Providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable computer software for managing the sale of goods, namely, managing purchase order and fulfillment workflow, publishing and managing product offerings, tracking of sales and inventory, categorizing of merchandise, merchandising and presentation of product offerings, analyzing and reporting data relating to managing the sale of goods; providing software, non-downloadable, accessible over a global computer network, for constructing an Internet platform for electronic commerce; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for use in database management; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for use in hosting, managing, developing and maintaining websites and databases in the fields of e-commerce; computer services, namely, hosting a website featuring a computerized online searching and ordering service for the retail distribution of locally-sourced consumer products; providing a website featuring technology which affords customers the ability to select a distribution point for goods purchased online, via a global communications network