Computerized on-line ordering featuring general consumer merchandise and general consumer goods manufactured in the southern United States; exchange services, namely, bartering general merchandise and general consumer goods of others that originate and are authentically manufactured in the southern United States; providing an on-line commercial information directory; providing a searchable database in the field of business information available via a global computer network; providing a searchable on-line advertising guide featuring the goods and services of other on-line vendors located in the southern United States; database management services; advertising services, namely, providing advertising in the nature of on-line and electronic classified directories of manufacturers of goods located in the southern United States; electronic auction services via the internet; on-line auction services; providing a website featuring evaluative feedback and product ratings of consumer goods of others in the field of general consumer goods made in the southern United States