JP2003050899A - Purchase price return system and purchase price return program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set the return condition of merchandise sold within a sales frame determined corresponding to the sales attributes of the merchandise and purchaser attributes and to execute a prescribed return processing when the accumulated total of the merchandise sales of the sales frame satisfies the return condition. SOLUTION: A purchase price return system is provided with a storage means storing the predetermined sales frame, the accumulated total of money amounts of purchase within the sales frame, the return condition preset corresponding to the sales frame and the relation between a sales object and a purchaser within the sales frame, and a processing means accessing the storage means when a return execution judging command is issued, judging whether or not the accumulated total of the money amount of the purchase within the predetermined sales frame satisfies the return condition preset corresponding to the sales frame, and in the case of satisfying the return condition, specifying a person who has purchased the sales object within the sales frame from the relation between the sales object and the purchaser within the sales frame and executing the return processing for the purchase money amount for the person.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a purchase price return system and a purchase price return program, and more particularly to a purchase price return system for performing a return process on a product according to the total amount of money purchased within a specific sales frame. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A product sales site that accepts product orders via the Internet takes the form of a so-called joint purchase service, which provides a service for lowering the selling price according to the order quantity of a specific product via the site. There is. In such a service, the number of purchase applicants and the return rate are generally associated with each other so that the return rate increases as the order quantity increases for a particular product, and the purchase applicants are generally recruited.

As a modification of the same type of service, there is JP 2001-155067 A. The publication discloses a system in which the purchase unit price is gradually reduced up to a predetermined fixed number of bundles, and when a fixed number of bundles or an integral multiple thereof is finally reached, an order is placed. There is. From the perspective of container transportation of goods,
It is a system that applies the actual situation of transactions in which the purchase unit price can be kept low by placing an order for each set of pieces to some extent.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, the return processing according to the finally confirmed order quantity is executed only for each individual product, and the accumulation is performed within the sales quota with the common attribute. There is no system that executes a return process for a purchaser according to the sales amount.

[0005]

Under such circumstances, the present invention provides
Set return conditions for products that are sold within the sales quotas that are determined according to the sales attributes and purchaser attributes of the products, and perform a predetermined return process when the cumulative sales of the products in the sales quotas meet these return conditions. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a purchase price reduction system for executing.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is based on a predetermined sales quota, the total amount of money purchased in the sales quota, and the above-mentioned sales quota. A storage unit that stores preset return conditions and the relationship between the sales target and the purchaser in the sales frame is provided.

When a return execution determination command is issued,
By accessing the above-mentioned storage means, it is judged whether or not the cumulative total of the amounts of money purchased within the predetermined sales quota satisfies the return condition preset according to the sales quota, and the return condition is satisfied. In this case, a processing means for identifying a person who has purchased the sales target within the sales limit based on the relationship between the sales target within the sales limit and the purchaser, and executing a return process for the purchase amount for the person.

The invention according to claim 2 is the purchase price return system according to claim 1, characterized in that a predetermined sales quota is restricted according to a sales attribute of the sales target.

The invention according to claim 3 limits the predetermined sales quota according to the attributes of the purchaser, and the purchase price return system according to claim 1.

The invention according to claim 4 restricts a predetermined sales quota according to a sales attribute of a sales target, and
The purchase price reduction system according to claim 1, wherein the purchase price reduction system is also limited according to the attributes of the purchaser.

According to the invention of claim 5, a predetermined sales quota, the total amount of money purchased within the sales quota, a return condition preset according to the sales quota, and a sales target within the sales quota. In a purchase price reduction system including a storage unit that stores the relationship between a purchaser and a purchaser, and a processing unit for the purchase price reduction, when a return execution determination command is issued to the processing unit, the storage unit is accessed and predetermined. Determine whether the total amount of money purchased within the sales quota meets the return conditions preset according to the sales quota, and if the return conditions are satisfied, purchase the sales target within the sales quota. This is a purchase price return program that identifies the person who was the seller based on the relationship between the sales target within the sales frame and the purchaser, and executes a return process for the purchase amount for the person.

