Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for facilitating e-commerce transactions, for providing information on the price, availability and location of consumer products, for compiling, tracking, reporting, analyzing, and predicting sales information, sales activity, and retail stores and UPC data for consumer products, for tracking, reporting, and analyzing consumer product searches and purchases, for creating retail and e-commerce websites, and for creating and publishing digital coupons and offers; application service provider (ASP) featuring application programming interface (API) software; application service provider (ASP) featuring software for facilitating e-commerce transactions, for providing information on the price, availability, and location of consumer products, for compiling, tracking, reporting, analyzing, and predicting sales information, sales activity, and retail stores and UPC data for consumer products, for tracking, reporting, and analyzing consumer product searches and purchases, for creating retail and e-commerce websites, and for creating and publishing digital coupons and offers