JP2001306844A - Sales mediation system for surplus stock using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sales mediation system by which the anonymous property of a sales desiring person is secured, a sales contract is rapidly obtained and a risk on one's own side is reduced. SOLUTION: The system is characterized by providing a sales mediation system home page provided with an item for retrieving sales merchandises by a large classification and a middle classification, etc., an item for registering the sales desiring persons and purchase desiring persons and the other items, by reporting the merchandise guide of the merchandise to be sold, which is registered by the sales desiring person, to the purchase desiring person by an E-mail and by selling the merchandise from the sales desiring person to the purchase desiring person after purchasing and inspecting the merchandise based on a purchase desire, etc., from the purchase desiring person. In this case, the name of the purchase desiring person is made to be anonymous.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for reselling excess inventory using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Excess inventory is a product that cannot be sold to a normal partner at a price originally planned. If a company has excess inventory, a vicious cycle of storage, management, inspection, inventory, taxes, and unplanned expenses will be incurred, and the sales price will have to be increased. Conventionally, there is a "cash wholesaler" as a major company that purchases these products. However, even if cash wholesalers purchased these excess stocks at lower prices, there were some problems.

[0003] That is, to buy excess inventory once,
Needed large stores and warehouses. Also, since what you buy is not always sold, not only what you buy is limited, but even if you buy it at a very low price, you will not be able to secure profits unless you add significant profits,
It was difficult to reduce selling prices extremely. In addition, a company that does not have a store requires a great deal of trouble, such as carrying samples for sales, and inevitably increases costs. With the development of the Internet, anyone can transmit information from anywhere and anyone can access the information from anywhere. In merchandise sales, this is undergoing a revolutionary change.

[0004] Focusing on this point, there are already attempts to dispose of excess inventory early using the Internet. However, these methods are basically the same as normal sales methods for products using the Internet. They are methods of opening their own websites or exhibiting products on pages that introduce products. Storage, management, inspection, and inventory It did not solve any problems such as taxes. Some attempts to broker excess inventory on the Internet seem to have been made, but the broker does not have a backyard and therefore does not directly intervene in the purchase and sale of goods. There were some problems to make the exchange.

[0005] That is, although direct trading is not possible without posting contact information, if an attempt is made to sell excess inventory at a low price, a complaint will be issued from a company that has already purchased at a fixed price.
Sales applicants often do not want to disclose their company name, but there was no way to deal with it. Also, for many retailers, it is troublesome to handle a lot of invoices that are not unified, and it is common to avoid them.However, if you become an unspecified partner who deals on the Internet, you will need to unify the vouchers etc. To do so, since complicated problems tend to be avoided, the chances of closing a transaction are often reduced, and this problem is also difficult to solve.

Further, dealing with an unspecified company that you know on the Internet has a serious risk problem, and it cannot be denied that it is not suitable for inter-company transactions dealing with a large amount of money. Passive sales methods are used, such as waiting for a purchaser to access a homepage or a virtual shopping mall, so that it often takes a long time to close a contract.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to provide a sales mediation system which secures anonymity of a sales applicant, measures sales promptly, and has less risk for itself. As an issue.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the sales mediation system for excess inventory using the Internet according to the present invention is capable of searching for items to be sold, such as a large category and a middle category. It has a sales intermediary system home page that has items for registering sales applicants / purchase applicants and other items.
It is characterized in that a product is purchased and inspected from a sales applicant based on a floor or the like desired by the purchase applicant, and then sold to the purchase applicant. In this case, the name of the seller who wishes to purchase can be made anonymous.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The basic concept of the sales mediation system of the present invention is as follows. The sales mediation system of the present invention starts from a sales mediation system homepage that prompts a sales applicant and a purchase applicant to register. On this sales mediation system homepage, the major or middle class of the products to be handled is displayed,
By clicking any one of them, the screen shifts to a hierarchically structured screen that displays details such as the sub-classification of the handled product and the product specifications and sales conditions. Of course, it is possible to shift to the lower-level structure and the higher-level structure.

[0010] At the same time, on the sales mediation system home page, clickable items for shifting to a necessary screen, such as introduction of the outline of the sales mediation system and member registration, are also displayed. The screen display of the sales mediation system homepage is the size displayed on one screen displayed on a normal personal computer,
In principle, clicking on the required location will take you to the next screen, but it will include long information and allow all information to be displayed sequentially in a form that moves the display screen in a pull-down manner It does not matter.