The invention according to claim 6 is the purchase price return program according to claim 5, characterized in that a predetermined sales quota is restricted according to a sales attribute of a sales target.

The invention according to claim 7 is the purchase price return program according to claim 5, characterized in that a predetermined sales quota is restricted according to the attribute of the purchaser.

The invention according to claim 8 limits a predetermined sales quota according to the sales attribute of the sales target, and
The purchase price return program according to claim 5, wherein the purchase price reduction program is also limited according to the attributes of the purchaser.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment,
A service to reduce the billing amount to the customer who ordered the product during the specified campaign period when the cumulative sales amount due to the order of the product received from the customer exceeds the preset target sales amount. By providing it, we will introduce the system configuration to realize the sales promotion of products targeted for the campaign. And the campaign in this embodiment is an event in which a predetermined amount is reduced from the list price and billed for each product included in the sales frame according to the cumulative sales of the product group belonging to the specific sales frame, and the accompanying event. Means advertising activity.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment comprises a customer terminal 110, a management server 140, and a supplier terminal 190. The management server 140, the customer terminal 110, and the supplier terminal 190 are connected via the Internet 50.

The customer terminal 110 in this embodiment is a personal computer owned by each customer.

The management server 140 includes a storage means 141,
It is composed of a communication means 142 and a processing means 143.

The storage means 141 is, for example, a memory, a register, or a hard disk, and it does not matter whether the storage means 141 has a single physical configuration or a plurality of physical configurations. The storage means 141 includes a product information table 141a and a customer information table 141b.
A cumulative purchase amount table 141c, a return condition table 141d, a purchase history table 141e, and a supplier table 141f are stored.

FIG. 2a shows the data structure of the product information table 141a. The table stores the product identification information of each product and the product information of the product in association with each other. The product information includes the name of the product, the list price, the current price, the number of items provided by the supplier, the remaining number, an image of the item, and a detailed description of the item. Further, the current price mentioned here is a product price obtained by subtracting the return amount calculated assuming that the current cumulative sales were the current sales at the end of the campaign from the list price.

FIG. 2b shows the data structure of the customer information table 141b. The table stores the personal information of each customer in association with the ID of each customer. The personal information stored is the customer name, e-mail address, gender, date of birth, age, prefecture of residence, address, occupation, and password. In the present embodiment, among the elements constituting the personal information, four of age, residence prefecture, address, and occupation are used as customer attributes for specifying the campaign target sales frame to which the product purchased by the customer belongs. To use. It will be described later that personal information is requested to be disclosed to a new customer in the form of customer registration.

FIG. 2c shows the data structure of the cumulative purchase amount table 141c. In this table, the cumulative sales amount of the product group included in the target sales frame of each campaign is stored for each campaign.

The return condition table 141d stores a return condition designated by the supplier and a return rate applicable when the return condition is satisfied for each campaign. The return rate in the present embodiment is a numerical value used to calculate the return amount that will be reduced from the list price of the campaign target product when determining the amount charged to the customer who purchases the product. FIG. 3 shows the reduction conditions and the corresponding reduction rates. The return conditions in the figure are 60 million yen or more, when the cumulative sales of the product group of the campaign sales frame during the campaign period is less than 50 million yen, 50 million yen or more and less than 60 million yen. It is divided into the case of. And sales are 5
When the amount is less than 10 million yen, the reduction rate is 0, when the amount is 50 million yen or more and less than 60 million yen, it is set to 20%, and when the amount is 60 million yen or more, it is set to 30%.

FIG. 2e shows the data structure of the purchase history table 141e. The table stores the relationship between the product that is the sales target purchased within the sales frame and the customer who is the purchaser. Specifically, the purchase history, which is an association between the product identification information of the product purchased by the customer and the ID of the customer, is stored.

