Abstract: A tin-silver-copper contains plating solution which comprises water which is a primary medium, a sulfonic acid, a tin ion, a copper ion and a silver ion, wherein concentrations of the silver ion, the tin ion and the copper ion are 0.0015 to 0.1 mol/L, 0.21 to 2 mol/L and 0.002 to 0.02 mol/L, respectively; a plating film which has 2.6 to 3.4 weight percent of silver, 0.4 to 0.7 weight percent of copper and the substantially balanced amount of tin; an electrolytic plating method for use in forming the above plating film from the above plating solution; and a soldering method using the plating film.