JP2003058728A - Product vending method, product vending processing program and product vending processing server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To unnecessitate the staff for assessing trade-in products and a database for assessment and to unnecessitate a place for keeping trade-in products in product vending accompanied with receiving of trade-in products. SOLUTION: Trade-in product information owned by a purchaser 100 is registered on a Web server 501 owned by a product vender 500 as an auction object product. The successful bid price of the trade-in product is determined from the result of bidding from bidders 200 and 300 to the auction of the trade-in product by the Web server 501. The product vender 500 vends a product while defining this successful bid price as a trade-in price of the trade-in product owned by the purchaser 100.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to product sales using a computer network, and more particularly to a product sales method, a product sales processing program, and a product sales processing server that involve taking in a trade-in product of a product purchaser.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional product selling method involving taking-in of trade-in products, a sales system in which a person in charge of valuation familiar with the valuation work at the time of trade-in evaluates trade-in products, calculates trade-in prices, and sells new products. Has been adopted. In addition, the calculated trade-in price is calculated based on the assessment evaluation information for each product registered in the product database, etc., without relying on the assessor who is familiar with assessing the trade-in price of the trade-in product desired by the product orderer. There is known a sales system that reduces the price of a product to be sold (JP-A-11-2516).
4 publication).

As described above, the conventional sales system is a sales system which requires a person in charge of assessing trade-in products and a product database relating to the prices of trade-in products, and the products traded in at the time of selling the products are temporarily stored as their own inventory. It is a sales system that stores and resells in the second-hand market.

[0004]

However, the conventional product selling method involving taking-in of trade-in products has the following problems associated with trade-in products. In other words, it is important to properly evaluate the trade-in product in consideration of the price when resold as a used product. If the trade-in price is not set properly, the product will remain unsold, resulting in poor inventory and pressure on profits.Therefore, product sellers are familiar with advanced assessment work to properly evaluate trade-in products and calculate evaluation points. It is necessary to hire and assign the assigned valuation personnel, or to provide a product database for calculating evaluation points. Further, in the product database, there is a problem that it is necessary to add / correct the information regularly as the registered information in consideration of the situation of the product market.

Further, in the conventional handling of trade-in products, since the sales destination of the trade-in products is undecided at the time of trade-in of the product, the product seller has a
There was a problem that a place to store the trade-in products had to be secured.

(Object of the Invention) An object of the present invention is to establish a product sales method that involves evaluation of trade-in products, registration of a product database for the evaluation, and maintenance-free in a product sales method involving receipt of trade-in products. It is in.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to minimize the storage space for trade-in products in a product selling method involving the collection of trade-in products.

[0008]

In the product selling method according to the present invention, an orderer (also referred to as a purchaser) who wants to purchase a product when the product seller sells the product accompanied by taking in the trade-in product. It is characterized in that the price and sale of the trade-in product in use are determined using an auction using a network such as the Internet. That is,

The product selling method of the present invention is a product selling method for selling a product accompanied by taking in a trade-in product through a network, and displaying product information to be sold to a terminal (100 in FIG. 1) connected to the network. Step (S100 of FIG. 2) and the product sales processing server (501 of FIG. 1, FIG. 1 of FIG. 1) connected to the network for order information and trade-in product information of the orderer of the product from the terminal based on the displayed product information. 3) to notify (Fig. 2
S100, S101) and a step of conducting an auction on the network through the bidder terminal as the trade-in product as an auction target product based on the trade-in product information notified to the product sales processing server (S in FIG. 2).
102) and the bid price from the bidder terminals (200 and 300 in FIG. 1) in the auction, and determines the winning bid price of the trade-in product, and notifies the winning bid price to the terminal from the product sales processing server. Steps (S103, S104, S105 of FIG. 2) and a step of notifying the product sales processing server of information on whether the orderer has consented to the winning bid from the terminal (S1 of FIG. 2).
06), and the product sales processing server is notified by the terminal of the approval information for the winning bid (S in FIG. 2).
106, S107), and a step (S108, S109 in FIG. 2) of notifying the sales department (510, 520 in FIG. 1) of the information of the bid result as the auction is established.
The product is sold by using the winning bid price as the trade-in price of the trade-in product (S110 to S113 in FIG. 2).

