Patent ID: 7333942

Claim:
A method for facilitating worldwide commercial electronic commerce based on national deployment, comprising the steps of: A. receiving a request from a requester through a network for total landed cost of a purchase based on initial cost of a seller item for an inter-country transaction, B. determining, from a database, trade costs associated with the purchase by: performing an exchange rate calculation using the initial cost of the item and the currency type the requester prefers and the currency type the seller prefers, determining tariff for the item, from a database, based on the country the item is to be shipped from and the country the item is to be shipped to, determining delivery costs associated with the item, from a database, based on the country the item is to be shipped from and the country the item is to be shipped to, calculating value for duty to be added to the initial cost based on the country the item is to be shipped from and the country the item is to be shipped to, calculating value added taxes based on the country the item is to be shipped from and the country the item is to be shipped to, and determining purchase quantity to ascertain whether a special purchase price applies and adjusting the trade costs accordingly; determining customer type to ascertain whether a special purchase price applies and adjusting the trade costs accordingly; and determining whether any trading private or public partner agreements apply which govern the purchase price and adjusting the trade costs accordingly; and C. adding the trade costs, as adjusted as required, to the initial cost resulting in the total landed cost.