1.   In other words, with one of these Web sites as an intermediary, several merchants offer their goods for sale and compete against each other for your business.

2.   Merchants are also offering juicier discounts for seasonal help.

3.   Not far away, another merchant offered hundreds of hand-painted posters from the days of the Cultural Revolution.

4.   On the street, the merchants offered up American flags and patriotic T-shirts, along with the usual fake Rolex watches.

5.   Online merchants offer no such equivalent.

6.   Other merchants offered special deals on cell phones.

7.   Prior to that, some merchants had offered nonpornographic and pornographic materials side by side in the same online store.

8.   To ease security fears, some merchants are offering online buyers greater protections than traditional shoppers get.

9.   To eliminate barriers to completing a sale, merchants are offering extended payment plans during the checkout process.

10.   Well-established merchants such as Silverglades offer imported cheese at one end of the market house and a vast array of olives at the other.