Methods, Systems, and Products for Conducting Electronic Commerce

Abstract

Processes, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for conducting electronic commerce. A website portal to an online community of merchants is stored. A customer's browsing behavior in the online community of merchants is tracked and provided to each merchant in the online community of merchants.

1 . A process, comprising:
 storing a website portal to an online community of merchants;   tracking a customer's browsing behavior in the online community of merchants; and   providing the customer's browsing behavior to each merchant in the online community of merchants.   
     
     
         2 . The process according to  claim 1 , further comprising generating a summary of sales of each merchant in the online community of merchants. 
     
     
         3 . The process according to  claim 2 , further comprising categorizing the sales. 
     
     
         4 . The process according to  claim 3 , further comprising determining an average selling price for each category. 
     
     
         5 . The process according to  claim 3 , further comprising querying for inventory related to a category. 
     
     
         6 . The process according to  claim 5 , further comprising retrieving a description of a related item in the category. 
     
     
         7 . The process according to  claim 2 , further comprising sending the summary to each merchant in the online community of merchants. 
     
     
         8 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a processor;   memory; and   code stored in then memory that causes the processor at least to:   store a website portal to an online community of merchants;   track a customer's browsing behavior in the online community of merchants; and   send the customer's browsing behavior to each merchant in the online community of merchants.   
     
     
         9 . The apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the code further causes the processor to generate a summary of sales of each merchant in the online community of merchants. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the code further causes the processor to categorize the sales. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the code further causes the processor to determine an average selling price for each category. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the code further causes the processor to query for inventory related to a category. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein the code further causes the processor to retrieve a description of a related item in the category. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the code further causes the processor to send the summary to each merchant in the online community of merchants. 
     
     
         15 . A computer readable medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a process, the process comprising:
 storing a website portal to an online community of merchants;   tracking a customer's browsing behavior in the online community of merchants; and   providing the customer's browsing behavior to each merchant in the online community of merchants.   
     
     
         16 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 15 , further comprising instructions for generating a summary of sales of each merchant in the online community of merchants. 
     
     
         17 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 16 , further comprising instructions for categorizing the sales. 
     
     
         18 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 17 , further comprising instructions for determining an average selling price for each category. 
     
     
         19 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 17 , further comprising instructions for querying for inventory related to a category. 
     
     
         20 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 19 , further comprising instructions for retrieving a description of a related item in the category.