1. An interactive searching system comprising: an electronic mobile device configured to be operated by a user, the electronic mobile device having an optical sensor configured to capture a representation of an item; a server computer coupled to a network, the server computer having a categorized database, wherein the user uploads at least the representation of the item to the server computer via the network, wherein results are returned to the user, and wherein at least one third party corresponding to the results is automatically contacted via an electronic message, wherein the at least one third party corresponds to one or more constraints selected by the user; and a plurality of computers configured to access the network, wherein the at least one third party uses at least one of the plurality of computers to access the electronic message and ascertain whether an item corresponding to the representation of the item uploaded to the categorized database is present in an inventory of the at least one third party.