Online ordering medium and method

A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, said plurality of instructions when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a product feed from a source, wherein said source is at least one of:
• a supplier and provider;
• extracting an image from said product feed when said source is said supplier;
• retrieving an image from a web site associated with said provider when said source is said provider;
• creating a normalized product feed from said product feed such that said supplier feed and said provider feed are in the same format;
• storing said image and said product feed in a database, wherein said database includes product data from a plurality of web sites;
• displaying said product data including said images from said plurality of web sites, wherein said product data is displayed at a single Uniform Resource Locator;
• receiving a request to purchase said item from among product data, wherein said request includes order data entered into a first electronic form of a first website by said consumer and, wherein, said request is received at said first website of a host computer;
• placing an order, by said host computer, for said item on a second website by automatically inserting said order data into a second electronic form of said second website without redirecting said consumer to said second website, wherein said second website sells said item;
• and
• at least one of charging a transaction fee, receiving a rebate, charging a listing fee, and offering a rebate by said host computer to said second website.

A computer-implemented method to facilitate an on-line purchase of an item on behalf of a consumer, said method comprising:

• receiving a product feed from a source, wherein said source is at least one of:
• a supplier and provider;
• extracting an image from said product feed when said source is said supplier;
• retrieving an image from a web site associated with said provider when said source is said provider;
• creating a normalized product feed from said product feed such that said supplier feed and said provider feed are in the same format;
• storing said image and said product feed in a database, wherein said database includes product data from a plurality of web sites;
• displaying said product data including said images from said plurality of web sites, wherein said product data is displayed at a single Uniform Resource Locator;
• receiving a request to purchase said item from among product data, wherein said request includes order data entered into a first electronic form of a first website by said consumer and, wherein, said request is received at said first website of a host computer;
• placing an order, by said host computer, for said item on a second website by automatically inserting said order data into a second electronic form of said second website without redirecting said consumer to said second website, wherein said second website offers said item for sale;
• placing a second order, by said host computer, for a second item on a third website by automatically inserting order data into an electronic form of said third website without redirecting said consumer to said third website, wherein said third website offers said second item for sale, and wherein said first website, said second website, and said third website are each different website;
• and
• at least one of charging a transaction fee, receiving a rebate, charging a listing fee, and offering a rebate by said host computer to said second or said third website.