Abstract: Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may allow students or other individuals to purchase product from or to trade products with their peers when both a purchaser and a distributor are physically located within a same general location. In such instances, the purchaser and a product distributor may be located within the boundaries of a school or campus that may span only a few city blocks. Both the purchaser and the distributor may both be members of an organization associated with the general location. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may allow a purchaser to order products that they need for delivery by another student without either student having to travel to a retail store to pick up an ordered product. Apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may receive information from a product tag as an ordered product is processed for delivery.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for distributing new products in the selected regions, such as university, college by incentivizing a member, such as students of the university, from the same region. The scholar starter network includes; key student module, new student module, new school module, new company module, ordering application module, tracking module, key student database, school database and product database. The key students are incentivized by the university and/or the product supplier to promote sales of the product on their campus. The university sets the parameters for distribution, including but not limited to, distribution locations, product types, and distribution enticements. Key students utilize a mobile app to view and order available products to at least one of the university approved distribution sites. Products progress through the supply chain is tracked by NFC tags in the product packaging and reported to the key student's mobile app.