INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING HOSTING OF BUYER GROUPS IN A DEMAND DRIVEN PROMOTION SYSTEM
A system and method for providing a demand driven promotion system supporting social networking and searching, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
1 . A method for advertising buyer groups comprising:
receiving information about a buyer group interested in purchasing a given product, the information including identification of the given product and link information;
generating a link based on the link information, and providing the link on a user screen associated with the given product;
receiving input from a user selecting the link on the user screen; and
causing a user device of the user to vector to another user screen including information regarding the buyer group.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the information occurs in connection with a site that offers the given product for sale and comprises a sales site associated with a manufacturer or seller of the given product.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the information occurs in connection with a site that offers the given product for sale and comprises a multi-seller retailer site supporting sales of the given product.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the information occurs in connection with a server system that comprises a non-selling system, and that comprises a general purpose search engine.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the information occurs in connection with a server system that comprises a buyer group server system, and that comprises a search engine.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the server system comprises a site having a general purpose search engine interface.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user screen and the another user screen each comprise a web page.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the information occurs via a user interface.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the information occurs via a seller interface.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the link is at least a portion of a buyer group posting.
11 . A system for advertising buyer groups comprising:
at least one module of a server system comprising a site, the at least one module operates to, at least:
receive information about a buyer group interested in purchasing a given product, the information including identification of the given product and link information;
generate a link based on the link information, and provide the link on a user screen associated with the given product;
receive input from a user selecting the link on the user screen; and
cause a user device of the user to vector to another user screen including information regarding the buyer group.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a sales site associated with a manufacturer or seller of the given product.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a multi-seller retailer site supporting sales of the given product.
14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the server system comprises a non-selling system, and comprises a general purpose search engine.
15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the server system comprises a buyer group server system, and comprises a search engine.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the site comprises a general purpose search engine interface.
17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the user screen and the another user screen each comprise a web page.
18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the information is received via a user interface.
19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the information is received via a seller interface.
20 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the link is at least a portion of a buyer group posting.