design, development, creation, hosting and maintenance of websites, namely, online stores for others; creation of online retail stores for others in the nature of a non-downloadable web-based service that allows users to create hosted e-commerce stores to sell their goods and services online; providing temporary access to non-downloadable cloud-based software for website design, development and maintenance; User authentication services using technology for e-commerce transactions; Developing and hosting a server on a global computer network for the purpose of facilitating e-commerce via such a server; providing temporary access to non-downloadable cloud-based payment gateway software for linking e-commerce websites to credit card processing networks; providing temporary access to non-downloadable cloud-based e-commerce software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network; Application service provider (ASP) featuring e-commerce software for use as a payment gateway that authorizes processing of credit cards or direct payments for merchants; providing temporary access to non-downloadable cloud-based software in the nature of electronic shopping carts, inventory management, shipment management and tracking, order fulfillment, promotions and coupons, and search engine optimization and marketing; providing temporary access to non-downloadable application interface (API) software that enables developers to build software applications for use in the retail and e-commerce industry; providing temporary access to a non-downloadable online software platform featuring technology that enables users to create a unique URL for an online store and to manage the content and inventory of their online store; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for use in database management, sales and customer tracking and management, and inventory management for the retail industry; providing temporary access to a non-downloadable web-based computer software platform for use in the retail and e-commerce industry for facilitating retail store services