The supplier table 141f stores the campaign information registered by each supplier for each campaign information. FIG. 4 shows registration items stored as a set of campaign information in the supplier table 141f. The registered items are the campaign name,
There are campaign start date, campaign end date, customer segment, and product segment. Here, the customer segment and the product segment will be described. The customer segment is a customer attribute designated by the supplier in order to limit the sales quota of the campaign. There are four customer segments: gender, prefecture of residence, age (from age to age), and occupation. In other words, the supplier
By designating all or some of the above-mentioned four customer attributes as customer attributes, it is possible to narrow down the sales frame subject to the campaign in advance from all the products for which the purchase application is accepted through the system. When the customer attribute is not particularly limited, the customer attribute is registered as "free". On the other hand, the product segment is information for restricting the product of the sales target frame of the campaign in terms of the sales attribute of the product. The product segment is specified by first declaring the sales attributes common to the products included in the sales quota by the supplier and further individually specifying the products included in the sales quota.

The communication means 142 is, for example, a router.

The processing means 143 includes a CPU, a bus and necessary interfaces, and may include a plurality of computers for performing distributed processing.

The supplier terminal 190 is a terminal of a merchandise dealer who sells merchandise at his / her own shop and also provides a mail order service for merchandise through the management server 140. The management server 140 performs order reception of the mail order service on behalf of the supplier. The supplier terminal 190 holds the same information as the customer information table 141b of the management server 140 by periodically communicating with the management server 140. Further, as will be described in detail later in the supplier terminal supporting process, the product information table 141a of the management server 190 is configured based on the information acquired by the management server 140 from the supplier terminal 190, and the supplier terminal 109 is , Product information table 1
It always holds the same information as 41a. Therefore,
The supplier terminal 190 can identify the information necessary for shipping the ordered product to the customer address, based on the product identification information and the customer ID acquired from the management server 140.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The operation of the present embodiment can be divided into order receiving processing, order processing, and supplier terminal corresponding processing. The following will be described in order.

5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the order receiving process. A chain line indicates a process executed by the customer terminal 110, and a solid line indicates a process executed by the processing unit 143 of the management server 140.

The customer terminal 110 of a customer who wishes to purchase a product by mail order accesses the management server 140 (S101).

The processing means 143 of the management server 140 generates the display data of the customer type selection screen, and the communication means 142.
It transmits to the customer terminal 110 via (S102).

The customer terminal 110 displays the customer type selection screen based on the acquired display data (S103).
The customer type selection screen is for acquiring information for identifying whether the customer is a new customer, that is, a customer who has not registered a predetermined customer. Customer terminal 1
In response to the customer's selection, 10 transmits to the management server 140 information identifying a new customer or information identifying a customer already registered as a customer.

When the information specifying the new customer is acquired, the processing means 143 of the management server 140 generates the display data of the customer registration screen and sends it to the customer terminal 110 (S104).

The customer terminal 110 displays the customer registration screen (S105). FIG. 7 shows a customer registration screen. On the same screen, the customer has his / her own name, password for subsequent authentication, email address, gender, date of birth,
Enter the state of residence, address, occupation and confirm.
The customer terminal 110 transmits the input personal information to the management server 140.

Management server 140 that has acquired the above-mentioned input items
The processing means 143 of 1 generates an ID unique to the customer (S106).

Further, the processing means 143 uses the generated ID.
The display data of the registration confirmation screen including is generated and transmitted to the customer terminal 110 via the communication means 142 (S10).
7).

The customer terminal 110 displays the registration confirmation screen (S108). On the registration confirmation screen, the input personal information and the ID generated by the processing means 143 are displayed. When accepting the approval of the screen display item from the customer, the customer terminal 110 transmits information specifying the approval to the management server 140.

The processing means 143 of the management server 140, which has acquired the information identifying the approval, stores the personal information input on the customer registration screen in the customer information table 141b in association with the generated ID (S109).

On the other hand, when the information identifying the customer who has already been registered as the customer is acquired, the processing means 143 of the management server 140 generates the display data of the login screen and transmits it to the customer terminal 110 (S110). .

