Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for providing a set of hierarchical online ordering, billing and distribution machines and processes that manage the consumer order, consumer billing, retailer order, retailer billing and merchandise shipment over a distributed computer system is herein disclosed. This invention redefines the role of distributor in the traditional value chain in the Internet Age and reveals the method, apparatus and system of the E-distributor business model and processes. The distributed computer system includes at least one E-distributor server computer that executes the online order from retailers, a group of retailer server computers that execute the customer orders and a group of customers connected to client computers. At least one of the E-distributor servers also provides retailers with product information, pricing rules and billing rules. At least one of each retailer's server computers also provides customers selected product information, retail price, promotion information, etc.