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The present invention provides a method and system for processing electronic sales transactions. In a preferred embodiment, an electronic merchandising system allows merchants to create electronic orders which are easily adaptable for different sales situations. The preferred electronic order compri

The present invention provides a method and system for processing electronic sales transactions. In a preferred embodiment, an electronic merchandising system allows merchants to create electronic orders which are easily adaptable for different sales situations. The preferred electronic order comprises flexible blackboards which allow merchants to add sales information with what are called key-value pairs. In the preferred embodiment, the order is an object which contains at least one order blackboard and one or more item blackboards. In addition, the preferred embodiment contains an order processing module with multiple stages which process the order. The preferred stages include a product information stage, a merchant information stage, a shopper information stage, an order initialization stage, an order check stage, an item price adjust stage, an order price adjust stage, a shipping stage, a handling stage, a tax stage, an order total stage, an inventory stage, a payment stage and an accept stage.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A merchandising system for processing electronic sales transactions, said merchandising system comprising:a computer processor;an order stored in a computer readable storage media, said order comprising a set of key-value pairs such that said key-value pairs contain infor

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A merchandising system for processing electronic sales transactions, said merchandising system comprising:a computer processor;an order stored in a computer readable storage media, said order comprising a set of key-value pairs such that said key-value pairs contain information about said sales transaction; andan order processing module stored in a computer readable storage media, said order processing module executable in said computer processor, said order processing module configured to receive said order and process said key-value pairs in said order;wherein said order processing module further comprises at least one order initialization component which is configured to initialize at least one of said key-value pairs.