Service to assist in establishing a network of business contacts, namely, business networking; business development services; business referrals services in the nature of general business networking referral services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others by passing business leads and referrals among group members; advertising services; business management; compilation and provision of online commercial information directories; direct mail advertising services; dissemination of advertising matter; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods excluding the transport thereof, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods from a retail outlet, wholesale outlet, distributor outlet, departmental store, supermarket or from a general merchandise catalogue by mail order or by means of telecommunications or from a general merchandise web site in the global communications network