Promoting the goods and services of others to homeowners and consumers via a computerized online search and order service accessed through a global computer network (i;e; the Internet) regarding home building, maintenance and repair; providing a web site whereby buyers of goods or services, specifically, homeowners with home improvement/building project needs, locate and receive quotations and other information from sources and sellers of goods or services, namely, contractors and sub-contractors; providing the goods and services of others via a global computer network (e;g; the Internet) featuring information on home construction and home improvement at which contractors and home owners can coordinate project management, work orders and sequence, make and communicate choices relating to various aspects of home construction and home improvement; providing advertising from manufacturers and vendors relating to products and services of interest to homeowners and homebuyers; promoting the sale of products and services, provided by others, for the building and/or improvement of homes; selection of home improvement/building products for installation by others in homes; referral of homeowners to contractors, namely, matching contractors that perform maintenance, building and/or improvement and/or repair services in homes with parties that desire such building, maintenance, improvement and/or repair services; Providing consumer product information via the Internet; promoting the goods and services of others by means of operating an online shopping mall with links to the retail web sites of others; providing comparison shopping information via the Internet; and Providing advice and assistance services and providing a forum where others can provide advice and assistance in the fields of home repair, home building and home improvement via an online global computer network