JP2003067613A - Commodity selling system and commodity order accepting server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the purchase desire of consumer by a sales price even for a commodity produced to order without limiting selling number. SOLUTION: A commodity dealer 30 provides user terminals 10-1 to 10-n connectable to the Internet 20 with a shopping page carrying information regarding a commodity to be sold, receives the order of the commodity by using the shopping page and sells the commodity. The price of the commodity to be sold is decided by the total number of the orders of the commodity to the point of time at which a consumer orders the commodity on the shopping page and a timing of the order of the commodity.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product sales system for selling a predetermined product or the like via the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of personal computers and the Internet, a product sales system has been constructed in which orders and sales of products are performed on the Internet.
Generally called online shopping, it is becoming popular with many consumers.

When a consumer purchases a product or the like in such a product sales system, the consumer first accesses a predetermined shopping page by using a user terminal which can be connected to the Internet.

[0004] On the shopping page accessed by the consumer using the user terminal, information about the product sold by the seller of the product or the consumer's name, address, telephone number, or the like is input. For example, the consumer's name, address, telephone number, etc. are specified on this shopping page while the consumer specifies the desired product etc. based on the information on the product etc. posted on the shopping page. , Enter the required information.

Then, the seller of the product or the like accepts the order of the product or the like designated by the consumer, and the product or the like is shipped or settled based on the information input to the shopping page.

In the product sales system using the Internet as described above, the distributor of the products, etc.
Since it is possible to accept orders for products and the like on-time and to easily aggregate orders, they are often used in the sales of products that are made to order.

[0007] For example, a consumer takes in desired image data using a user terminal, transmits this image data to a seller of the product via the Internet, and then transmits it to the seller of the product via the Internet. 2. Description of the Related Art Merchandise sales systems that produce and sell merchandise with printed image data have become widespread.

[0008] Further, a product sales system for producing and selling a particular product when the number of orders exceeds a predetermined number is also popular. By collectively producing and selling the products, the selling price can be reduced even though the products are made to order.

[0009] Further, a product sales system in which a predetermined number of products are manufactured and the products are sold by limiting the quantity to the number of manufactured products is also popular. In this product sales system, By predetermining the number of products to be manufactured, the equipment for manufacturing products can be minimized, and by limiting the number of products, consumers' willingness to purchase can be improved. it can.

[0010]

However, the conventional product sales system using the Internet as described above has the following problems.

[0011] In general, since the sales price is high for products made to order, it is not possible to improve the consumer's willingness to purchase by the purchase price.

Further, in the case of producing and selling the product when the number of orders exceeds a predetermined number, the consumer may purchase a desired product when the number of orders does not reach the predetermined number. Can not.

Further, in the case of producing a predetermined number of products and selling the products by limiting the number to the number of the produced products, the number of orders is less than the number of the produced products. If not, that number of products will be wasted.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, and it is a product that is made to order without the number of sales being limited, but is purchased by the consumer at the selling price. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product sales system that can improve motivation.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides at least one Internet connectable device.
One terminal and an information screen on which information about a product to be sold is provided to the terminal via the Internet, and an order for the product is accepted using the information screen,
In a product selling system including a product selling unit for selling, when the product is ordered using the information screen, the product selling unit stores the product according to the total number of orders of the product up to that point. Characterized by determining the price.

Further, the product selling means determines the price of the product according to the timing of the order when the product is ordered using the information screen.

Further, the product selling means is characterized in that when a product is ordered using the information screen, the price of the product is determined according to the number of orders.

Further, when the product is designated using the information screen, the product selling means displays a product information posting screen on which a price determined based on the total number of orders and timing of the product up to that point is posted. It has a site management means for transmitting to the terminal.

A product order receiving server that provides an information screen on which information about a predetermined product is posted to a terminal connectable to the Internet and receives an order for the product using the information screen. When a product is ordered by using the product, the price of the product is determined according to the total number of orders of the product up to that point.

Further, when the product is ordered using the information screen, the price of the product is determined according to the timing of the order.

Further, when the product is ordered using the information screen, the price of the product is determined according to the number of orders.

When a product is specified using the information screen, the product information posting screen on which the price determined based on the total number of orders and timing of the product up to that point is posted is transmitted to the terminal. It is characterized by having a site management means.

