Abstract: Item identification data indicating a product or service of interest to a first party is obtained and posted to one or more network locations accessible by one or more other parties associated with the first party. Activity on the one or more network locations where the item identification data is posted is then monitored. If data indicating interest in the product or service from one or more other parties is identified that exceeds a threshold level of indicated interest, then at least one provider of the product or service is notified and provided the opportunity to extend a potential group sale related offer to at least one of the individuals indicating interest in the product or service.

Abstract: A process for automatically adding related event information to social media location updates integrates one or more event data sources into the social media location update process and thereby provides the ability to automatically identify events associated with the identified location of a social media location update and automatically include information describing the identified event in a social media location and event update posting.