The customer terminal 110 displays the login screen (S111). The login screen requests the customer to present the ID and password. The customer inputs the ID assigned to him / herself and the password registered as personal information, and confirms the screen. The customer terminal 110 transmits the input ID and password to the management server 140.

Management server 1 which has obtained ID and password
The processing means 143 of 40 accesses the customer information table 141b and authenticates the customer by collating the ID and the password (S112).

The processing means 143 of the management server 140 stores the personal information of the new customer in the customer information table 141b, or when the customer is authenticated by the ID and password,
The customer is logged in (S113).

The processing means 143 which logged in the customer,
Display data for the campaign selection screen is generated and transmitted to the customer terminal 110 via the communication means 142 (S11).
4).

The customer terminal 110 displays the campaign selection screen (S115). This screen asks the customer to select one of the campaigns planned by the supplier. "After the campaign period, if the sales of the products in the toy section exceed 10 million yen, 10%
Information such as "cash back" is briefly presented to show the contents of each campaign. The customer terminal 110 transmits information identifying the campaign selected by the customer to the management server 140.

The processing means 143 of the management server 140, which has acquired the information specifying the selected campaign, has the supplier table 141f and the return condition table 141e.
And the cumulative purchase amount table 141f are accessed, and the campaign information corresponding to the selected campaign, the return condition and the corresponding return rate, and the current cumulative sales amount of the target sales quota of the campaign are read (S1).
16).

The processing means 143, based on the read campaign information, the return condition, and the cumulative sales amount,
Display data for the campaign notification screen is generated and transmitted to the customer terminal 110 via the communication means 142 (S11).
7).

The customer terminal 110 displays the campaign notice screen (S118). FIG. 8 shows an example of the campaign notification screen. At the top of the screen, the name of the campaign is displayed, and below that, the sales segment that is the target of the campaign is shown in the customer segment from the aspect of customer attributes, and the product segment showing the sales quota from the aspect of sales attributes and Displays the name of each product included in the sales frame, the campaign start date, and the campaign end date. The above display items are display items based on the campaign information read from the supplier table 141f. Further below that, the redemption conditions read from the redemption condition table 141e and the corresponding redemption rate, and the current cumulative sales of the campaign target sales slots read from the cumulative purchase amount table 141f are displayed. The name of each product displayed on the campaign notification screen is linked to the product detail screen, and when the customer selects the name of the product, the customer terminal 110 displays the product name of the selected product. The product identification information is transmitted to the management server 140.

Management server 140 that has acquired the product identification information
The processing means 143 accesses the product information table 141a and reads out the product information corresponding to the acquired product identification information (S119).

The processing means 143 generates display data of the product detail screen based on the read product information and sends it to the customer terminal 110 via the communication means 142 (S1).
20).

The customer terminal 110 displays the product detail screen (S121). FIG. 9 shows an example of the product detail screen.
The name of the selected product is displayed at the top of the screen, and the list price of the product and the current price of the product are displayed below it. Further below that, the number of products provided by the supplier this time, the remaining quantity of the product, the file name linked to the image of the product, the detailed description, etc. are displayed.
"Do you want to order this product?" Is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The customer selects the item "yes" when ordering this product, and selects the item "return" when he / she wants to browse the product detail screen regarding other products. The customer terminal 110 transmits information specifying the selected item to the management server 140.

When the "return" is selected, the processing means 143 which has acquired the information specifying the selected item transmits the display data of the campaign notification screen to the customer terminal 110 again, while selecting "Yes". If so, the display data of the order form input screen is generated and transmitted to the customer terminal 110 (S122).

The customer terminal 110 displays the order form input screen (S123). The customer terminal 110 transmits the items input by the customer to the order form input screen to the management server 140.

The processing means 143 of the management server 140, which has acquired the order form input items, generates the display data of the order confirmation screen and sends it to the customer terminal 110 (S124).

