摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate an inquiry about merchandise, a merchandise selection and order from among a plurality of lines of merchandise, and a merchandise shipment and delivery condition order, all given direct to a manufacturer or a distributor with the use of a network communication means such as the Internet, by providing a code mark including coded information affixed to an offering, such as a separate article, service, a merchandise manual, a sales catalog and a magazine, with an access code for use in the next action that a customer needs. SOLUTION: An information identification code has a direct information indication part A wherein direct information about an offering, such as a sample image G, type, commodity name and price of the offering, is indicated in characters including kana (Japanese syllabary), kanji (Chinese character) and numeral characters, and an access code C wherein access information for use in accessing an information source on an information network to obtain peripheral information about the offering is indicated in codes. A category mark D indicating the access information category to which the access code belongs is visually recognizably annexed. |