The 21st century is the century of network, e-commerce will subsequently become the mainstream business model and multi-merchant network shop is a C2C e-commerce system.

21世纪是网络的世纪，电子商务随之将成为主流商业模式，多商家网络商店系统就是一个C2C型的电子商务系统。

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It analyzes the relation of authentication center, merchant and client, discusses the defrayment problem of E-commerce and puts forward a better scheme.

分析了一个电子商务系统中认证中心，商家，客户三个实体的关系，研究了电子商务的支付问题并提出改进方案。

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When users give up their names to the Web site--the coveted currency of any e-merchant--Vignette's tools automatically toss all kinds of customized information in front of them to keep them engaged and buying.

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The safest alternative payment service, according to Forzley, is Secure-ebill, where a customer provides only a name and e-mail address to the merchant, which in turn sends a bill electronically.

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Most won't offer merchant services of any kind to e-tailers unless they also have a brick-and-mortar shop.

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