[0011] The sales applicant clicks a required item on the sales mediation system homepage to register the desired registration conditions of the product desired to be sold. The sales mediation system is based on the credibility of applicants (regardless of company or individual).
After checking the settlement mode, etc., and confirming the product specifications, sales conditions, and the like as necessary, take measures to display the product to be sold on the home page of the sales mediation system. In this case, the name of the sales applicant is treated as anonymous. If necessary, the fact that the merchandise has been registered may be notified by sending a registrant code, a merchandise code, or the like to the person desiring to register. For sending, an Internet address may be used.
It is also possible to use AX / e-mail.

[0012] The sales request conditions set by the sales applicant include:
It is assumed that the conditions of the sales destination can be added. Selling the same product again under different conditions such as selling price to the customer who has already sold it at the fixed price may easily cause some trouble even if the direct seller is a sales mediation system. In consideration of this, it is possible to limit the sales area to regions (for example, only Hokkaido, foreign companies, etc.), and it is possible to list companies that are directly excluded from product introduction measures. You may be able to.

[0013] A purchase applicant selects a desired product for purchase from the sales mediation system homepage, and indicates his / her intention to receive a product introduction measure. This intention is indicated by registering necessary items such as a location, a company (individual) name, a contact method, a product delivery method, and a settlement method on the homepage of the sales intermediary system. In the sales mediation system,
Check the creditworthiness of the purchaser and accept the registration. The acceptance of registration is notified by sending the registrant code and the like to the applicant. A purchase request can be made for a product that is specifically registered for sale, or for a product that is expected to be registered for sale in the major or middle category of the product, or for sale and registration in the future.

[0014] The sales mediation system registers the sales commodities and, for the necessary items in the sales commodities registration, from the registrants who wished to introduce the merchandise with respect to the sales commodities, the conditions presented by the sales applicant. Notify all those who fall under. Notification shall be made by e-mail or FAX. The purchase requesting registrant who has received the notification examines the content of the notification, and responds to the sales intermediary system that he / she wants to actually purchase or wants to change the content of the sales conditions. The sales intermediary system, based on the response from the registrant who wishes to purchase, negotiates the sales conditions if necessary, purchases the desired quantity of the registrant who wants to purchase from the registrant, checks the product, and then purchases it. Delivery and resale to desired registrants. The sales mediation system may collect a purchase / resale fee, or may provide a margin difference between the purchase price and the resale price.

The sales mediation system informs the sales registrant if there is no response to the purchase request within a certain period even though the product introduction measure has been taken, or if there is a remaining amount of sales, or Based on the agreement, the sales price and the like are changed (for example, a service for gradually lowering the price (countdown auction), etc.), and a product introduction measure under new sales conditions is performed. The sales intermediary system is deleted from the home page of the sales intermediation system after the sales of the entire amount is completed or after a certain period of time after the start of the sales.
The merchandise referral measures of the sales intermediary system will not be limited to purchase registrants who have accepted the merchandise referral measures registered in this sales intermediary system, and will wish to purchase at the discretion of the sales intermediary system. It does not prevent those who are presumed to do so.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an example of a display screen of a sales mediation system homepage, and FIG. 2 is an example of a miscellaneous goods top page when "miscellaneous goods" is clicked from the list of sold goods in FIG. Is "mobile related" in Fig. 2.
It is an example of a lower hierarchy screen of miscellaneous goods when clicking "2" in the link 5 of FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual explanatory diagram showing an overview of the sales mediation system.

As shown in FIG. 1, the home page of the sales mediation system clearly shows the title, the provider, the person in charge, the communication means, and the like, and also shows a list of the sales products being handled. It would be convenient if a commentary / description of the sales mediation system, a site for member registration, a product recruitment, that is, a registration site for products desired for sale, etc. were also posted. In addition, information on other operations performed by the sales mediation system provider, news and related information related to the sales mediation system, and the like can also be posted as appropriate. Click on the screen to move to the next screen.

The clickable portion may be a click point 1 (■, etc.) as shown in the sales product list,
The inverted character 2 may be displayed, and the transformed character 3 instead of a color may be easily viewed. Alternatively, the frame 4 may be a frame for prompting a user to input required items and click. An appropriate form can be selected and used properly. If "Miscellaneous goods" is clicked in FIG. 1, the display shifts to the "Top page" of "Miscellaneous goods" in the next lower hierarchy (FIG. 2). Here, the middle category or product name included in the large category of miscellaneous goods is displayed in the form of a list. Further, links 5 are displayed in a lower hierarchy, and when there are a plurality of links 5 in the same hierarchy, "12345" or the like is displayed as shown in "General Goods".
It is displayed so that it can be distinguished. The order of display may be arbitrary (for example, in order of registration or in order of price).

