A method of administering a commercial transaction carried out over a
communications network (20) used for shopping includes receiving a
shopper (50) at a first web-site maintained on the communications network
(20). The shopper (50) has an affinity group (40) associated therewith.
The method further includes forwarding the shopper (50) to a second
web-site maintained on the communications network (20), and obtaining a
generated click-through fee related thereto. A portion of the obtained
click-through fee is distributed to the affinity group (40) associated
with the shopper (50), and it is communicated to the shopper (50) how
much was distributed.