The product sales processing program of the present invention is a product sales processing program for performing product sales accompanied by receipt of a trade-in product through a network, and the program is a computer (50 in FIG. 1) in the network.
1, FIG. 3) is a function for displaying product information on a terminal connected to the network (S100 in FIG. 2), based on the displayed product information, product order information and trade-in product information from the terminal to the network. Function to notify the connected product sales processing server (S100, S10 in FIG. 2)
1), a function of performing an auction via the bidder terminal on the network as the auction target product based on the trade-in product information notified to the product sales processing server (S102 in FIG. 2), bid in the auction A function of determining the winning bid price of the trade-in product based on the bid result from the person terminal and notifying the winning bid price to the terminal from the product sales processing server (S103, S104, S105 in FIG. 2), A function of notifying the product sales processing server of information on whether the orderer has consented to the winning bid (S106 of FIG. 2),
A function of notifying the terminals of the sales departments (510 and 520 in FIG. 1) that the product and the trade-in product will be delivered when the auction is successful, when the product sales processing server is notified of the acceptance information of the winning bid from the terminal. (Fig. 2
S108, S109) are realized.

The product sales processing server of the present invention is a product sales processing server (501 and FIG. 3 in FIG. 1) for performing product sales accompanied by taking-in of trade-in products through the network, and through the network. Means for displaying product information on the terminal (S100 in FIG. 2) and means for receiving order information and trade-in product information for the orderer's product from the terminal via the network (S100, S in FIG. 2).
101) and means for auctioning the trade-in product as an auction target product on the network via the bidder terminal based on the trade-in product information (S10 in FIG. 2).
2) and determining the winning bid of the trade-in product based on the bid result from the bidder terminal in the auction,
Means for notifying the terminal of the winning bid price from the product sales processing server (S103, S104, S10 in FIG. 2)
5), a means for receiving information on whether or not the orderer has consented to the winning bid price from the terminal, and when the information for consenting to the winning bid price is received from the terminal, the winning bid price is traded in as a successful product. Selling the product at the trade-in price
0, 520) means for notifying the terminal (S108 of FIG. 2,
S109) and are included.

More specifically, the trade-in product information owned by the purchaser 100 is registered in the Web server 501 owned by the product distributor 500 as an auction target product. W
The eb server 501 determines the winning bid price of the trade-in product from the bid results of the bidders 200 and 300 for the trade-in product auction. The product seller 500 applies this winning bid as a trade-in price of the trade-in product owned by the orderer 100, and sells the product in the sales department (FIG. 1).

Thus, the person in charge of valuation, who is familiar with the valuation work for properly evaluating the trade-in product to calculate the valuation point, the product database for valuation point calculation, etc. are not required,
It is possible to realize a product selling method that does not require a storage place for trade-in products.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (Description of Configuration) FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a product selling method, a product selling processing program, and a product selling processing server according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a product seller 500 who sells a product and a purchaser 100 who purchases the product sold by the product seller 500.
And a plurality of bidders 200 and 300 who bid for a trade-in product provided by the purchaser 100 to the product distributor 500 with the purchase of the product, and a network such as the Internet for auctioning the trade-in product. And 400. The product seller 500 owns the Web server 501, and the purchaser 100
And the terminals owned by the bidders 200 and 300 are connected via the network 400.

The product distributor 500 is in charge of management of the Web server 501 and product sales, and has a sales department 510 having a sales department terminal 511, delivery of the sold product to the purchaser 100, and purchase from the purchaser 100. A local area network LAN 502 in which a delivery department 520 that is in charge of delivering a trade-in product to a bidder who has made a successful bid and has a delivery department terminal 521, a sales department terminal 511, a delivery department terminal 521, and a Web server 501 are connected.
It consists of and.

Buyer 100, bidder 200 and bidder 3
00 is an information processing terminal having a function of connecting to the Internet such as a personal computer or a portable information terminal as the terminal, connects to the Web server 501, and browses information registered in the Web server 501. , A process of registering information in the Web server 501 and a bid process for an auction.

(Explanation of Operation) Next, the content and operation of the processing of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing flow chart of the product sales method, the product sales processing program and the product sales processing server according to the present embodiment.
The processes, functions, and operations of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

The purchaser 100 who wants to purchase a product from the product distributor 500 browses the product information registered in the Web server 501 and selects a new product to be purchased (FIG. 2-S100). Registration processing of information on the purchaser 100 itself, information on purchased products, and information on trade-in products desired to be traded-in in relation to the purchased products is performed in the Web server 501 (FIG. 2-S101).

The Web server 501 that has received the registration processing from the purchaser 100 re-registers the information of the trade-in product extracted from the registration information as an auction target, and conducts an auction on the Web server 501 (FIG. 2-S102).

The bidders 200 and 300 are bidders who participated in the auction and determine a bid price based on the information of the trade-in product registered as an auction target, and bid for the Web server 501. Information and bid price are registered (FIG. 2-S103).

After a certain period from the start of the auction, the Web server 501 terminates the bid registration, and determines the winning bidder and the winning bid price of the trade-in product from the bid result (FIG. 2-S).
104). When a plurality of bidders are bidding at the same price as the winning bid price, the Web server 501 conducts an auction again among the target bidders or determines the winning bidder by lottery.

