Administration of a program for enabling participants to obtain discounts on goods and receive improved services; Administration of a program for enabling participants to obtain discounts on products and services; Administration of a program for enabling participants to obtain discounts on the cost of services or receive improved services; Buying club services; Marketing services for the on-line products of others; Membership club services in the nature of providing discounts to members in the field of general consumer retail goods; Operating on-line marketplaces featuring general consumer goods; Operating on-line marketplaces for sellers and buyers of goods and/or services; Promoting and marketing the goods and services of others by providing hyperlinks to websites of others and by providing advertising in an advertising forum for retailers; Promoting and marketing the goods and services of others by providing a website having an international retail product selection and giving purchasers group buying and shipping discounts; Promoting the goods and services of others by providing a website featuring an online shopping mall; Providing a searchable website featuring the goods and services of other vendors; Providing an incentive award program for dealers and consumers that provides for discounted pricing for and expedited shipping of specified products to the dealers and consumers for their purchases of said specified products; Provision of an on-line marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; Administering discount group purchasing programs, namely, negotiating contracts with providers of general consumer retail goods to enable participant members of social networks and like-minded buyers to obtain discounts on the purchase of their goods or services; Advertising, marketing, and promoting the goods and services of others via Internet website