A method of promoting for bid or sale of auction items of a seller on an
auction site. In an item description of an item available from a seller
on the auction site, a pointer is embedded. The pointer points to a
related item offered for bid or sale on the auction site. When the user
accesses the item description, the auction site causes an access to a
facilitating server using the pointer. This, in turn, causes the
facilitating server to produce a list of related items available by the
same seller on the auction site. The list is presented to the user so
that the user can bid on or purchase the related items. In this way, a
specific seller's items can be promoted to bidders or purchasers using
the auction site.