I think this has the potential to introduce an interesting auction model. People might want to join in, but not at the initial price point. What if everyone pro

I think this has the potential to introduce an interesting auction model. People might want to join in, but not at the initial price point. What if everyone proposed wanting in on project stated their maximum price point, and the winning application to solve would get the price they bid at for everyone above that level. In other words customers_offering_prices = [1,1,4,15,30,30,40,80,100,150,175,10000] winning_applicant_price = 40 winning_applicant_revenue = [40,40,40,40,40,40].sum The last 6 customers receive the product and they all pay 40. Essentially a modified Vickrey auction. Everyone has an incentive to bid exactly what the product is worth to them. Edit: >Everyone has an incentive to bid exactly what the product is worth to them. Actually not true if applicants see the bids. In my example, the the best applicant would want to bid 10000 because that would maximize revenue, but exclude everyone before that. Customers would adjust their bidding as a result. But applicants should know much they can expect to receive if they win so they can bid correctly.