Patent ID: 8676654

Claim:
A system for processing the sale of goods comprising: a database comprising a list of goods of a plurality of suppliers available for sale, including a supplier sale price; and a processor in communication with the database, the processor comprising: a first module for automatically receiving up-to-date information on the goods for sale by suppliers and updating the database to reflect the information; a second module for electronically communicating with a potential customer to receive an offer to purchase a good without informing the potential customer of an acceptable purchase price for such good, said acceptable purchase price being a price that exceeds the supplier sale price by a predetermined sales margin, the offer including a purchase offer price, and for querying the database to determine if the requested good is available for sale; a third module for calculating the difference between the purchase offer price and the supplier sale price for such good to determine a sales margin and for generating an acceptance to the offer from the potential customer if the sales margin exceeds said predetermined margin and for generating a refusal of the offer if the sales margin does not exceed the predetermined margin; and a fourth module for generating a purchase order to the supplier to purchase such good if the sales margin exceeds a predetermined margin.