Commercial negotiation system and method

A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

• dynamically generate a value associated with an item based on data from one or more information sources;
• send a solicitation for an offer to a client;
• receive the offer from the client;
• and
• evaluate the offer based on the value associated with the item.

A system for negotiating a commercial transaction for an item, the system comprising:

• one or more clients connected to a network;
• and
• a negotiation system connected to the network and configured to communicate with the one or more clients, the negotiation system comprising:
• a server configured for receiving an offer for the item from the one or more clients, and configured for generating a response for sending to the one or more clients;
• a data engine configured for dynamically gathering data from one or more information sources;
• an analysis engine configured for generating a value associated with the item based on the data from the one or more information sources;
• and
• a decision engine configured for evaluating the offer based on the value associated with the item, and for providing a result of the evaluation to the server.