The present invention provides a process and a system for matching buyers
and sellers of goods and/or services for a project. The invention enables
a buyer to specify a project in terms of physical, functional, temporal,
financial, and/or transactional parameters (102) which are then
automatically converted, by the present invention, into at least one
request for goods/services (104) needed to complete the project. The
requests are suitably provided to at least one seller, who may be
pre-identified by the buyer as a preferred seller. Upon receiving a
request, the seller may submit a response to the request, as desired.
Additionally, the invention provides a forum for the negotiation of any
agreemments and the formation of contracts to provide the requested, or
alternative goods/services (106). Further, the present invention provides
a system and process for targeting marketing to online buyers based upon
profiles established for the buyers, profiles for the sellers, and the
current on-line activities of a buyer. The targeted marketing features
are preferably provided by utilizing Profile links which provide hyper
links to a web page associated with a seller.