commerce the existence of the intermediate 130 may be transparent for example the customer 110 may place his order on the web site 120 and may not immediately or in the future become aware that the order information 132 flows to the intermediate 130 before being delivered to the distributor 140 in an aspect of the subject matter at least one additional intermediate not shown may exist the additional intermediate may operate as an agent that performs a function such as forwarding the order information 132 in exchange for compensation the additional intermediate is contemplated to also have an electronically accessible site upon which the products may be sold the distributor 140 is an entity that distributes the product 140 preferably the distributor 140 is a catalog company that sells the product 144 and pays commission 146 to the intermediate 130 and possibly to the web site 120 it is contemplated that the distributor 140 may also be a manufacturer of the product typically the distributor 140 addresses the product 144 to the customer 110 and puts the product 144 into the delivery stream compensation paid to the intermediate 130 and the web site 120 may be in the form of a commission 146 in a preferred aspect the commission 146 is a fixed percentage of the dollar amount of purchases that are consummated on the intermediate site not shown.