JP2002092376A - Joint purchase support method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a purchaser to acquire a commodity/service inexpensively by a collective purchase of the commodity/service, and to enable a commodity provider to secure a stable demand and to improve the manufacturing efficiency of the commodity. SOLUTION: This method comprises a step for designating a desired price and/or a requested function on the specific commodity/service accumulated and memorized in a mediator's server 103B, transmitting the intention of purchase by an information communication network 100, and registering in the mediator's server 103B, by many and unspecified purchasers 101, a step for tabulating desired price zone data and/or requested function data of the commodity/service specified by the result of registration, and opening the table to the public as a prompt report on a mediator's site, and a step for negotiating with a provider 102 of the commodity/service to conclude dealings, and starting a substantial sales activity of the specific commodity/service, by a mediator 103.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention collects a desired price and / or a required function of a specific product / service from an unspecified number of buyers, and thereby purchases the product / service under a joint purchase situation. In addition to enabling price reductions and adding functions, merchandise and service providers can take advantage of the effects of joint purchases, such as securing stable demand and improving product manufacturing efficiency, through information and communication networks and This is realized using an information terminal such as a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic commerce and online shopping using an information communication network represented by the Internet have been developed, and it has become possible to purchase goods and services while staying at home, thereby improving convenience. Became.

[0003] In this type of commercial transaction, the price can be reduced to some extent by reducing the intermediate distribution cost, but due to the nature of the transaction by information and communication, it is determined by the provider of the product / service. This is a fixed one-way transaction form in which buyers select products of price, quality, and function.

[0004] Therefore, there is no room for reflecting the demands of buyers through specific negotiations on prices, quality, functions, and the like, as in general face-to-face transactions, and there is a large impact on prices, quality, and functions of product suppliers. Could not give.

[0005]

By the way, in a normal commercial transaction, the purchase price of a commodity decreases according to the purchase quantity, and the purchase price is reflected in the sales price. Therefore, setting a price lower than the prevailing price by purchasing a large amount and trying to attract customers by price competition is a common means in commercial transactions.

[0006] Therefore, retailers and the like try to purchase a large amount in bulk and try to lower the purchasing cost. Efficiency can be improved.

[0007] However, in electronic commerce such as online shopping, an unspecified number of buyers access a site of a specific product supplier, but there is no cooperative relationship between the buyers. However, individual buyers cannot influence the price, quality, function, etc. of the goods displayed on the site.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems in the conventional electronic commerce such as online shopping and the like, and an unspecified number of purchasers are utilized by utilizing an information communication network and an information terminal such as a personal computer. And organize the joint purchasing posture via a network, so that buyers can obtain products and services at a low price by purchasing products and services in bulk, and secure stable demand for product providers. It is intended to bring about effects such as improving the production efficiency of products and products.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a merchandise file based on information such as merchandise and services provided by a merchandise / service supplier and / or an intermediary, and storing and storing the merchandise file in an intermediary server. An unspecified number of buyers specify a desired price and / or a requested function for a specific product / service stored and stored in an intermediary server, transmit the intention of purchase through an information communication network, and register the information in the intermediary server. Performing a step of tabulating the desired price range data and / or requested function data of the goods / services specified from the result of the registration and publishing them on the intermediary site in a flash, and A step in which the intermediary negotiates with the goods / services supplier based on the tally, concludes a transaction, and starts a substantial sales activity of the specific goods / services; Ranaru the first method,

[0010] In the first method, an unspecified number of buyers transmit a desired price and / or a required function of a product / service to be purchased through an information communication network to create a product file, and a mediator server. A second method of storing and storing in the

A step of creating a product file in which the quantity / price of goods / services provided by a supplier of a product / service and / or an intermediary is set in advance and storing the product file in an intermediary server; Transmitting an intention to purchase the specific goods / services stored in the mediator server through the information communication network, and registering them in the mediator server; and applying for the goods / services specified from the registration result. According to a third method, a step of tabulating the situation and publishing the situation on the intermediary site quickly and a step of starting a substantial sales activity of a specific product / service based on the aggregation of the application quantity are: Solve the problem.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described below in connection with a case where the Internet is mainly used as an information communication network and a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) is connected thereto. I do. It should be noted that the present invention can be configured by a digital communication device such as a mobile telephone in addition to a personal computer.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the outline of the present invention.
In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes an information communication network using the Internet, and personal computer terminals 101A, 101A, ... of an unspecified number of purchasers 101, 101, ... are connected to the information communication network. By operating the keyboards 101B, 101B,..., Information on the purchase of goods / services is transmitted.

Reference numeral 102 denotes the information communication network 10
. Are connected to the personal computer terminals 102A, 102A,... And operate the keyboards 102B, 102B,. Via a server system.

