The present invention relates to a Net shopping method for performing Net
shopping through the Internet with a portable terminal. The user freely
makes product selections (Net shopping) at any time and place using a
portable terminal 2. When the user proposes to conduct a transaction,
transaction proposal information, payee information, and the amount of
money are automatically sent from the Net shopping site to the portable
terminal 2 and stored in the internal memory 22. Next, the user takes the
portable terminal 2 to the automatic payment transfer device 4, connects
the portable terminal to the payment transfer device 4, and transfers the
internal data to the payment transfer device 4. The user can perform
payment transfer operations with the payment transfer device 4 based on
the order acceptance data. Thus the payment transfer process can be
performed safely and with a simple operation.