System and method for online time-price based marketplace and unique manipulations of listings

A method comprising:

• storing a product listing corresponding to a product in a database;
• displaying the product listing on a webpage;
• receiving, at a server, user inputs from a user computer for a first user to purchase the product at a final product price, wherein the user inputs include a powerup input from the first user;
• receiving a proposed initial product price from a seller;
• setting the proposed initial product price to be a benchmark;
• determining changes to a current product price from the benchmark in relation to a current time and an initial posting time of the product listing, wherein the server responds to the powerup input to manipulate the current product price, wherein the powerup input has an effect on the current product price selected from the group of increasing the current product price, decreasing the current product price, preventing the current product price from changing for a predetermined amount of time, resetting the current product price to the benchmark, setting the current product price to the ending listing price, undoing the previous used powerup effect on the product listing, and blocking changes or manipulations to a listing price or a listing duration in its entirely, thereby causing the first user to purchase the product;
• and
• determining the final product price from the current product price upon occurrence of a purchase finalizing event.

A method for conducting an electronic commerce marketplace comprising:

• displaying a product listing of a product on a website;
• receiving, at a server, a selection of a product from a plurality of users, including a first user;
• receiving, at the server, a powerup input from the first user;
• and
• responsive to the powerup input, manipulating the current product price by the server, wherein the powerup input has an effect on the current product price selected from the group of increasing the current product price, decreasing the current product price, preventing the current product price from changing for a predetermined amount of time, resetting the current product price to the benchmark, setting the current product price to the ending listing price, undoing the previous used powerup effect on the product listing, and blocking changes or manipulations to a listing price or a listing duration in its entirety, thereby causing the first user to purchase the product.