Reference numeral 103 denotes the information communication network 10
0 and the host computer 10
3A and a server system 103B connected to the host computer.

Here, the buyer is an unspecified number of consumers who can carry out electronic commerce on a personal computer terminal. The supplier of goods and services may be a producer or service provider who directly manufactures goods, or may be an agency or the like. In addition, the mediator
An administrator of a server in which a product is registered, and applies for purchase of a product from a purchaser or accepts registration of a product from a supplier. FIG. 2 shows an outline of such a system.

Next, an operation flow of the joint purchase shown in FIG. 3 by the system of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to an example of purchase of a refrigerator.

First, when the buyer 101 accesses the server system 103B of the intermediary 103 in step Sa1, a screen W1 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. And
When the button Ba1 is clicked on the screen, an explanation for understanding the system of the present invention is displayed.

When the button Ba2 is clicked, a registration screen W3 shown in FIG. 5 for registering a member is displayed.
By the input operation on the screen, the basic information of the registrant is stored and registered in the server system 103B of the intermediary 103.

When the button Ba3 is clicked, a demonstration screen or the like for an unregistered person to grasp the outline of the system is displayed to help the understanding of the system.

On the other hand, the purchaser 101 who has already registered as a member enters an ID code and a password on the screen W2 of FIG. 4 to adjust the conditions for using the system, and executes desired operations by clicking various buttons. can do.

That is, when the button Ba4 of the screen W2 of FIG. 4 is clicked in step Sa2 in the flow of the system of FIG. 3, a search screen W4 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. The merchandise stored and stored in the server system 103B is extracted, and details thereof are displayed on the screen.

In step Sa3, a process of registering a desired product in the server system 103B is performed. By clicking a button Ba5 on a screen W2 in FIG. 4, a screen W5 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. Is done.
Thus, by inputting necessary items on the screen, data of desired products can be stored in the server system 103B.

When the purchaser wants to purchase a specific product and conveys his / her intention in the state where the registration of the product is completed as described above, the button Ba6 is clicked on the screen W2 of FIG. Then, an input screen W6 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. Here, the purchaser inputs necessary information such as a desired price for the purchase of a refrigerator as shown in FIG. And execute a provisional application for the product.

Then, when there is a function for requesting the addition of the product to which the buyer makes a provisional application at the same time as the provisional application,
For example, an ice temperature thawing room suitable for thawing frozen food is optionally added to the field of opinion for the product on the input screen W6, or the space of the ice temperature thawing room is increased even if the capacity of the vegetable storage room is sacrificed. You can enter a request such as what you want to do.

When the necessary items are input in this way,
In step Sa5, the host computer 103A of the intermediary 103 classifies and totals the applied goods for each product, creates a database, and stores and stores the database in the server system 103B.

If you want to change the content of the application,
An input screen for changing the provisional application is displayed by clicking the button Ba7. When an additional application is required, an input screen for the additional application is displayed by clicking the button Ba8. .

Then, an unspecified number of buyers 101
If the user wishes to make a provisional application for the product desired to be purchased from the screen W6 and wants to know the total number of products that he / she has applied for, the screen W2 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed and the button Ba9 is clicked. Then, a screen W7 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed,
It is displayed that 1,265 units have been applied to the provisionally applied refrigerator L-ns600, and the average desired price is $ 220,000. The data displayed on the screen W7 in FIG. 9 is always updated and displayed on the server system 103B of the intermediary 103, and the actual situation can be grasped by arbitrarily accessing.

In this way, when the buyer 101 collects information on a product that the user intends to purchase, determines a desired price, etc., and applies for a product purchase, first, the user selects the screen W shown in FIG.
A button Ba10 is clicked on 2 to display a provisional product application screen W8 shown in FIG. Then, necessary information is written in a blank portion of the screen and transferred to the intermediary 103 via the Internet 100.

The intermediary 103, which has received provisional applications for merchandise purchases from a plurality of buyers in this way, totals this and displays a screen W9 as shown in FIG. 11 for any access to the server system 103B. Here, on the same screen, it is displayed that the refrigerator / L-ns 600 to which the provisional application has been made has received 1,310 applications and the average desired price is $ 230,000.

After the tabulation is performed in this way, the mediator 103 starts negotiations on a product transaction with the product supplier 102 in step Sa6. Then, the commodity supplier 102 presents a price lower than the actual price to the intermediary 103 in step Sa7.

When the result of the negotiation is agreed with the product supplier, the result is shown in step Sa8 in FIG.
It is displayed as a screen W10 shown in FIG. 2, and notifies the buyer 101 that the price resulting from the negotiation is $ 220,000.

The buyer 101, having received the notification of the result of the negotiation as described above, displays the screen W11 shown in FIG. 13 in step Sa9, and clicks the button Sb14 when notifying the purchase intention of the target product. Click the button to cancel the purchase, and then click the button Sb15. Also,
If you want to check the result again, click the button Sb1.
By clicking 6, the notification of the purchase intention can be put on hold.