The customer terminal 110 displays the order confirmation screen (S125). If there is no error in the items displayed on the order confirmation screen, such as the customer's own ID and the ordered product, the customer confirms this. The customer terminal 110 transmits information specifying the screen confirmation to the management server 140.

The processing means 143 of the management server 140, which has acquired the information specifying the confirmation of the order confirmation screen, stores the purchase history table, which is the correlation between the product identification information of the products ordered by the customer and the ID of the customer. It is stored in 141e (S126).

Next, the processing means 143 updates the cumulative sales amount of the target sales quota of the campaign, which is stored in the cumulative purchase amount table 141f (S127). In this update, the list price of the product ordered by the customer is displayed in the product information table 14
It is executed by reading out from 1a and adding this fixed price to the cumulative sales amount of the sales frame subject to the campaign.

This completes the order receiving process.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the ordering process.

The order processing in this embodiment is performed for each campaign target frame based on each purchase history accumulated in the purchase history table 141e within the campaign period after the campaign period has elapsed. Then, the ordering process is started by the operator of the management server 140 inputting a return execution determination command by designating a campaign to be an ordering process target.

When the return execution determination command is issued, the processing means 143 of the management server 140 accesses the cumulative purchase amount table 141f and specifies the cumulative sales amount in the campaign sales frame to be returned this time (S15).
1).

The processing means 143 uses the return condition table 14
1e is accessed, and the return rate according to the above-specified cumulative sales is specified for the campaign to be returned this time (S152). For example, the return condition is sales 50
A reduction rate of 0,5,000 is applied when the amount is less than JPY, 000,000
The cumulative sales amount specified above, assuming that the return rate applied when the amount of money is in the range of 10,000 yen or more and less than 60 million yen is 20%, and the return rate that is applied in the case of 60 million yen or more is 30%. Is 55 million yen, the applicable return rate is specified as 20%.

Next, the processing means 143 accesses the supplier table 141f and is registered in order to limit the product identification information of the products included in the campaign sales frame to be returned this time and the sales frame subject to the campaign. The customer segment is read (S153).

The processing means 143 reads out the purchase history relating to the products included in the campaign sales quota initially stored in the purchase history table 141e during the campaign period (S154).

Next, the processing means 143 accesses the customer information table 141b based on the customer ID which is a component of the read purchase history, and the customer attribute of the customer specified from the purchase history, that is, sex and residence. The prefecture, age, and occupation are read (S155).

The processing means 143 collates the customer attribute read from the customer information table 141b with the contents of the customer segment read from the supplier table 141f, so that the customer specified from the purchase history identifies the customer segment. It is determined whether it is satisfied (S156).
As mentioned above, the customer segments that limit the sales quotas targeted for the campaign in terms of customer attributes are gender, prefecture of residence, and
Four types of ages (from what to how old) and occupations are registered in the supplier table 141f. Therefore, for example, in the customer segment of the campaign, the age is registered as "50 to 60 years old" while the gender, the prefecture of residence, and the occupation are registered as "free", and the information is read from the customer information table 141b. When the age of the customer is 52, the processing unit 143 determines that the customer identified from the purchase history satisfies the customer segment.

The processing means 143, which has determined that the customer identified from the purchase history satisfies the customer segment, adds the above-mentioned purchase history, which is an association between the ID of the customer and the product identification information of the product purchased by the customer, to the above-mentioned purchase history. The supplier terminal 19 is attached via the communication means 142 with the specified return rate attached.
It is transmitted to 0 (S157).

On the other hand, the processing means 143 which determines that the customer identified from the purchase history does not satisfy the customer segment
Transmits only the purchase history to the supplier terminal 190 via the communication means 142 (S158).

The processing means 143, which has transmitted the purchase history or the purchase history with the return rate attached, has the purchase history table 14
1e is accessed and it is determined whether there is another purchase history of the product related to the campaign target sales frame accumulated during the campaign period (S159).

When other purchase histories are stored, the processing means 143 reads out the purchase histories, and for all the purchase histories targeted for the campaign stored in the purchase history table, the steps S154 to S159 described above are performed. Is repeated (repeat of S154 to S159).

