The site has also created sale formats that allow immediate purchases at fixed prices, for those who would rather not wait out a weeklong auction.

The site links to member press shopping carts, for immediate online purchase of the books listed.

Designer jewelry and belts will be available for immediate purchase, Ms. Langsam said.

The professors focused on spam that urges the immediate purchase of a company's stock.

What rapid but insecure means to opulence might facilitate immediate purchase?

Emma went along to help carry their immediate purchases.

The Defense Logistics Agency will make some immediate purchases, though, in the event of war.

Almost every item in the country would effectively be on sale, presumably causing people to make immediate purchases they would otherwise not.

"The customer's need for convenience" - the ability to make an immediate purchase - "outweighs the original enthusiasm we saw in auctions," he said.

In a deflationary environment, people defer immediate purchases of already cheap goods because they assume that prices will be even lower next month.