JP2001344442A - Electronic commerce system making it easy to open on-line shop on internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic commerce system which actualizes an opening style of an on-line shop by a means quite different from known on-line shop structuring since a commerce style using the Internet is available and has advantages that conventional electronic commerce do not have when viewed from both an article supply side and a person who wishes to open the on-line shop, specially, an electronic commerce system which makes it easy to open the on-line shop. SOLUTION: In an electronic mall EC wherein users 4a to 4n are able to freely browse pieces of article information provided by store opening persons 2a to 2n who want to sell articles and select and buy articles according to the browsed article information, it is made possible to buy the articles in the electronic mall EC through the sites of the persons who wish to open on-line shops and the person who wish to open the on-line shops need not have a unique system, required to structure the on-line shops, for the purchase of the articles, stock management, article forwarding, and settlement procedures.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system using the Internet, and more specifically, to an electronic commerce system using the Internet.
The present invention relates to an e-commerce system that allows anyone to easily open an online shop on the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, various methods for constructing an online shop on the Internet have been proposed, and some of them have been used for actual electronic commerce.

[0003] One example of the form of the electronic commerce is a series of steps such as development, manufacture, or purchase of a product to be sold by a person who wishes to open an online shop, order management of the product, shipping of the product, and settlement. Since a system for constructing e-commerce is required, and this system is a form owned by shop owners, it has been difficult for anyone to easily construct an online shop.

[0004]

Therefore, in the present invention, since there is a commercial transaction form using the Internet, an online shop opening form by means completely different from a known online shop construction is realized, and a product supply side and an online shop are established online. An e-commerce system that can take advantage of the merits that could not be realized by conventional e-commerce from both sides of shop opening applicants, especially an e-commerce system that makes it possible to easily open an online shop The task is to provide.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An electronic commerce system according to the present invention, which has been developed to solve the above-mentioned problems, has a plurality of merchandise information provided by a plurality of shoppers who want to sell merchandise. In the online shopping mall where each user can freely browse on the above and each user can select and purchase a product based on the browsed product information, the user can purchase the product in the online shopping mall via a site of an online shop establishment applicant. By doing so, the applicant for establishing an online shop does not need a unique system required for building an online shop, such as product purchase, inventory management, product shipping, and settlement procedures. . In particular, the system of the present invention is characterized in that when the product is purchased via a site of an online shop establishment applicant, a success fee is paid to the site operator.

[0006] In the present invention, the success fee paid by the shopper of the online shopping mall to the applicant for opening an online shop is determined based on the purchase price when the user purchases a product in the online shopping mall. Use electronic money that does not require paid personal payment.

[0007] In this case, the success fee paid to the online shop establishment applicant is a so-called agency commission. As described above, when there is an economic reward or reward associated with the purchase and sale of products in the online shopping mall, the substantial scale of the online shopping mall available to the user is expanded, so that the user has a wider selection of products. This is convenient and leads to expansion of business opportunities for the store enthusiasts, so that the economic effect is further enhanced.

[0008]

Next, an embodiment of the method of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an online shopping mall formed by a provider so that information such as internal merchandise information can be browsed via the Internet, shoppers in this shopping mall, applicants for opening an online shop, and users of the shopping mall. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a relationship between a user and a provider who is an organizer of the shopping mall. FIG. 2 shows electronic money that does not require personal settlement and is provided for purchase of goods in an electronic shopping mall in the system of the present invention. It is the flow figure which illustrated typically the flow of information and cash.

In FIG. 1, 1 is the Internet, 2a to 2n
Are a plurality of stores connected to the provider 3 that hosts the online shopping mall EC via the Internet 1; 4a to 4n are the providers 3 that host the online shopping mall EC via the Internet 1; A plurality of users 5 connected to the provider are connected with the store 3 via the Internet 1 and the users 4a to
When 4n purchases a product, the points that function in the online shopping mall as electronic money equivalent to cash provided from the shoppers 2a to 2n to the users 4a to 4n corresponding to the purchase price and the cash corresponding to this point Collection agency that mediates the exchange of
6 is a collection agency provider and 7 is another provider, which has users 8a to 8n.