On the other hand, when no other purchase history is stored, the processing means 143 ends all the processing.

This completes the ordering process.

As described above, the supplier terminal 190 is
Since the customer holds the same information as the customer information table 141b and the product information table 141a of the management server 140, the supplier can identify the product to be ordered and its fixed price from the product identification information of each purchase history received from the management server 140. In addition to specifying, the delivery address is specified from the customer ID of each purchase history received from the management server 140.
Then, for the purchase history that the supplier also received the return rate, the supplier calculates the return amount by multiplying the return rate by the list price of the product, and collects the customer charge amount after subtracting the return rate from the list price. Send the product to the shipping address with the attached document. As a result, the customer can be returned to the product sales price according to the cumulative sales amount for each campaign target sales frame.

Next, the supplier terminal corresponding process will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 11 and 12. The chain line in the figure indicates the processing executed by the supplier terminal 190, and the solid line in the figure indicates the management server 14.
This is processing executed by the processing unit 143 of 0.

The supplier wishing to register the campaign-related information accesses the management server 140 (S20).
1).

The processing means 143 of the management server 140 generates the display data of the supplier type selection screen and sends it to the supplier terminal 190 via the communication means 142 (S2).
02).

The supplier terminal 190 displays the supplier type selection screen (S203). The customer type selection screen is for acquiring information for identifying whether the supplier is a new supplier, that is, a person who has not registered as a predetermined supplier. The supplier terminal 190 transmits, to the management server 140, information identifying a new supplier or information identifying a supplier already registered, according to the selection of the supplier.

When the information specifying the new supplier is acquired, the processing means 143 of the management server 140 is executed.
Generates display data for the supplier registration screen and sends it to the supplier terminal 10 (S204).

The supplier terminal 190 displays the supplier registration screen (S205). This screen shows the new supplier's name, address, representative name,
It is required to enter predetermined registration items such as passwords and e-mail addresses for subsequent authentication, and the new supplier enters the above registration items and confirms the screen. The supplier terminal 190 transmits the input registered items to the management server 140.

Management server 140 that has acquired the above registration items
The processing unit 143 of 1 generates an ID unique to the supplier (S206).

Further, the processing means 143 uses the generated ID.
Display data of the registration confirmation screen including is generated, and this is transmitted to the supplier terminal 190 via the communication unit 142 (S207).

The supplier terminal 190 displays the registration confirmation screen (S208). On the registration confirmation screen, the input registration item and the ID generated by the processing means 143 are displayed.
And are displayed. When the supplier approves the items displayed on the screen, the supplier terminal 190 transmits information identifying the approval to the management server 140.

The processing means 143 of the management server 140, which has acquired the information for specifying the approval, associates the registration item input on the customer registration screen with the generated ID, and stores the supplier registration information in the storage means 141. The data is stored in the area (not shown) (S209).

On the other hand, when the information specifying that the supplier has already been registered is acquired, the processing means 143 of the management server 140 generates the display data of the login screen and sends it to the supplier terminal 190 (S210).

The supplier terminal 190 displays the login screen (S211). The login screen requests the supplier to present the ID and password. The supplier inputs the ID assigned to him / herself and the password that is the supplier registration item, and confirms the login screen. The supplier terminal 190 transmits the input ID and password to the management server 140.

Management server 1 that has acquired ID and password
The processing unit 143 of 40 accesses the supplier registration information storage area provided in the storage unit 141, and
The supplier is authenticated by collating D with the password (S212).

The processing means 143 stores the registration item of the new supplier in the supplier registration information storage area, or the ID.
When the supplier is authenticated by the password and the password, the supplier is logged in (S213).

Management server 1 with supplier logged in
The processing unit 143 of 40 generates display data of the new campaign registration screen and transmits it to the supplier terminal 190 via the communication unit 142 (S214).