On this screen, as another form of the clickable portion, an appropriate character in the double-lined frame 6 can be clicked (for example, a link or “to another category”). Each word in double line box 6 below, etc.). In the same double line frame 6, a description that clearly indicates that no click is made can be displayed (for example, "a product without a link is out of stock" or the like). FIG. 3 shows an example of the lower hierarchical screen to be shifted when “mobile related 2” is clicked in FIG. Here, FIG. 3 shows a purchase request registration screen. If the member registration has not been done yet, it is possible to transfer from this screen.

The purchase request, that is, the ordering operation is performed in the quantity box 8
This is done by entering a number in In addition, the basket 9 is a tabulation of the contents of the purchase desired by the purchaser at this access, likened to a shopping basket in a supermarket or the like.
It can be reset. In addition, as shown in “View the contents of the basket” and “Reset”, it is also illustrated that the clickable portion can be a shaded character 7 as another form.

When the purchase request has been completed for all the desired products, the ordering operation is completed by clicking the “order confirmation” frame on the appropriate product screen before the end of the current access. Illustration of some screen forms such as a registration screen is omitted. FIG. 4 generally describes the outline of the present sales mediation system. In FIG. 4, information on a product to be sold is sent from a sales applicant (company) to the sales mediation system. The sent product information is distributed by e-mail to purchase applicants (company) who have registered in advance and have expressed their wish to purchase.

Based on the product information, a purchaser (company) who has registered as a member places an order. The purchaser (company) who places the order pays the purchase price (in some cases, it can take the form of compensation). The sales mediation system places an order with a sales applicant based on an order from the purchase applicant. The sales applicant sends the goods to the inspection warehouse of the sales mediation system. The sales mediation system inspects the received product,
Deliver to purchasers. After the delivery, the sales mediation system pays the sales applicant for the goods. Here, it is possible to adopt a modification such that payment is made afterward, as appropriate.

[0023]

According to the present invention, a number of advantages listed below are obtained. Since information is sent all at once by e-mail to many registered companies or selected companies with a sales mediation system, unlike the past, it is not a passive attitude waiting for access, It is possible to actively inform the buyer of the state of the product. Since the information is transmitted while hiding some inconveniences such as the company name on the sales side, it is less likely to cause trouble with existing business partners. Depending on the wishes of the selling company, information recipients (such as Hokkaido or foreign companies only) can be limited, so that sales can be tailored to the convenience of the company. Registration notification, product introduction, purchase / sales procedures, etc. are performed using e-mail, fax, etc., which is advantageous for privacy protection.

After the purchase company is decided, the sales mediation system side purchases the goods from the company that sells the product, so that no new inventory risk occurs, which leads to a significant cost reduction on the sales mediation system side. The merchandise to be sold is once purchased by the sales mediation system, inspected, and then shipped to the purchase applicant. If the inspection reveals a problem with the product, the transaction is stopped and the product is returned to the seller. Therefore, there is no transaction risk on the sales intermediary system side, and the inspection standard by the sales intermediation system is guaranteed, so that the purchase standard of the purchaser is also stabilized. Since both purchase and sales applicants always deal with the sales mediation system, the payment method and the type of slip are unified, and the work of the business does not increase. If you use a service (countdown auction) that determines the time and the price gradually decreases, stock disposal within a limited time becomes easier.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying a form of a sales mediation system home page of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a lower hierarchy screen displayed when a product is clicked in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a lower hierarchical screen when the user clicks further in FIG. 2; Here, an order screen is illustrated.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for generally explaining the outline of the present sales mediation system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Click point 2: Inverted character 3: Deformed character instead of color 4: Frame for prompting click 5: Link 6: Double line frame 7: Shaded character 8: Quantity frame 9: Basket

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[Submission date] January 22, 2001 (2001.1.2)
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[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the sales mediation system for excess inventory using the Internet according to the present invention is capable of searching for items to be sold, such as a large category and a middle category. It has a sales intermediary system home page that has items for registering sales applicants / purchase applicants and other items.
It is characterized in that a product is purchased and inspected from a sales applicant based on a purchase request answer from the purchase applicant, and then sold to the purchase applicant. In this case, the name of the seller who wishes to purchase can be made anonymous.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A sales intermediary system homepage having items such as a large category, a middle category, and the like, in which items for sale can be searched, items in which a sales applicant / purchase applicant can be registered, and other items are provided. Notify the purchaser by e-mail of the product introduction of the product to be sold registered by the applicant, and purchase and inspect the product from the seller based on the purchase floor etc. from the purchaser, A sales brokerage system for excess inventory using the Internet, characterized by selling. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the name of the company that wants to sell is anonymous to the purchaser.