JP2001357238A - Product selling method for product sale systems - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a product selling method which enables a consumer to obtain pieces of product sale information at a time, and compare and examine them. SOLUTION: A mall center host 20 sequentially accesses sale center hosts 10 which sell products in order through the Internet 40 and gathers product sale information. The gathered product sale information is rearranged by product categories and stored. A consumer accesses the mall center host 20 by using a user terminal 30 to obtain list information on the product sale information from the sale center hosts 10 that the mall center host 20 is holding. Then the user terminal 30 displays the list information received from the mall center host 20 on the monitor screen and the consumer views this display to compare and examine pieces of sent-out product information and order a product.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product selling method for selling products of a plurality of product selling systems to users.
In particular, the present invention relates to a product sales method capable of providing a means for selecting products desired by consumers via a network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, in a conventional product sales method of performing online shopping of products using a network such as the Internet, a consumer connects to a plurality of sales center hosts selling products to be purchased, and connects to each sales center. They refer to the host's sales information, compare their sales prices and services, and perform the most appropriate purchase procedure. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a network system based on a conventional product sales method. This system comprises a user terminal 300 and a plurality of sales center hosts 10
0 and the Internet 400 interconnecting them. The consumer accesses the product sales homepage established on the Internet 400 by the sales center host 100 via the user terminal 300, and determines the product to be purchased. In making this decision, the sales homepages of the plurality of sales center hosts 100 are individually accessed, the sales prices and services of the products to be purchased are compared with each other, and the sales sold by the consumer under the most satisfactory conditions are determined. Purchased from the center host 100.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional product sales method, a plurality of sales center hosts 100 are required.
However, there is a problem that it is necessary to individually access the product sales homepage, and it takes much time. There is also a problem that consumers can only access a limited number of product sales homepages they already know.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a plurality of product sales systems in which consumers can compare and evaluate product sales information (sales prices, services, etc.) of a plurality of product sales systems at once, and can effectively select products. An object of the present invention is to provide a product sales method for a system.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a product sales method for selling products by a plurality of product sales systems connected to a communication line in accordance with an order from a user terminal. A mall center host is arranged between the product sales system and the user terminal, and the mall center host collects sales information of the plurality of product sales systems, and provides the collected sales information to the user terminal. The present invention is characterized in that sales information of a product sales system can be compared and examined on a user terminal to place an order.

In the product sales method of the present invention, a mall center host arranged between a plurality of product sales systems and a user terminal collects sales information of the plurality of product sales systems and transmits the collected sales information to a user. Provide to the terminal. As a result, a consumer who wants to purchase a product through the user terminal can refer to the sales information of each product sales system from the mall center host in a lump at his own user terminal, and can view the sales information of each product sales system. It is possible to easily compare and select the most suitable product and place an order.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a product selling method for a plurality of product selling systems according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a network system to which a product sales method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. This system includes a plurality of sales center hosts 10
, A mall center host 20, a user terminal 30 used by a consumer, and a communication network 40 such as the Internet for interconnecting these.

Each sales center host 10 functions as a host device of a product sales system managed by sellers of various products, and is constituted by an information processing device such as a workstation or a server. The sales center host 10 has a function of receiving purchase order information sent by the user terminal 10 by a consumer operation and selling the product. Further, the mall center host 20 has a function of collecting product sales information (sale price, service, etc.) from the plurality of sales center hosts 10 and providing a list to the user terminal 30, for example, organized by product category. Here, the product category refers to, for example, various products such as personal computers of companies A and B, refrigerators of company C and company D, washing machines of company C and company E, and similar types of computers, refrigerators and washing machines. It is organized into products. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of this list, and shows an example in which the product category is “refrigerator”. In this example, the sales companies and sales prices are shown for the refrigerators A, B, and C, but the information may include other information.

The user terminal 30 is an information processing device such as a personal computer. This user terminal 30
Has a function of receiving the information of the list on the mall center host 20 and displaying the information on the monitor screen of its own device. The consumer compares the product to be purchased from the information in the list, selects a sales center host that sells the product to be purchased, and performs an operation of designating the selection result on the monitor screen of the user terminal 30. . The user terminal 30 accesses the selected sales center host 10 based on the designation operation and performs a product purchase procedure.

Next, the operation of actually purchasing a product using the product selling method according to the present embodiment as described above will be described. In the following description, a procedure when the network 40 is the Internet will be described as an example. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure in this case. First, the mall center host 20 communicates via the Internet 40 with the sales center host 1 that sells products.
0 is accessed (step A1). In response,
The sales center host 10 sends the sales information of the products sold by the sales center host 10 to the mall center host 20 (step A).
2).

