METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY OF GOODS ORDERED ON THE WORLD-WIDE-WEB
An apparatus, method and system (2) for delivering goods ordered by a plurality of customers, in which plurality of customers place orders for goods on a vendor. The server/host computer system (2) is in communication over the Internet with consumer client computer (1), vendor server (2) and local distributor server (4). The vendor fulfills its orders by combining into a single shipping order the goods ordered by a plurality of customers who are geographically close to a single local pick-up point, and the vendor causes the single shipping order to be sent to a local pick-up point.