Say what you want. Let the sellers compete for it.

Describe what you need once. Sellers bid against each other for your order, never above MSRP. Every product is checked against your requirements, and the best bids come back to you as a shortlist. The final decision is always yours.

No sign-up. A full negotiation takes about 30 seconds.

Online shopping makes you do the work: search, compare, second-guess. Converge turns it around. You describe the need once, and sellers bid for your order.

Never above MSRP.

Every bid is checked against the manufacturer’s suggested retail price before you see it. A bid above MSRP is rejected, so sellers can only compete downward.

You pay MSRP or less, and when sellers want your order, they bid below it.

How seller bids move Three sellers start at or below the MSRP line and lower their bids across three rounds: opening bids, after challenges, and sealed finals. The winning seller finishes lowest. No bid crosses above MSRP. MSRP No bid can go above this line Seller C Seller B Seller A wins Opening bids After challenges Sealed finals
Illustrative. Real bids depend on each seller’s stock, pricing rules and the competition.

How it works

Describe it once.

Write it the way you’d tell a friend: noise-cancelling, black, at least 24 hours of battery, under $450. Converge turns it into a brief you confirm before anyone sees it.

Merchants see your requirements. Your conversation and your maximum price stay private.

Sellers bid for your order.

Each seller is represented by its own agent, working only from that seller’s inventory and pricing rules. Agents place opening bids, challenge each other’s claims, then submit a sealed final bid.

To win, a seller lowers its price or offers a better fit. No bid can go above MSRP or below the seller’s own minimum.

A shortlist, checked against your brief.

Every product is checked against each of your requirements before it reaches you. An offer that misses a must-have or your arrival date is rejected, no matter the price.

What’s left is a short list of the best bids, ranked by fit rather than paid placement, with excerpts from independent reviews.

The final decision is yours.

Converge never buys on its own. You compare the shortlist, pick the offer you want and approve the exact item, delivered total and terms. The price is held while you decide.

In the demo, sellers and inventory are simulated and no payment is taken.

Converge home: a request box and suggested demo requests The proposed brief, listing must-have requirements for the buyer to confirm Converging your options: product offers fanned out while merchants respond The shortlist: three checked headphone bids with prices, fit and delivery dates Offer detail with how it fits the brief and review excerpts Checkout with an order summary and a held price Your order is placed
Screens from the Converge app

How it’s built

Built at Cal Hacks 13.0
October 2026

Sellers bid. You decide.

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