摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience by reducing an extra payment of a fee generated when a seller in electronic commerce using a network becomes a buyer in electronic commerce on the same network. SOLUTION: When settlement data on the price of purchased commodity and its payment is sent from a personal computer 2A on the side of the buyer, a credit settling means 31 collects the paying price from the buyer based on the settlement data. Then, when collection is finished, a settlement substitute processing means 32 informs the seller of the purchased merchandise of the result of the payment and pools at least a part of the paid price by each seller in a seller file 34. Then, when the settlement data is sent from the computer 2A, the means 32 applies the amount pooled in the file 34 with respect to the seller to the paying price of merchandise purchased by the seller. |