A System (1) provides electronic commerce for franchise stores over the
Internet without such franchise stores creating/maintaining/controlling
their own home pages and by reducing the transaction cost for goods sold.
The System (1) may include a headquarter server (H.Server) (10) that is
connected to franchise store servers (F.Server) (20) and member servers
(30), used by members collected by franchise stores, via Internet (40).
Moreover, the H.Server (10) can store merchandise (goods) information,
goods inventory data, inform franchise stores when their members have
accessed, and receive orders from Members or non-Members placed through
home page corresponding to particular franchise stores.