A network commerce system is provided that determines a seller that sells
items by considering the location of a recipient. The network commerce
system includes an orderer terminal 10 handled by an orderer ordering
items, and a plurality of producing/processing terminals 30 and 30' each
handled by a producer and processor which produces and processes items in
accordance with orders from the orderer terminal 10. In the network
commerce system, the orderer terminal 10 and the producing/processing
terminals 30 and 30' are interconnected via the network 100. The network
commerce system includes a headquarters terminal 20 having a receiver 22
that receives an order transmitted from the orderer terminal 10 via the
network 100 and a transmitter 23 that transmits an order received by the
receiver 22 to the producing/processing terminal 30' via the network 100.
The headquarters terminal 20 selectively determines the
producing/processing terminal 30' and makes it produce and process items.