Techniques For Linking Consumers For Coupon Matching

A commerce server comprising:

• a processing device including:
• a receiving module configured to receive a shopping list containing a plurality of items from a primary consumer and a coupon list containing one more coupons from a secondary consumer wherein each of the one or more coupons corresponds to one of the plurality of items on the shopping list;
• and
• a transmission module configured to transmit a message containing the coupon list to the primary consumer.

A computer-implemented method for linking consumers in a coupon matching game comprising the steps of:

• receiving, with a processing device of a commerce server, a shopping list containing a plurality of items from a primary consumer;
• controlling, with the processing device, respective displays of electronic computing devices of a plurality of secondary consumers to display the shopping list of the primary consumer;
• receiving, with the processing device, a coupon list containing one more coupons from a plurality of the secondary consumers wherein each of the one or more coupons corresponds to one of the plurality of items on the shopping list;
• determining, with the processing device, an amount of savings defined by each of the coupon lists;
• and
• transmitting, with the processing device, a message containing the coupon list defining a largest amount of savings to the primary consumer.