AGORA VISTA Online Marketplaces

Optimal Price Discovery … Maximum Efficiency … Unrivaled Reliability

Global Dairy Trade (GDT)

Since 2008, more than $35 billion USD have been transacted on Global Dairy Trade, the Internet-based trading platform that we designed for internationally-traded commodity dairy products. As Independent Trading Manager, we managed 460 successful multi-seller, multi-buyer auctions through May 2025 before handing off operations responsibility to GlobalDairyTrade Holdings Limited.

Electric Power Markets

Since 1997, as the independent Auction Manager and RFP Manager, we have designed and managed competitive bidding processes to sell power purchase agreements (PPAs), to sell virtual power plants (VPPs), to procure full requirements generation and supply services for customers of regulated utilities, and for open season transmission processes.

Natural Fibre Exchange (NFX)

We developed the NFX platform to connect buyers and sellers, provide trusted and transparent market-based reference prices, and enhance marketplace efficiency for wool and other natural fibre products. We operate the platform as the Trading Manager for the monthly trading events.

Ocean Spray Cranberry Marketplace

As Independent Trading Manager, we designed and managed Ocean Spray's trading platform for cranberry concentrate — a streamlined sales channel that facilitates discovery of competitive market prices through price transparency, reduced transactions costs, and enhanced price risk management capabilities.

Since …

1995

Number of Trading Events …

More than 1,000

Transaction Value …

More than $100 billion

Experience & reputation matter

The experience and track record of Agora Vista’s team — formerly CRA’s Auctions & Competitive Bidding Practice — in designing and managing online marketplaces is unparalleled.

Agora Vista optimizes and customizes its trading platforms to best meet the needs and the unique characteristics of each marketplace. Examples include: forward auctions, reverse auctions (procurements), two-sided auctions, clock auctions, simultaneous multiple-round auctions, ascending-price auctions, descending-price auctions, combinatorial auctions, sealed-bid auctions, hybrid auctions, requests for proposals (RFPs), and more.

Results that speak for themselves

Improved, reliable & optimal pricing
Reduced volatility
Better risk management opportunities
Certainty & predictability of supply & demand
More credible market information
Greater trust & confidence
Increased efficiencies & liquidity
Measurable, improved performance
Lower information & transaction costs
Stronger supplier & customer relationships
New product offerings & buying options
More effective planning