When the winning bid price is determined, the Web server 501 notifies the buyer 100 of the winning bid, accepts the winning bid to the buyer 100, and confirms whether or not to order the product (FIG. 2-S105). As a means for confirming this order, the purchaser 100 uses the method shown in FIG.
It is conceivable to use an electronic mail, a fax, or the like based on the information of the purchaser 100 registered in 00.

When the purchaser 100 accepts the contract price shown for the trade-in product to be provided and purchases the product, the purchaser 100 registers the order of the purchased product with the Web server 501 (FIG. 2-S107).

When the Web server 501 receives the processing for registering the order from the purchaser 100, the Web server 501 determines that the auction has been established (S108 in FIG. 2) and notifies the bidders 200 and 300 of the winning bid price in the auction. To do. For example, the bidder 200 who has become the successful bidder in the auction is also notified to that effect (FIG. 2-S109).

When the sales department 510 confirms the product order of the purchaser 100 on the sales department terminal 511, the sales department 510 arranges the ordered products and, after the product arrangement is completed, notifies the delivery department 520 of a product delivery instruction ( Fig. 2-S110).

When the delivery department 520 receives the product delivery instruction, the delivery destination information of the ordered product registered in the Web server 501, the trade-in product information, and the bidder 20 who is the successful bidder.
The information of 0, the delivery destination of the trade-in product, and the winning bid price are confirmed on the delivery department terminal 521, and the ordered product is delivered to the purchaser 100 (FIG. 2-S110).

The purchaser 100 receives the ordered product in exchange for the trade-in product, the difference in price between the ordered product and the trade-in product (price difference), and the fee (FIG. 2-S112). Cash payment, credit card payment, bank transfer, etc. can be considered as the payment method of the difference price and the fee.

The delivery department 520 delivers the trade-in product received from the purchaser 100 to the bidder 200 who is the successful bidder, and the bidder 200 receives the trade-in product in exchange for the price and the commission of the same amount as the winning bid price (see FIG. 2-S11
3). The payment method of the price and fee is cash payment,
Credit payment and bank transfer are possible.

Next, in FIG. 2-S106 relating to the process of accepting the winning bid price from the Web server 501 and confirming whether or not the product is ordered, the purchaser 100 can reject the winning bid price without accepting the winning bid price. The operation in this case will be described below.

The purchaser 100 registers in the Web server 501 that he / she does not accept the winning bid price (FIG. 2-S20).
0). When the Web server 501 receives the registration of the purchaser 100, the Web server 501 determines that the auction has not been established (FIG. 2
In step S201, the bidder 200 and the bidder 300 are notified that the auction has been unsuccessful (FIG. 2-S20).
2).

The above product selling method is preferably realized by controlling each computer such as the Web server and / or the information processing terminal in the network and the terminal in the LAN by a program. That is,
A computer in the network is controlled so as to realize each of the functions described above by a program for controlling the computer (product sales processing program).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration when the present embodiment is realized by a computer of a Web server. Data processing device (CPU) 600, storage device 70
0 and a database 800.

For example, the storage device 700 stores various processing programs, and writes / reads various data regarding products, trade-in products, orderers, bidders, and the like. The data processing device (CPU) 600 is controlled by a sales department terminal connected by a LAN and operates according to the program. Further, the database 800 stores various product information registered from the sales department terminals, that is, data displayed as product information to be sold to terminals connected to the network.

The data processing unit (CPU) 600, for example, transmits the product information of the database 800 to the terminal to display it, and when receiving the order information and the trade-in product information of the orderer, based on the trade-in product information, etc. The trade-in product is auctioned on the network via the bidder terminal, the winning bid price of the trade-in product is determined based on the bid result from the bidder, and the winning bid price is transmitted to the orderer's terminal. When the information of the consent of the orderer for the winning bid price is received from the bid result information, etc., that is, the auction is successful, that is, the delivery destination information of the ordered product, the trade-in product information, the winning bidder information, and the trade-in product delivery destination information. Also, a series of processes as described above, such as transmitting the winning bid price information to the sales department terminal via the LAN, is performed.

(Other Embodiments) In the above embodiments, the LAN is used as the department configuration of the product distributor 500.
Although the description has been given of the configuration example in which the product sales department 510 and the delivery department 520 are divided through the above, the sales department and the delivery department can be considered as a sales department as a unit. Further, the department structure of the sales department is not necessarily limited to only the sales department 510 and the delivery department 520 as in the above-mentioned embodiment.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, regarding the product sale, the example of only the product sale accompanied by the receipt of the trade-in product has been explained, but the present invention is not limited to the sales system in which the trade-in product is essential, and it is appropriate. It is possible to realize it as a product selling method that enables the purchaser of the product to select either a normal product purchase without a trade-in product or a product purchase with a trade-in product by operating the terminal. Needless to say.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which products and trade-in products are delivered by an organizational structure having a specialized delivery department for delivering sold products. It is possible to use another delivery system such as a delivery service to the purchaser and / or a payment of the price on behalf of a 24-hour retail store.

