Methods and Systems for Incentivizing an Acquisition of a Good or Service

A computer readable medium having instructions thereon that when executed provide a method, the computer readable medium comprising:

• instructions to identify a plurality of prices for a plurality of items, the plurality of prices including a first price that is higher than a second price in the plurality of prices;
• instructions to associate a first reward with the first price;
• instructions to associate a second reward with the second price;
• instructions to determine to provide a refund to a first acquirer of at least one of the plurality of items at the first price when a threshold is reached;
• and
• instructions to sell one of the plurality of items for the first price by offering the first reward and the refund.

A method for incentivizing an acquisition of a good or service, the method comprising:

• identifying a plurality of prices for a plurality of items;
• associating a first reward with a first price in the plurality of prices;
• associating a second reward with a second price in the plurality of prices;
• determining to provide the first reward to a first acquirer of at least one of the plurality of items at the first price when a threshold is reached;
• and
• selling one of the plurality of items for the first price by offering the first reward.

A method for identifying a price differential between two acquisitions of goods or services and incentivizing one of a plurality of acquirers, the method comprising:

• providing, by an acquisition incentive system, to a first acquirer using a first client device, an identification of an acquisition opportunity;
• receiving, by the acquisition incentive system, from the first client device, a request to acquire the item described by the identification of the acquisition opportunity at a first price described by the identification of the acquisition opportunity;
• providing, by the acquisition incentive system, to the first acquirer, a first reward associated with the first price and described by the identification of the acquisition opportunity;
• providing, by the acquisition incentive system, to a second acquirer using a second client device, the identification of an acquisition opportunity;
• receiving, by the acquisition incentive system, from the second client device, a request to acquire a second item described by the identification of the acquisition opportunity at a second price described by the identification of the acquisition opportunity, the second price lower than the first price;
• providing, by the acquisition incentive system, to the second acquirer, a second reward having a value lower than the first reward;
• identifying, by the acquisition incentive system, a difference between the first price and the second price;
• and
• refunding, by the acquisition incentive system, to the first acquirer, the identified difference between the first price and the second price.