The supplier terminal 190 displays a new campaign registration screen (S215). The screen is for requesting the supplier to input registration items necessary for developing a new campaign through the management server 140. The new campaign registration screen is provided with a predetermined registration item input field. The registration items are the campaign name, the return condition and the corresponding return rate, the customer segment (gender for limiting the sales quota,
Customer attributes such as prefecture of residence, age, occupation), product segment, campaign start date, campaign end date, and product information for each product included in the campaign sales frame. Further, the product information includes a name of the product, product identification information about the product, a list price, the number of products provided, a file name indicating the location of the product image, and detailed description of the product. The supplier inputs the above registration items and confirms the new campaign registration screen. The supplier terminal 190 transmits each input registration item to the management server 140.

The processing means 143 of the management server 140, which has acquired the input registered items, generates the display data of the registration confirmation screen and sends it to the supplier terminal 190 via the communication means 142 (S216).

The supplier terminal 190 displays the registration confirmation screen (S217). If there is no error in the items displayed on the registration confirmation screen, the supplier confirms this. The supplier terminal 190 sends information specifying the screen confirmation to the management server 140.

The processing means 143 of the management server 140, which has acquired the information specifying the confirmation of the registration confirmation screen, stores the registration items input on the new campaign registration screen in each table of the storage means 141 (S218). Specifically, the processing unit 143, to the supplier table 141f, for the campaign name, customer segment, product segment, campaign start date, campaign end date, and the name and product identification information of each product included in the campaign target sales frame. Remember as campaign information,
The return condition is stored in the return condition table 141d, and the product information including the product name and the product identification information is stored in the product information table 141b.

With the above, the supplier terminal corresponding process is completed.

According to this embodiment, the sales quotas targeted for the campaign are set in advance, and the return amount for the purchase price of the products included in the sales quotas is set according to the cumulative sales of the sales quotas during the campaign period. Calculate. Furthermore, since the sales terminal that is subject to the campaign can be freely restricted by the supplier terminal depending on the product segment and the customer segment, the supplier who conducts the mail order of the product through the management server can purchase the product by joint purchase. When developing a purchase price return service, it is possible to set campaign sales slots of any size and type. Therefore, the supplier can easily carry out promotional promotions for specific target customers.

Further, since the merchandise group having a common attribute is used as one unit for the return processing, the campaign for each sales frame can be made meaningful, and a campaign with a high advertising effect can be developed.

Further, the redemption conditions of the redemption condition table 141d and the redemption rate corresponding thereto in the above embodiment are as follows:
Each supplier can set various calculation methods of return rate in consideration of customer sentiment. For example, when the cumulative sales within the campaign period in the campaign target sales frame exceeds 500 million yen, 5% is returned, and when the cumulative sales exceed 1 billion yen, 7.
It is set to return 5% and 10% when it exceeds 1.5 billion yen, while even customers who purchase products with the same sales quota can achieve the initial sales of 500 million yen. For customers who have contributed, by setting the return rate to be adjusted to 1.5 times, it is possible to give the customer an incentive for early purchase of the campaign target product. In order to realize the above-described return rate setting method, it is necessary to provide the storage unit 140 with a return rate correction table that defines a return correction rate according to the time of purchase, in addition to a return condition table that defines normal return conditions. There is. In this return rate correction table, for example, a customer who has contributed to the achievement of cumulative sales of 500 million yen has a return rate of 1.5 times, and purchases at other times are 1.0 times. Define association with rate. On the other hand, the purchase history table 141
In e, the time when the product is purchased is associated with the purchase history of the product. Then, in the ordering process after the end of the campaign period, the processing means 143 first identifies the basic return rate, and further determines which category of sales the purchaser contributed to depending on the purchase time of the purchaser. Then, the return rate is corrected based on this, and the corrected return rate is output to the supplier terminal 190. In this way, by adopting the return rate setting method in which the applied return amount and the order time are linked, it becomes easy to further enhance the sales promotion effect in the targeted sales frame.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above. In the above embodiment, the sale of the product is accepted on the Internet, and the product attached with the invoice is shipped later. However, the present invention can also be applied to the store sales in which COD is in principle. For example, POS (point of sal) provided at the accounting booth of each store
e) The terminal and the management server that manages these are connected by a communication line, and the product is sold at a fixed price during the campaign period, and the purchase history, which is the association between the identification information of the sold product and the purchaser's identification information, While storing it in the management server, after the campaign period has passed, the return amount calculated according to the cumulative sales of the target product during the campaign period is cashed back to the customers who purchased the target product during the campaign period. Alternatively, a model in which a considerable amount of gift certificate is issued may be adopted.

