Mediated anonymous negotiation system

An electronically networked mediated anonymous negotiation system, comprising:

• a seller-side communication console (108S) having:
• a seller-side transaction panel (301S) adapted to bidirectionally communicate product offer data with a moderator-side transaction management panel (301M);
• and
• a seller-side acceptance feature (313S) configured to transmit to the moderator-side transaction management panel (301M) a manifestation of assent to the product offer;
• a buyer-side communication console (108B) having:
• a buyer-side transaction panel (301B) adapted to bidirectionally communicate product offer data with a moderator-side transaction management panel (301M);
• and
• a buyer-side acceptance feature (313B) configured to transmit to the moderator-side transaction management panel a manifestation of assent to the product offer;
• and
• a moderator-side mediation console (108M) having:
• a moderator-side transaction management panel (301M) adapted to bidirectionally communicate product offer data with the seller-side transaction panel (301S), and adapted to bidirectionally communicate product offer data with the buyer-side transaction panel (301B);
• and
• a multilateral chat (315M) feature in bidirectional data communication with a seller-side chat panel (315S), and in bidirectional communication with a buyer-side chat panel (315B).

An electronically networked mediated anonymous negotiation system, comprising:

• a seller-side communication console (108S) having:
• a seller-side transaction panel (301S) adapted to bidirectionally communicate product offer data with a moderator-side transaction management panel (301M), wherein the product offer data outputted by the seller-side transaction panel (301S) comprises a seller-side product offer representing an offer made to, and configured for acceptance through, the moderator-side transaction management panel (301M), and wherein the product offer outputted by the buyer-side transaction panel (301B) comprises a buyer-side product offer representing an offer made to, and configured for acceptance through, the moderator-side transaction management panel (301M);
• a seller-side acceptance feature (313S) configured to transmit to the moderator-side transaction management (301M) panel a manifestation of assent to the product offer;
• and
• a seller-side product listing panel (800A) configured to receive data inputs comprising a new product listing and configured to transmit the new product listing to a moderator-side product listing management panel (800B);
• a buyer-side communication console (108B) having:
• a buyer-side transaction panel (301B) adapted to bidirectionally communicate product offer data with a moderator-side transaction management panel (301M);
• and
• a buyer-side acceptance feature (313B) configured to transmit to the moderator-side transaction management panel (301M) a manifestation of assent to the product offer;
• and
• a moderator-side mediation console (108M) having:
• a moderator-side transaction management panel (301M) adapted to bidirectionally communicate product offer data with the seller-side transaction panel (301S), and adapted to bidirectionally communicate product offer data with the buyer-side transaction panel (301B);
• a multilateral chat feature (315M) in bidirectional data communication with a seller-side chat panel (315S), and in bidirectional communication with a buyer-side chat panel (315B);
• and
• a product listing status management feature (834) configured to assign a status to a listing submitted from the seller-side communication console (108S).

A method of mediated anonymous negotiation in an electronically networked system, comprising:

• a seller generating a product listing including specification of price, shipping details, product identification, and product quantity;
• a buyer responding to a product listing, by electronically transmitting to a moderator, alternative terms differing at least in part from the terms of the product listing;
• a platform generating a system message to the seller comprising an offer or bid, the system message being displayed in a seller-side chat screen;
• the seller clicking the system message resulting in instantiation of an accept/decline graphical user interface feature;
• the seller clicking an accept button of the accept/decline graphical user interface feature, wherein clicking the accept button manifests the seller's assent to the bid;
• and
• generating a contract incorporating the terms of the product listing as modified by a the bid.