[0010] In the above, each of the stores 2a to 2n signs a contract with the provider 3, and stores the stores 2a to 2c in the online shopping mall EC hosted by the provider 3 via the Internet.
Exhibit ~ 2n products you want to sell. This product includes not only tangible products that are general movables, but also all economic goods that can be traded, such as real estate, service products, and various types of tickets. The display form of the product is determined, for example, by selecting the merchandise information (photographs, specifications, prices, etc. of the merchandise, from all merchandise information on the merchandise that each merchant wants to sell, on each posting page of the online shopping mall EC in a homepage format) Information).

On the other hand, each of the users 4a to 4n can open the posting page of the above-mentioned shopping mall EC at an arbitrary timing from terminal equipment such as a personal computer possessed by the user, browse the product information posted there, and purchase If so, an intention to that effect is transmitted to the specific store 2a to 2n via the provider 3 or the provider 3.

In this way, for example, when an agreement is concluded between the user 4a and the store clerk 2a regarding the purchase and sale of goods, the store clerk 2a who has received the order delivers the ordered goods to the user 4a as the orderer, The user 4a pays the price of the ordered product to the store owner 2a by an appropriate payment method.

According to the present invention, when the user 4a purchases a product in the online shopping mall EC hosted by the provider 3 as described above, the user 4a is determined in advance by the store entrant 2a from the provider 3 in accordance with the purchase price. Score is
It is provided as electronic money that can be used in the online shopping mall in the present invention. The score indicating the electronic money is managed by the point server 31 in the provider 3 as the amount of the electronic money acquired by the specific user 4a. The point server 31 manages all information related to electronic money.

On the other hand, in the above example, if the user 4a is given electronic money based on the points for the purchase of the product, the shop owner 2a who sold the product to the user 4a pays the provider 3 an expense corresponding to the above-mentioned points. Pay. According to the present invention, an external collection agency 5 is requested to charge and pay for the expenses corresponding to the points of the store 2a.

In the manner described above, when each of the users 4a to 4n successively purchases the merchandise of each of the shoppers 2a to 2n in the online shopping mall EC, the electronic money according to the purchase price of each of the users 4a to 4n is converted into the corresponding electronic money. The points that are given to the users and indicate the electronic money given to each user are accumulated in the point server 31.

On the other hand, since the electronic money data based on the score is distributed in the electronic shopping mall EC in the same manner as cash in the system of the present invention, the shoppers 2a to 2n who have purchased their own merchandise, The user pays a value corresponding to the points given to each user in accordance with the selling price of the product to the provider 3 which is the organizer of the online shopping mall EC via the collection agency 5.

[0017] By adopting this form of point giving and payment, the operating cost of the online shopping mall EC in the system of the present invention can be covered by the above-mentioned points paid by each of the stores 2a to 2n. Therefore, according to the system of the present invention, it is possible to set a free or low fee for opening a store in the online shopping mall EC, and to easily expand the quality and quantity of the stores where the online shopping mall EC opens. be able to.

As described above, in the system of the present invention, each purchase (commodity purchase) at the online shopping mall EC functions as electronic money from the shoppers 2a to 2n of the online shopping mall EC to the purchasing users 4a to 4n. Since points are given, the electronic money based on the accumulated points can be used for shopping at the online shopping mall EC of the present system under the same conditions as cash,
Therefore, it is possible to effectively stimulate and easily increase a customer's willingness to purchase. In this case, the user
Cash corresponding to the value of the goods by the points of 4a to 4n is paid from the provider 3 to each of the store owners 2a to 2n via the collection agency 5.

In the system of the present invention, the above-mentioned online shopping mall E
A user 8a-8n who has a contract with another provider 7 who can access the shopping mall EC and a user 4a-4n who has a contract with the provider 3 and establishes an online shop. It is possible to purchase merchandise on the online shopping mall EC even via the site of the applicant.

