We describe two electrochemical methods by which the short-range ordering of two metals (M-1 and M-2) with respect to one another can be specified during the formation of bimetallic micro- and nanoparticles. These methods are based on the facilitated nucleation of metal M-2 by electrodeposited particles of metal M-1, as previously described by Deutscher and Fletcher in 1990 (J. Electroanal. Chem. 277 (1990) 1). We demonstrate these strategies using silver for metal M-1 and copper for metal M-2. Bimetallic core-shell particles having a silver core and a copper shell were obtained by electrodepositing silver particles first, and then electrodepositing copper using a small overpotential. Silver-copper 'oligomers', consisting of a central silver particle surrounded by one or more copper 'satellite' particles were obtained by first electrodepositing silver particles, assembling an n-alkane thiolate molecular layer on the surfaces of these particles from ethanolic solution, and then electrodepositing copper using a low overpotential. The structures of both types of bimetallic particles was determined using scanning electron microscopy in conjunction with spatially resolved X-ray fluorescence elemental analysis.