An electronic order confirmation for a made-to-order or out-of-stock item in an electronic transaction is provided to a public electronic environment (e.g., a browser on a global computer network) from a private electronic environment (e.g., an ERP application on a private computer network) by electronically receiving a sales order in a private electronic environment from a purchaser in a public electronic environment; obtaining an electronic including an entitled price and an estimated date of delivery for the item, within the private electronic environment while the purchaser waits; and automatically returning an electronic order confirmation, including the entitled price and the estimated date of delivery, from the private electronic environment to the public electronic environment for providing to the purchaser.