| 摘要 |
The present invention includes the following: 1) A commercial web site or Web Store, the homepage of which permits customers to purchase products and services (commodities) and be hyperlinked to a portal web site's URL (Uniform Resource Locator); 2) A system for leading a customer in a retail or other type of business to the Web Store by providing the customer with at least one promotional message on signage, posters and/or as a sales receipt. Typically, the message includes at least the Web Store's URL, and a promotion (38) targeted to the customer; 3) A means of using a computer-based system that acts as an intermediary between customers, retail merchants, wholesalers, fulfillment houses, vendors, and one or more Internet portal companies in a way that adds value to each of the respective parties thereto. For example, customers and merchants who practice the present invention optionally can be supplied with database-supported information, reports, and analyses. |
