JP2001202412A - Sales promoting method for internet business - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set a fixed purchase application period by a system for IT (Information Technology) business such as Internet sales and to display the sale prices articles corresponding to their sales quantities and current sales prices in the purchase period. SOLUTION: This Internet sales system 1 includes a purchase procedure processing 3 for making a customer 2 follow a purchase procedure including a playing method, a sales quantity managing processing 4 for updating and managing the current sales quantities in real time and display them in an article list browser 11, a sales price managing processing 5 for displaying sales prices matching the current sales quantities in the article list browser 11, and a money receiving and article sending processing 7 for receiving the money of a final price at the end of the purchase application period from the customer 2 and sending the article.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales promotion method in the Internet business, and more particularly, to a system for an IT business such as Internet sales, which takes a certain period of application for purchase and corresponds to the sales volume within the period of application for purchase. By displaying the sales price taking into account the price reduction and displaying the current sales volume and sales price in real time, the customer is expected to predict and predict the final price reduction sales price, and the customer's potential purchase motivation Sales promotion method in the Internet business that can increase

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional IT business methods, such as Internet sales, sell a product at a fixed selling price and sell the product even if the sales form is intended for an unspecified large number of customers across regions. The only way was to sell to individual customers.

An example of a conventional Internet sales method will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram showing the processing contents of a conventional Internet sales system, and a display example of a product list browser based on the processing included in the Internet sales system.

[0004] The Internet sales system 101 is a purchase procedure process 10 in which a customer 102 performs a procedure for purchasing a product.
3 and a payment / commodity dispatch process 104 for carrying out a payment process from the customer at the purchase price after the completion of the purchase procedure and a product dispatch process to the customer who has completed the payment process. Also,
Product list browser 1 that customers refer to when purchasing products
11, a product name and its selling price are posted.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, a fixed selling price is set for a product even in a sales form intended for an unspecified number of customers. Therefore, the first problem is that the price does not fluctuate irrespective of the number of customers who purchase the product, and the price is not attractive to the customers.

As a second problem, in terms of price attractiveness, a method of selling a product at a special selling price, such as television shopping, is known to be attractive to customers. The sales volume was limited, and furthermore, due to its sales form, it was not a system that customers could purchase at any time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. A first object of the present invention is to provide a system for an IT business such as Internet sales in which a customer can purchase a product at any time and to take a certain period of application period for purchase. , The sales price in consideration of the price reduction corresponding to the sales volume within the purchase application period, the current sales volume, and the current sales price are displayed in real time on the product list browser, and the final price reduction for the customer The purpose is to increase the potential purchase motivation of customers by expecting and predicting prices, and to provide a sales promotion method in the Internet business that leads to sales promotion.

[0008] As a second object, sales are promoted in an Internet business in which individual customers can purchase products at a high purchase price by selling at a sales price corresponding to the sales volume after the end of the purchase application period. The aim is to provide a method.

[0009] Further, as a third object, in selling, the customer is made to carry out a purchase procedure including payment at the time of the purchase application, thereby preventing the ridiculous purchase and reducing the sales price after the end of the purchase application period due to cancellation. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an Internet sales promotion method that suppresses the rise and does not disadvantage other customers.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a customer refers to a product list browser and inputs a desired purchased product name and the number of purchased products, After completing the purchase procedure step, which completes the purchase procedure with the customer, add the current purchase quantity to the current sales quantity of the purchased product, and update the current sales quantity in the product list browser. It is characterized by having a sales number management step to be displayed and a sales price management step to display a sales price matching the current sales quantity updated in the sales number management step on a product list browser in real time.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the end of the sales period is always checked, and when the purchase application period ends, the next sales application period is displayed on the product list browser. It is characterized by having a step.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the second aspect, after the purchase application period is over, the final sale price is displayed on the product list browser for a certain period of time to notify the customer, and the final sale price is displayed. It has a payment / merchandise sending step of performing a payment process from a customer at a price, and shipping a purchased product to the customer who has completed the payment process.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, after the purchase application period is over, the customer is notified of the final selling price by e-mail, and the customer receives the final selling price. And a payment / merchandise sending step of shipping the purchased merchandise to the customer who has completed the payment processing.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the sale list discount rate corresponding to the purchase quantity of the article is displayed in advance in the article list browser, and the sales price management step is performed. Then, calculate the current sales price based on the sales numerical discount rate and the current sales quantity displayed on the product list browser in the sales quantity management step, and display the calculated sales price on the product list browser It is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that, in the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, in the purchase procedure step, a purchase procedure including a payment method is performed for the customer.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the processing contents of an Internet sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a display example of a product list browser based on the processing included in the Internet sales system. I have.

According to this figure, the Internet sales system 1 of this embodiment has a purchase procedure process 3 in which a customer 2 performs a purchase procedure including a payment method, updates and manages the current sales quantity in real time, and Sales quantity management processing 4 to be displayed on the list browser 11, sales period update processing 6 to display the sales price matching the current sales quantity on the product list browser 11, and update to the next purchase application period when the purchase application period ends Sales period update processing 6 to be displayed on the product list browser 11, payment processing from the customer 2 at a price corresponding to the sales volume after the end of the purchase application period, and delivery of goods to the customer 2 after the payment processing is completed And a payment / merchandise shipping process 7 for performing the process. In the present embodiment, the product list browser 11 displays the product name, the sales volume, the sales price corresponding to the sales volume, the current sales volume, and the current sales price.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. When the customer 2 inputs the purchased merchandise and the quantity by referring to the merchandise list browser 11, the input is notified to the purchase procedure processing 3, and the customer 2 is caused to perform the purchase procedure including the payment method. As described above, according to the present invention, in the purchase procedure, the customer is made to perform a procedure including payment at the time of the purchase application, thereby preventing a chilled purchase and suppressing an increase in the selling price after the end of the purchase application period due to cancellation. be able to.

