Internet acquisition of goods and services from multiple service providers
is facilitated in a uniform, automated manner. Online service account
facilitation systems and methods are contemplated that allow for
intuitive, uniformly-structured representations of service offerings;
straightforward, yet flexible, definition of service product markets;
advantageous status designations for market offerings; flexible start
date restriction rules; context sensitive information request forms,
dynamic price determination on interactive comparison forms; flexible
restriction rules for selection combinations of plans, packages, and
features; creation of customized data elements; a powerfully advantageous
ordering process; a discontinuation process; an inter-dependent order
resolution feature; a hierarchical customization scheme; and/or
centralized two-way communication between customers and service
providers. In one embodiment, tenants of business or residential
properties, may connect and disconnect utilities and/or purchase other
goods and services electronically via the Internet from various service
providers when moving into the property.