Method and system for scheduling transaction listings at a network-based transaction facility

A method to receive and schedule a plurality of transaction listings, transmitted by a seller application, at a network-based transaction facility, the method including;

• receiving a data file at the network-based transaction facility from the seller application executed at a client machine, the data file including a plurality of transaction listings, each of the plurality of transaction listings including an associated start time;
• scheduling publication of each of the plurality of transaction listings at the network-based transaction facility according to the associated start time;
• and
• publishing each of the plurality of transaction listings at the network-based transaction facility according to a respective associated start time.

A seller application to facilitate propagating a plurality of transaction listings to a network-based transaction facility, the application including;

• an interface module to present an input interface to receive a plurality of transaction listings, each of the plurality of transaction listings including a respective associated start times;
• a composer module automatically to compose a data file including the plurality of transaction listings;
• and
• a communication module to propagate the data file from the client computer to the network-based transaction facility.

A system to receive and schedule a plurality of transaction listings, transmitted by a seller application, at a network-based transaction facility, the system including:

• a communicator module including a parser to receive a data file from a seller application executed at a client machine, the data file including a plurality of transaction listings and respective associated start times;
• a scheduler module to schedule publication of the plurality of transaction listings according to their respective associated start times;
• and
• a publisher module to publish each of the plurality of transaction listings at the network based transaction facility according to their associated start times.

A network-based transaction facility application at the network-based transaction facility to receive and schedule a plurality of transaction listings, the network-based transaction facility application including:

• a communicator module including a parser to receive a data file from a seller application executed at a client machine, the data file including a plurality of transaction listings and respective associated start times;
• a scheduler module to schedule publication of the plurality of transaction listings according to their respective associated start times;
• and
• a publisher module to publish each of the plurality of transaction listings at the network based transaction facility according to their associated start times.

A computer-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

• present at a seller application, an input interface to receive from a user, a plurality of transaction listings, each transaction listing including an associated start time;
• compose a data file at the seller application to include the plurality of transaction listings;
• and
• propagate the data file, using the seller application, from the client computer to the network-based transaction facility.

A computer-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

• receiving a data file at the network-based transaction facility from the seller application executed at a client machine, the data file including a plurality of transaction listings, each of the plurality of transaction listings including an associated start time;
• scheduling publication of each of the plurality of transaction listings at the network-based transaction facility according to the associated start time;
• and
• publishing each of the plurality of transaction listings at the network-based transaction facility according to a respective associated start time.