After the purchase procedure is completed, the number of new purchases for which the purchase procedure has been completed this time is added to the current sales quantity in the sales quantity management processing 4, and the updated new current sales quantity is displayed in the product list browser. 11 is displayed. Next, a sales price matching the sales quantity updated in the sales quantity management processing 4 is calculated in the sales price management processing 5 and is displayed on the product list browser 11 as a current sales price in real time. Here, since the price displayed as the current selling price corresponds to the sales quantity after the end of the purchase application period, in the present invention, the product can be provided at the price set at the time of mass purchase.

In the sales period update process 6, the end of the purchase application period is always checked. When the purchase application period is ended, the completion is notified to the deposit / merchandise dispatching process 7 and at the same time, the following is sent to the product list browser 11: Post the purchase application period. In the payment / merchandise dispatching process 7, upon receiving a notification from the sales period updating process 6 that the purchase application period has ended, the final selling price after the purchase application period is passed to the product list browser 11 for the customer 2 is displayed. It is displayed for a certain period of time, or the final sales price after the end of the purchase application period is notified to the customer 2 by e-mail or the like, and payment processing from the customer 2 is performed at the sales price to the customer 2 who has completed the payment processing. The product is shipped.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. What is different from FIG. 1 is the display contents of the sales price 12 in the product list browser 11,
In addition, the sales numerical discount rate 13 is additionally displayed. This is because the sales price described in the above-described embodiment is a sales price in consideration of a discount amount corresponding to the sales quantity, whereas in the present embodiment, the sales quantity according to the sales quantity for the sales price 12 The discount rate 13 is added and displayed. Accordingly, in the sales price management process 5, based on the current sales quantity and the sales discount rate 13,
The current selling price is calculated and displayed in the current selling price column of the product list browser 11.

[0023]

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, as a first effect, in an IT business system such as Internet sales, a certain purchase application period is taken, and within the purchase application period, Sales price, current sales volume,
In addition, the current sales price is displayed in real time on the product list browser, and the customer can expect and predict the final price reduction, thereby increasing the potential purchase motivation of the customer and leading to sales promotion .

As a second effect, by selling at a sales price corresponding to the sales quantity after the end of the purchase application period, products can be provided to individual customers at a sales price of a large purchase.

Further, as a third effect, in selling, the customer is allowed to perform a purchase procedure including payment at the time of the purchase application, thereby preventing the ridiculous purchase and selling after the end of the purchase application period due to cancellation. It is possible to provide a sales method that suppresses a rise in price and does not disadvantage other customers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration showing processing contents of an Internet sales system according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and a display example of a product list browser based on processing included in the Internet sales system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration showing processing contents of an Internet sales system according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and a display example of a product list browser based on processing included in the Internet sales system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration showing an example of processing contents in a conventional Internet sales system, and a display example of a product list browser based on processing included in the Internet sales system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internet sales system 2 Customer 3 Purchase procedure processing 4 Sales quantity management processing 5 Sales price management processing 6 Sales period update processing 7 Payment / shipment processing 11 Product list browser 12 Sales price 13 Sales discount rate

Claims (6)

[Claims] When a customer refers to a product list browser and inputs a desired purchased product name and the number of purchased products,
A purchase procedure step of performing a purchase procedure with the customer; and when the purchase procedure step is completed, the quantity for which the purchase procedure has been completed is added to the current sales quantity of the purchased product, and the product list browser is updated. A sales quantity management step of displaying a current sales quantity; and a sales price management step of displaying a sales price matching the current sales quantity updated in the sales quantity management step on the product list browser in real time. A sales promotion method in the Internet business characterized by having. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a sales period updating step of always checking the end of the sales period, and posting the next sales application period on the product list browser when the purchase application period ends. Sales promotion method in Internet business. 3. After the purchase application period is over, the final sale price is displayed on the product list browser for a certain period of time to notify the customer, and the customer is processed for payment at the final sale price. 3. The sales promotion method in the Internet business according to claim 2, further comprising a deposit / merchandise dispatching step of dispatching the purchased merchandise to the customer who has completed the deposit processing. 4. After the end of the purchase application period, a final sales price is notified to the customer by e-mail, payment processing from the customer is performed at the final sales price, and the customer who has completed the payment processing is notified to the customer. 3. The sales promotion method in the Internet business according to claim 2, further comprising a deposit / merchandise shipping step for shipping the purchased merchandise. 5. In the product list browser, a sales discount rate corresponding to the purchase quantity of the product is displayed in advance, and in the selling price management step, the sales numeric discount rate and the sales quantity management step are used. The current sales price is calculated based on the current sales quantity displayed on the product list browser, and the calculated sales price is displayed on the product list browser. Sales promotion method in Internet business described in. 6. The sales promotion method in the Internet business according to claim 1, wherein in the purchase procedure step, a purchase procedure including a payment method is performed for the customer.