Ebay, Incorporated

Andrew Leigh Sandler

Steve Grove

Brian Alan Grove

Zak James Edson

Ngan-Ha D Nguyen

George Liang

Erik Hansen

Paul Fu

Deborah Liu

Benjamin David Foster

Leonard Robert Speiser

Zachary James Edson

Lori Kathleen Stewart

Charles Zoran Kalko

Sterling Ryan Quick

Anne Chang Raimondi

A method to facilitate invoicing for transactions established utilizing a network-based transaction system includes supporting establishment of transactions between a plurality of entities in the network-based transaction system, and identifying as part of an invoice generation process, a plurality of transactions to which a first entity is a party. The method further includes identifying first and second transactions from the plurality of transactions that satisfy combinable criteria, and generating an invoice for at least the first and second transactions that satisfy the combinable criteria. The method can also be implemented in a system and on a machine-readable medium.

Invoicing system

A method and system that introduces a fixed-price transaction mechanism in conjunction with an auction transaction mechanism. The system facilitates a network-based auction price-setting process for a listing using a fixed price-setting process. The listing includes a reserve price that is adjusted by receiving, via an interface, an adjustment to the reserve price to generate an adjusted reserve price. The system further identifies whether the adjusted reserve price is less than a proxy bid that has been received from a bidder for the listing.

Introducing a fixed-price transaction mechanism in conjunction with an auction transaction mechanism

In one embodiment, a computerized method facilitates invoicing for transactions in a network-based transaction system. The method includes identifying a plurality of transactions to which a first entity is a party, identifying first and second transactions from the plurality of transactions that satisfy combinable criteria relating to combining transactions into a single invoice, and providing to the first entity an indication of the combinability of transactions of the first and second transactions into the single invoice. The method can also be implemented on a machine readable medium.

A method and systems for auction price-setting for a listing using a fixed price-setting process are disclosed. A seller is provided with an option to offer the listing in the fixed price-setting process or the auction price-setting process. A fixed price offer for the listing is published based on a criterion. Additional embodiments are also disclosed.

According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method to facilitate generating listing recommendations to a user of a network-based commerce system. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a term associated with a user interaction in a network-based commerce system. The method further includes generating a recommendation query including the identified term. In addition, the method includes running the recommendation query against a plurality of listings hosted by the network-based commerce system to identify a recommendation. Moreover, the method includes presenting the recommendation to a user of the network-based commerce system.

Listing recommendation using generation of a user-specific query in a network-based commerce system

An auction method presents an auction price-setting process and a fixed price process for purchasing a seller's offering to a buyer. The seller is provided with a mechanism to adjust and publish a seller fixed-price offer during the auction price-setting process.

Method and system to publish a seller fixed price offer

A auction system includes an auction price-setting purchase process and a fixed price purchase process for purchasing a buyer's proxy bid during an auction.

Method, and system to publish a proxy bid and a reserve price

An auction method includes an auction price-setting process and a fixed price process for purchasing a seller's offering to a buyer. The seller may adjust a seller fixed-price offer during the auction price-setting process.

Method and system to adjust a seller fixed price offer

Methods and systems including an auction method including an auction price-setting process and a fixed price process for purchasing a seller's offering to a buyer. The seller may adjust a seller fixed-price offer during the auction price-setting process. Various embodiments include a network-based commerce system including, a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and a fixed price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to facilitate a request for an adjustment of a fixed price offer associated with a listing for an item, the request to be sent to a seller of the listing.

Listing recommendation in a network-based commerce system

An auction mechanism that would allow a buyer to submit a question to a seller, and optionally have the seller post the relevant question as well as a response for inclusion within a listing.

Seller-controlled publication of question and answer sets

In one embodiment, a combination of transactions, established utilizing a network-based marketplace, is facilitated on a single invoice to be issued by a first party. A rule, specified by the first party, for an automated calculation of charges in connection with invoices issued by the first party is identified. This rule is then dynamically invoked to calculate a charge for the plurality of transactions included in the single invoice to be issued by the first party.

Method and apparatus to maintain rules for charges associated with combined transactions established utilizing a multi-seller network-based marketplace

In one embodiment, establishment of transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers is supported in a network-based marketplace. As part of an invoice generation process, multiple transactions to which a first user of the network-based marketplace is a party are identified. Further, one or more subsets of these transactions that satisfy combinable criteria are identified, and an invoice is generated for at least one of the identified subsets of transactions.

Method and apparatus to facilitate generation of invoices combining multiple transactions established utilizing a multi-seller network-based marketplace

An auction price-setting method to present an auction price-setting process and a fixed price process to provide a fixed price offer for an item and to publish the fixed price offer on a listing based on a criterion.

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Andrew Leigh Sandler