A system which facilitates electronic shopping, which includes a graphical
image component residing on a user interface; and a shopping basket
component associated with the graphical image component. The shopping
basket component provides drag and drop capabilities such that a user can
drag and drop representations of identified items from a plurality of
sources using a computer pointer into the graphical image and
descriptions of the items will be retained by the shopping basket
component. The system allows for a user to concurrently effect multiple
transactions with disparate items respectively associated a plurality of
sources.