Advertising services, namely, dissemination of advertising for others via an on-line electronic communications network; marketing services; retail store services; online retail store services; providing consumer product information via the Internet or other communications networks; computerized processing of on-line purchase orders; compilation of business information into searchable databases available via a global computer network; compilation of advertising information featuring the goods and services of other on-line vendors, into an on-line advertising guide; providing an on-line commercial information directory; providing a searchable on-line advertising guide featuring the goods and services of others; on-line ordering services; customer loyalty program services; customer loyalty program services featuring rewards in the form of discounted shipping services; administration of a discount program; retail services, namely, administration of a discount program for enabling participants to obtain discounts on shipping services through use of a discount membership program and variable rate shipping program; Advertising; Business management; Business administration; Office functions; Business intermediary services for the sale and purchase of goods and services; Classified advertising services; Mail order sales; Retail sale services provided by means of a global computer network; Sales promotion for others; Business information services; Retail department stores; Retail on-line department stores; retail online services; Retail convenience stores; Retail on-line convenience stores; Computerized on-line ordering featuring general merchandise, consumables and household goods, and general consumer goods; Providing an on-line commercial information directory; Providing a searchable database in the field of business information available via a global computer network; Providing a searchable on-line advertising guide featuring the goods and services of other on-line vendors; Database management services; Computer services, namely, providing directories for contact information for people, places, and organizations; database services to enable others to conveniently view and services from a website; Data storage and retrieval services for transmitting, displaying and storing transaction, identification and financial information; On-line retail and wholesale distributorship services featuring general merchandise, consumables and household goods, and general consumer goods; Automated and computerized trading services; On-line trading services; Information services, namely, providing information about retail products to customers; Online business and commercial information services; online business information services, namely, analyzing an individual's preferences and providing product reviews and recommendations; automated and computerized trading of goods and services for others provided over a global communication information network; computer consultancy; e-commerce services; website hosting; sales and auction services relating to a wide range of consumer goods; product maintenance and extended guarantee services; Subscriptions to books, reviews, or comic books; advertising services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others; providing a searchable on-line database featuring screenplays, music, movies, television shows, multimedia presentations, computer software, audio files, comic books, and publications; consultancy in the field of entertainment and the entertainment industry; market research and information services; compiling of information into computer databases; market research and business marketing information services, namely, facilitating sharing of relevant information about entertainment and the entertainment industry; Retail store services featuring electronic games, computer games, video games, electronic game software, computer game software, and video game software; Online retail store services featuring streamed and downloadable pre-recorded electronic games; Advertising services, namely, dissemination of advertising for others via an on-line electronic communications network and providing an on-line commercial information directory for electronic game enthusiasts; advertising and promotional services for others; managing and tracking credit card, debit card, gift card, pre-paid card, deferred payment card, and other forms of payment transactions for business purposes; issuing and providing receipts for electronic payments and payment transactions; providing a web-based system and online portals in the field of consumer-to-business commerce; business information management, namely, electronic reporting of business information; business analytics, namely, information and analytics regarding the sale of products and services of others, and regarding the authenticating, processing and management of mobile payments; preparation of business reports; preparing reports for others regarding the sale of products and services of others; business information management, namely, electronic reporting of business analytics relating to payment processing, authentication and tracking; electronic processing of orders for others