[0038]

According to the present invention, since the trade-in price is determined by using the winning bid price in the auction on the net in the sale of the product which involves the trade-in of the trade-in product of the product seller, It is possible to realize product sales with product trade-in that does not require a product database etc. for evaluation points or a person in charge of valuation who is familiar with valuation work to properly evaluate and calculate evaluation points etc. .

Further, according to the present invention, the product seller does not need to store the trade-in product as an inventory because the destination of the trade-in product is determined at the time of receiving the trade-in product from the product purchaser. It is possible to reduce the warehouse cost and inventory cost associated therewith, and it is possible to construct an extremely rational sales system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a product selling method, a product selling processing program, and a product selling processing server of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flowchart of operations of a product selling method, a product selling processing program, and a product selling processing server of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example when the present invention is realized by a computer of a Web server.

[Explanation of symbols] 100 purchaser 200,300 bidders 400 network 500 product distributors 501 Web server 502 LAN 510 Sales Department 511 Sales department terminal 520 Delivery Department 521 Delivery Department Terminal 600 data processor 700 storage device 800 databases

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. In a product selling method of selling a product with a trade-in product received through a network, a step of displaying product information to be sold to a terminal connected to the network, and based on the displayed product information. The step of notifying the order information and trade-in product information of the person ordering the product from the terminal to the product sales processing server connected to the network, and the trade-in product based on the trade-in product information notified to the product sales processing server. Auctioning a bidder terminal on the network as a product to be auctioned, determining a winning bid for the trade-in product based on a bid result from the bidder terminal in the auction, and selling the winning bid to the product selling process Notifying the terminal from the server,
A step of notifying the product sales processing server of information on whether the orderer has consented to the winning bid from the terminal, and an auction is established when the product sales processing server notifies the terminal of the consent of the winning bid. And a step of notifying the sales department of the information of the bid result, and selling the product by using the winning bid price as the trade-in price of the trade-in product. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sales department delivers the product to the orderer based on the order information of the product and delivers the trade-in product to the bidder who wins the bid. How to sell products. 3. A product sales processing program for performing product sales accompanied by receipt of trade-in products via a network, the program displaying product information on a computer in the network and a terminal connected to the network. A function to notify the product sales processing server connected to the network of product order information and trade-in product information from the terminal based on the displayed product information,
Based on the trade-in product information notified to the product sales processing server, the function of performing an auction through the bidder terminal on the network as the trade-in product as the auction target product, based on the bid result from the bidder terminal in the auction A function of determining the winning bid of the trade-in product, notifying the terminal of the winning bid from the product sales processing server, and information of whether the orderer has consented to the winning bid from the terminal to the product sales processing server A function of notifying, a function of notifying the terminal of the sales department that the product sales processing server will deliver the product and the trade-in product as a successful auction when the information of consent to the winning bid is notified from the terminal. A product sales processing program characterized by the following. 4. When the auction is established, a function of notifying the terminal of the sales department of product order information, trade-in product information, bidders who have made a successful bid in the auction, and winning bid price information is realized. The product sales processing program according to claim 3. 5. A product sales processing server for performing product sales accompanied by taking-in of trade-in products through a network, means for displaying product information on a terminal through the network, and an orderer from the terminal. Means for receiving product order information and trade-in product information via the network, means for auctioning the trade-in product as an auction target product on the network via a bidder terminal based on the trade-in product information, Means for determining the winning bid price of the trade-in product based on the bid result from the bidder terminal in the auction, notifying the winning bid price to the terminal from the product sales processing server, and the orderer for the winning bid price from the terminal Means for receiving information regarding whether or not the contract has been approved, and information regarding whether or not the contract price has been accepted from the terminal. If it is, and means for notifying to sell the product, the contract price as a trade-in price of the trade-in products as auction established the sales department of the terminal,
A product sales processing server comprising: 6. The product sales processing server according to claim 5, further comprising means for receiving the product information from a terminal of the sales department and registering the product information as a database. 7. A product orderer, order information, trade-in product information, to a terminal of a sales department when the auction is established.
7. A means for notifying information of a bidder who has made a successful bid at an auction and a winning bid price.
The listed product sales processing server. 8. The product sales processing server according to claim 7, wherein the network is the Internet, and the terminals of the sales department are connected to each other by a LAN of a product distributor.