exclusive database region associated with said particular dealer for access by said particular dealer; whereby a purchase of both said vehicle and at least one of a plurality of said aftermarket accessories for said vehicle are simultaneously initiated.