TRUSTED AUCTIONS

Computer e-commerce software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions conducted in the form of an auction via a global computer network and computer database software featuring information in the field of hobbies, collectibles and a wide variety of products; computer e-commerce software to allow users to generate a profile based on information provided by them and authenticated against a computer database or databases containing trusted information; computer e-commerce software to allow users to substitute an encrypted code for a shipping address or credit card number in the course of a transaction in the form of an auction.