16. The method of claim 14 wherein the electronic quote comprises data relating to products offered for sale, and wherein the electronic request for quotes comprises data relating to products to be purchased.
14. A method comprising: a computer system comparing first data of each of a plurality electronic quotes to first data of an electronic request for quote; the computer system classifying each of the plurality of electronic quotes as either a matching quote or a non-matching quote in response to the computer system comparing first data of each of the plurality electronic quotes to first data of the electronic request for quote, wherein each matching quote comprises first data that equals the first data of the electronic request for quote, and wherein each non-matching quote comprises first data that does not equal the first data of the electronic request for quote; the computer system ranking each of the matching electronic quotes, wherein each matching electronic quote is ranked as a function of second data contained in therein; the computer system adjusting at least a subset of the non-matching quotes to allow comparison between the exact matching quotes and the adjusted non-matching quotes, wherein adjusting at least a subset of the adjusted non-matching quotes comprises applying a normalization algorithm to the non-matching quotes; and the computer system comparing the adjusted non-matching quotes and the exact matching quotes.