2. •Brokers bring sellers and buyers of products
and services together to engage in
transactions.
• Charges a fee to at least one party
involved in a transaction.
3. KINDS OF PRICE DISCOVERY
MECHANISMS:
•FORWARD AUCTION
•REVERSE AUCTION
•MARKET EXCHANGE
•UNIQUE VALUE AUCTION
4. FORWARD AUCTION
Auction in which one seller offers
item(s) for bidding and several
buyers compete to offer the price
the seller will accept.
Eg: ebay.in, marketdojo.com, opt-
source.com.
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7. REVERSE AUCTION
A reverse auction (also called procurement
auction, e-auction, sourcing event, e-
sourcing) is a tool used in business-to-
business procurement.
In this process, the role of the buyer and
seller is reversed, with the primary objective
to compete purchase prices downwards.
Eg: Quibids.com,priceline.com
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11. MARKET EXCHANGE
Similar to barter system.
Customer community can
share and exchange products
each other.
Showing negative growth.
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16. UNIQUE VALUE AUCTION
• Strategy game related to
traditional auctions where the winner
is usually the individual with
the lowest unique bid.
• Bidders pay a fee to make a bid, or
may have to pay a subscription fee
in order to be able to participate.