Further, the mall center host 20 accesses another sales center host 10 which sells a product via the Internet 40 (step A3). In response, the sales center host 10 sends the sales information of the products sold by the sales center host 10 to the mall center host 20 (step A4). The mall center host 20 similarly accesses a plurality of sales center hosts and repeats the collection of product sales information. As described above, the mall center host 20
However, by accessing a plurality of sales center hosts 20, a large amount of product sales information can be collected. Further, by accessing the sales center host 20 every day, the latest product sales information can be obtained. Next, the mall center host 20 organizes the collected product sales information for each product category, and stores it on the mall center host 20 (step A5).

Next, the consumer accesses the mall center host 20 using the user terminal 30 (step A6). At the time of this access, a product category for which provision of product sales information is desired may be designated for access. Further, the entire product group may be hierarchized from a large category to a small category (product category) in a tree structure, and a group including a plurality of product categories may be designated. The mall center host 20 responding to the access from the user terminal 30 collects product sales information from the plurality of sales center hosts 10 and sends list information (FIG. 2) arranged for each product category to the user terminal 30. (Step A7).

Thus, the user terminal 30 displays the list information received from the mall center host 20 on the monitor screen, and the consumer sees this display to compare and review a plurality of transmitted product information ( Step A8). In this case, by adding information such as services to the contents of the product sales information, the consumer can consider not only the sales price of the product but also information such as services. As described above, the consumer can use the mall center host 20
By accessing once only, a plurality of product sales information can be obtained without accessing a plurality of sales center hosts 20. That is, the effect of reducing the time by the access time is obtained, and the effect of preventing omission of product sales information due to omission of access is also obtained.

Next, the consumer sends the product determined to be purchased to the mall center host 20 (step A9). The mall center host 20 accesses the sales center host 10 that sells the product (step A10). The designated sales center host 10 sends information on its own purchase procedure to the user terminal 30 (step A1).
1). The consumer performs the purchase procedure from the user terminal 10 according to the designated purchase procedure (step A12). The sales center host 10 performs a purchase procedure determined by the company (step A13) and sends the product to the consumer.
As described above, in this example, the mall center host 2
A value of 0 means that only collection of product sales information is required, and no processes such as product inventory management, payment settlement processing, and arrangement of a delivery company are performed.

According to the product sales method of the present embodiment as described above, the following effects can be obtained. (1) The mall center host accesses a plurality of sales center hosts and collects a plurality of product sales information.
By simply accessing the mall center host, sales information from a plurality of product sales systems can be obtained and compared. As a result, there is an effect that it is possible to reduce the time when a consumer selects a product and to reduce opportunity loss. (2) Also, the mall center host only accesses the sales center host that sells the corresponding product, and actual processing such as inventory management, settlement processing, and delivery processing is performed on the sales center host side, and the mall center host performs the processing. Does not need to perform these processes, and can utilize existing functions in the product sales system. As a result, there is an effect that the man-hour for building the mall center host can be reduced and the man-hour for operation management can be reduced.

In the description of the present embodiment, the access at the time of this product purchase procedure is performed to the sales center host 10 through the mall center host 20. Up to
For the procedure of purchasing a product, a system in which the sales center host 10 is accessed directly and directly thereafter can be used. That is, since the product selection and the actual purchase procedure are not continuously performed, and are often performed with a time lag, the actual purchase procedure can be performed by directly accessing the corresponding sales center host 10 and the mall center can be realized. The burden on the host 20 can be further reduced.

[0017]

As described above, in the product sales method for a plurality of product sales systems of the present invention, a mall center host is arranged between a plurality of product sales systems and a user terminal, and the mall center host is provided with a plurality of mall center hosts. The sales information of the product sales system is collected, and the collected sales information is provided to the user terminal. As a result, a consumer who wants to purchase a product through the user terminal can refer to the sales information of each product sales system from the mall center host in a lump at his own user terminal, and can view the sales information of each product sales system. There is an effect that it is possible to easily compare and select an optimal product and place an order.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a network system to which a product sales method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of a list of product categories used in the product selling method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure by the product selling method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a network system to which a conventional product sales method is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 a plurality of sales center hosts, 20 a mall center host, 30 user terminals, 40 a network.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A product sales method for selling products by a plurality of product sales systems connected to a communication line in accordance with an order from a user terminal, wherein a mall center host is provided between the plurality of product sales systems and the user terminal. The sales information of the plurality of product sales systems is collected by the mall center host, the collected sales information is provided to the user terminal, and the sales information of each product sales system is compared and examined by the user terminal. A product sales method for a plurality of product sales systems, which can be ordered. 2. The plurality of product sales systems each include a sales center host that sends sales information of products sold by the company to a mall center host and receives a purchase procedure from a user terminal. Claim 1
Product sales method described. 3. The product sales method according to claim 2, wherein the mall center host arranges sales information collected from a plurality of sales center hosts and sends the information to a user terminal. 4. The product sales method according to claim 2, wherein the mall center host does not perform inventory management, payment settlement processing, and delivery processing accompanying the consumer's purchase of the product. 5. The product selling method according to claim 2, wherein the mall center host collects the latest sales information by accessing a plurality of sales center hosts. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication line is the Internet.