When the buyer 101 notifies the intermediary 103 of his / her intention to purchase the target product in this way, a screen W12 relating to the payment as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. Therefore, the purchaser 101 inputs necessary items in blank fields on the screen, and transfers the necessary items to the intermediary 103 to execute step Sa1.
At 0, the processing of payment and delivery of goods is started. Then, in step Sa11, the broker 103 pays the brokerage commission to the broker 103, and a series of processing is completed.

Although an example of purchasing a refrigerator has been described above, the present invention can be applied to a business that provides a service. For example, it is possible to issue an air ticket, release a travel pack, or enter a theater / watching ticket. It can be applied to ticketing, sales of securities / receivables, various operations (care, painting, garden tree management, cleaning, moving, transport, storage ...), etc. The required functions for these services are, for example, date and time, place, period , Amount, and service contents.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the above-described embodiments, the buyer's desired price is totaled, and based on this, the mediator negotiates with the product / service supplier to determine the price. This method is effective for relatively low-priced products. For example, in the case of high-priced products such as luxury passenger cars, the number of buyers is originally small, and the method of the above embodiment cannot be applied sufficiently. there is a possibility.

Therefore, in this embodiment, a discount price according to the sales quantity is set in advance between the product supplier and the intermediary, and this is disclosed on the intermediary site, and the status of the application is checked. It is made into a number table, which is also released quickly to attract customers and summarize the quantity of product purchases.

FIG. 15 shows an example of a screen display according to another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 15, the price-to-quantity is shown in the left column of the numerical table.
The price to be reduced, such as 10,000 yen or 30 units to 4 million yen, is displayed step by step, and when the quantity is finally reduced to 150 units, it is indicated that the price is 3 million yen. Then, the number of applications for the price range is displayed in the right column of the same number table, and a star indicates that the current total is 140 applications.

In this way, it is possible to grasp in advance the actual situation of buying and selling for a specific product. For example, in the case of the same number table, if there is an additional purchase of 10 units, the price will be 3 million yen. Can be grasped immediately. In this way, the supplier or intermediary of the product can develop sales activities more aggressively, and the buyers can develop activities to increase the number of joint buyers.

[0040]

As described above in detail, according to the joint purchase support method of the present invention, an unspecified number of buyers cooperate with the intention of joint purchase, and in the background, the intermediary makes the purchase of the product. Since negotiations and decisions on prices and the like are made with the supplier, it is possible to quickly reduce prices of goods and services and improve quality and service contents. Therefore, it is possible to reflect the purchaser's intention for goods and services and the merits of scale, which have been impossible in the electronic commerce using the Internet, thereby enabling rational development of commerce.

On the other hand, a supplier of goods / services has an opportunity to collect information on a buyer's request for a product, and expects a market research function that enables the development of a product more suitable for the market. Can be. In addition, since the demand forecast becomes reliable, it is easy to make a production plan, and the production efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of a system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an initial screen in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen when a member is registered in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an input screen for performing a product search in the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an input screen for registering a product in the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an input screen for making a provisional application for a product in the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen of a status of a provisional application for a product in the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an input screen for making a provisional application for a product in the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a screen of a status of a provisional application for a product in the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen displaying a result of price negotiation according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an input screen for notifying a user of the intention to purchase a product in the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an input screen for payment settlement in the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 Information communication network 101 Purchaser 102 Supplier 103B 103B Server system

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A step of creating a merchandise file based on information on merchandise and services provided by a supplier of merchandise and services and / or an intermediary and storing the merchandise file in an intermediary server; A step of designating a desired price and / or a required function for a specific product / service stored and stored in the intermediary server, transmitting a purchase intention through an information communication network, and registering the information in the intermediary server; A step of tabulating the desired price range data and / or requested function data of the goods / services specified from the above and publishing them on the intermediary site in a flash, and the intermediary A step of negotiating with a service provider to conclude a transaction and starting a substantial sales activity for a specific product / service. Joint purchase support method. 2. An unspecified number of buyers transmit a desired price and / or a required function of a product / service desired to be purchased through an information communication network to create a product file, and store and store the product file in an intermediary server. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the joint purchase is supported. 3. A step of creating a product file in which the quantity / price of goods / services provided by a product / service supplier and / or an intermediary is set in advance and storing the product file in an intermediary server; A step in which the purchaser transmits the intention to purchase the specific goods / services stored in the mediator server via the information communication network, and registers the goods / services in the mediator server; and the goods / services specified from the result of the registration. And a step of publishing the status of the application in a number table and publishing it on the intermediary site in a flash, and a step of starting a substantial sales activity of a specific product / service based on the total of the application quantity. And joint purchase support method.