Method and system for providing direct and indirect sales...

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ABSTRACT:
A method and system for buyers and sellers of goods/services to engage in commerce, providing to a searchable seller goods/services information database to search for desired items and allowing buyers of goods/services to select between at least one direct sales channel and at least one indirect sales channel for submitting a request for quotation and/or completing a transaction, to transmit requests for quotation to selected sellers, and for sellers to transmit quotations to buyers in response to requests for same.

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