Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software and applications for export compliance enabling all parties to a transaction to be checked against denied parties lists, and providing tools to determine export license requirements for goods in a shipment, and including search and display options; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for export compliance, namely, for accessing a database of export compliance rules and for accessing a collection of proprietary search tools to handle the compliance requirements of users; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software and applications for export compliance that allows users to access a database of supply chain intermediaries and allows users to screen trade chain partners; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for export compliance that allows users to access a database of export compliance rules and access a collection of proprietary search tools to handle the compliance requirements of the user