An automated unified pricing method and system that allow companies to
precisely calculate the price of a combination of products and/or
services when those products or services are offered together in a bundle
for a unified price are described. This methodology applies to the
situation where there is some observable or predicted market value to the
bundle elements sold individually, or to bundles which are a subset of a
larger bundle being contemplated. The method and system determine linked
usage correlation values to determine a core product of a pool of
candidate products. The selection of the core product is maximized or
optimized by eliminating substitutes from the pool and recalculating the
linked usage correlation values. The unified price is calculated by
multiplying the price (retail price) of each individual candidate product
by the correlation coefficient related to the joint relationship of the
core product and the respective candidate product to create adjusted
prices for the candidate products. The adjusted prices are added together
to determine the bundle value or unified price for the combined multiple
product offer.