[0099]

Since the present invention is configured and functions as described above, according to the invention of claim 1 or 5, the cumulative purchase amount is accumulated for each preset sales quota and the cumulative total is accumulated. Whether the purchase price is returned or not is determined based on the purchase amount. Therefore, it is possible to provide an unprecedented excellent purchase price return system capable of executing the sales promotion by the joint purchase discount after freely narrowing down the target sales frame.

According to the invention described in claim 2 or 6, the sales quota can be restricted by the sales attribute of the sales target.

According to the invention described in claim 3 or 7, the sales quota can be restricted by the attribute of the purchaser.

According to the invention of claim 4 or 8, the sales quota can be restricted by the sales attribute of the sales target and the attribute of the purchaser.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a data structure diagram of each table of a storage unit.

FIG. 3 is an example of reduction conditions and reduction rates corresponding thereto.

FIG. 4 is an example of campaign information.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an order receiving process (first half part).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an order receiving process (second half).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a customer registration screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a campaign notification screen.

FIG. 9 is an example of a product detail screen.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing order processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing supplier terminal corresponding processing (first half).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a supplier terminal corresponding process (second half).

[Explanation of symbols]

50 Internet 110 customer terminal 140 Management server 141 storage means 141a Product information table 141b Customer information table 141c Total purchase amount table 141d Reduction condition table 141e Purchase history table 141f Supplier table 142 Communication means 143 processing means 190 Supplier terminal

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Takahisa Honda             1-838 Shinmaruko Higashi, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa             603 Acoustic Company Limited

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A predetermined sales quota, a cumulative total amount of money purchased in the sales quota, a return condition preset according to the sales quota, and a sales target and a purchaser in the sales quota. When a storage means for storing the relationship and a return execution determination command are instructed, the storage means is accessed, and the cumulative total of the purchased amounts within the predetermined sales quota is preset according to the sales quota. If the return condition is satisfied, the person who purchased the sales target within the sales limit is identified based on the relationship between the sales target within the sales limit and the purchaser. Then, the purchase price return system is characterized by comprising processing means for executing a return process for the purchase price for the person. 2. The purchase price return system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined sales quota is limited according to a sales attribute of the sales target. 3. The purchase price return system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined sales quota is limited according to the attribute of the purchaser. 4. The purchase price according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined sales limit is restricted according to a sales attribute of the sales target and also according to an attribute of the purchaser. Return system. 5. A predetermined sales quota, a cumulative total amount of money purchased within the sales quota, a return condition preset according to the sales quota, and a sales target and purchaser in the sales quota. In a purchase price return system including a storage unit that stores a relationship and a processing unit, when a return execution determination command is issued to the processing unit, the storage unit is accessed and within the predetermined sales quota. It is determined whether the cumulative total of the purchased amounts satisfies the return condition preset according to the sales quota, and if the return condition is satisfied, the person who has purchased the sales target within the sales quota A purchase price return program for identifying a purchase target from the relationship between the sales target within the sales limit and the purchaser, and executing a return process for the purchase price for the purchaser. 6. The purchase price return program according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined sales quota is restricted according to the sales attribute of the sales target. 7. The purchase price return program according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined sales quota is limited according to the attribute of the purchaser. 8. The purchase price according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined sales limit is restricted according to a sales attribute of the sales target and also according to an attribute of the purchaser. Return program.