Auction management services provided to others over an on-line web site accessed through a global computer network; Online advertising via a computer communications network; Online retail store services for downloadable and pre-recorded music and movies; Recording and registering the transfer of stocks, shares and securities; Advertising services for promoting the brokerage of stocks and other securities; Directing orders for securities trades by means of computer software which automatically directs trades to the best location for executing such orders; On-line auction services featuring digital certificates of authenticity and digital collectibles; On-line auctioneering; On-line trading services in which seller posts products to be auctioned and bidding is done via the Internet; Online business research services that allow users to share opinions with a marketing research company related to everyday consumer products and services; Providing consumer product information relating to digital media, digital collectibles, and digital assets; Providing consumer product information relating to music, film, tv, literature, video games and still images; Providing consumer product information via the Internet; Providing a website featuring an online marketplace for exchanging goods and services with other users; Providing a website for users with specific informed recommendations of specific consumer products and services validated by the users' inputted preferences and social network; Providing financial indices of select securities to enable consumers to evaluate investments and market trends in the securities market; Providing information pertaining to investors who qualify to purchase certain types of securities; Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services