The present invention provides a method and system that allows sellers to
communicate conditional offers to potential buyers. The conditions include
prices that depend on the aggregate amount of goods or services that
buyers collectively agree to purchase by a given time and date. The
invention facilitates "demand aggregation", that is, aggregating demand by
potential buyers (who may or may not know each other), for products
offered by sellers. This invention allows sellers conveniently to offer
"Demand-Based Pricing", that is, prices which go down as the volume of
units sold in any given offer goes up. A seller can therefor offer volume
discounts to buyers acting as a group, even when the buyers may not have
any formal relationship with one another.