Now, for example, if a user goes through the site of the person who wants to open an online shop and buys, that is, purchases a product at the online shopping mall EC, the person who wants to set up the online shop and the site of this person Then, the user who purchased the product is given a point of electronic money for the purchase of the product from the shopping mall EC of the present invention. As a result, the range of the electronic money provided based on the product purchase in the system of the present invention is not limited to the user who has contracted with the provider 3, but also has a contract with a person who wishes to open an online shop, a user of the site, or another provider. It can be extended to users. If you want to open an online shop, you can use the existing online shopping mall EC
By using, it is possible to act as a shop owner without the need for a unique system necessary for building an online shop, and thereby it is possible to obtain economic profits.

In the system of the present invention, each of the above users 4a
To 4n, 8a to 8n, the electronic money by the points which are given by purchasing the products of the online shopping mall EC, for example, a banner advertisement posted on the product information posting page of the online shopping mall EC or an appropriate homepage Is provided even when browsing, and the efficient distribution of electronic money to each user by the number of points can be achieved. The advertiser of the viewed banner advertisement pays the provider 3 to the provider 3 via the collection agency 5 in consideration of the electronic money based on the points given to the advertisement browsing.

In this way, each user 4a-4n, etc.
As described above, the electronic money based on the points given by the product purchase and the advertisement browsing can be used for a part of the purchase price at the time of the next product purchase, as described above. Accordingly, it can be used for purchasing games, digital contents, and the like on sites other than the online shopping mall.

The electronic money given to each of the users 4a to 4n and the like is purchased by the provider 3 as a sponsor at a constant rate via the collecting agent 5 at the fixed rate.
This can be a means for stimulating the willingness to sell products further, without requiring a unique system for opening an online shop, in response to the wish of the online shop establisher.

[0024]

As described above, the present invention has been described above, and therefore, a person who wishes to open an online shop develops a product to be independently sold, or has a procurement, a product order management, a product dispatch, and a settlement system. Without having to select a product you want to sell from the product database stored in the online shopping mall of the present invention, and easily build an online shop on your own site using the online shopping mall system provided by the present invention This has the advantage of reducing the investment associated with opening an online shop, and eliminates inventory risks.

Also, even for those who have already established their own online shop, the system of the present invention can be used to increase the number of products handled and activate the site together with the products handled independently. Will be possible.

On the other hand, the merchandise information provider also has the advantage of increasing merchandise sales opportunities for those who open a store in the online shopping mall in the system of the present invention. further,
By using electronic money that does not require personal settlement as described in the embodiment, it becomes possible to pay a sales commission to the operator of the online shop site at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

[FIG. 1] An online shopping mall formed by a provider so that information such as internal product information can be browsed via the Internet, shoppers in this shopping mall, applicants for opening an online shop, and users of the shopping mall The figure which illustrated typically the relationship between the barrel user and the provider who is the organizer of the said shopping street.

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram schematically illustrating the flow of point information and cash in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internet 2a ~ 2n Store entrepreneur 3 Provider 4a ~ 4n User 5 Collection agency 6 Agency provider 7 Other providers 8a ~ 8n Users browsing other sites EC online shopping mall

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device that allows each user to freely browse a plurality of product information provided by a plurality of store owners who want to sell a product on the Internet, and allows each user to select and purchase a product based on the browsed product information. In the shopping mall, the online shopping mall can be purchased through the website of the online shopping mall, so that the online shopping mall can purchase goods, manage inventory, and ship goods. An electronic commerce system that facilitates the establishment of an online shop on the Internet, which does not require a proprietary system required for building an online shop, such as payment procedures. 2. When a user purchases a product on the online shopping mall via a site operated by an applicant who wants to open an online shop, the site operator of the product purchased by the store operator through the purchase of the product The electronic commerce system according to claim 1, wherein a success fee is paid as a transaction fee. 3. The success reward according to claim 2, which is paid by a store entrant in the online shopping mall, the cash-equivalent electronic money given to the user who purchased the product in the online shopping mall from the store in accordance with the price of the purchased product. 3. The electronic commerce system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the system has a score similar to that of money.