(Operation) In the present invention configured as described above, when a consumer orders a product to be sold by the product selling means, the consumer uses a terminal connectable to the Internet to purchase the product. The information screen on which the information about the product sold by the selling means is posted is accessed, the information about the product posted on this information screen is browsed, and the desired product is ordered. At this time, the price of the product is determined by the total number of orders of the product up to the time when the consumer orders the product and the timing of ordering the product. Therefore, if the price of a product becomes lower as the total number of products ordered by the consumer increases, the total number of products ordered can be increased and the consumer's willingness to purchase can be improved. be able to. In addition, if the price of the product becomes lower as the consumer orders the product earlier, for example, for a product with an order application deadline, the consumer will consider the price decrease due to the total number of orders and make the order application. It is possible to reduce the flood of orders near the deadline.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a product sales system of the present invention.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the user terminals 10-1 to 10-1 which are configured to be connectable to the Internet 20.
It is equipped with 0-n and an information processing server that is a product order receiving server that can be connected to the Internet 20, and inputs information about products to be sold to consumers and information about consumers such as their names, addresses, and telephone numbers. A product distributor 30 that operates a site including a shopping page in which a format for performing the product is posted and sells products using the site.
It consists of and.

Further, the product distributor 30 manages the site operated by the product distributor 30, and the user terminals 10-1 to 10-1.
When 10-n visits this site, information about products registered in the product information database 36, formats for inputting information about consumers such as consumer's name, address, telephone number, etc. are posted. The shopping page managed by the site management unit 31 as well as the site management unit 31 that transmits the created shopping page to the user terminals 10-1 to 10-n and the information about the products registered in the product information database 36. An information management unit 32 that creates order information based on the information input to the user and the information about members registered in the member database 35 and registers the order information in the order information database 37.
And a mail sending unit 34 that sends the information registered in the order information database 37 to the user terminals 10-1 to 10-n by e-mail, and a product that produces a product based on the information registered in the order information database 37. Of the elements that the product distributor 30 has, including the manufacturing unit 33,
Elements other than the product producing unit 33 are provided in the information processing server managed by the product distributor 30.

The product selling method in the product selling system configured as described above will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a product selling method in the product selling system shown in FIG. 1, and shows a process for selling a product based on designation by the user of the user terminal 10-1.

When the user of the user terminal 10-1 purchases the product sold by the product seller 30, first, the user terminal 10-1 is used to access the shopping page operated by the product seller 30. (Step S
1).

Then, the shopping page operated by the merchandise seller 30 becomes the site management section 31 of the merchandise distributor 30.
Is transmitted (step S2), is received by the user terminal 10-1 via the Internet 20, and is displayed (step S3).

FIG. 3 shows a user terminal 10-transmitted from the product seller 30 in the product sales system shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the shopping page displayed on 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the shopping page transmitted from the product distributor 30 and displayed on the user terminal 10-1, the product name of the product sold by the product distributor 30 is posted. , It is described that the discount rate of the price of the product varies depending on the order date of the product and the current number of orders.

When the user of the user terminal 10-1 designates a desired product by clicking on the desired product from the products displayed on the shopping page (step S4), the site management unit 31 registers it in the product information database 36. Information regarding the product designated in step S4 is searched from the product information, and the product information posting screen on which the information is posted is transmitted from the site management unit 31 (step S5). The product information registered in the product information database 36 includes a product ID for identifying a product,
The product name, product content, product price, order deadline, etc. are included.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the information about the price of the product among the information about the product registered in the product information database 36 in the product sales system shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, among the information registered in the product information database 36, regarding the price of the product, the price determined based on the order date and the total number of orders up to the present is posted for each product. The created table is provided in the product information database 36, and the prices corresponding to the order date of the product and the total number of orders up to the present are extracted from the prices listed in this table. For example, the order date is 8
If the total number of orders up to the time of order is 200 on the second day of the month, the price of each item is 95 yen. As shown in FIG. 4, the price of the product is lower as the order date is earlier, and further, as the total number of orders up to the present is larger. The current date and the total number of orders up to the present are managed by the site management unit 31 and the information management unit 32. In the site management unit 31, the price corresponding to the current date and the total number of orders is shown in FIG. It is extracted from the table.

The product information posting screen transmitted from the site management unit 31 in step S5 is received and displayed on the user terminal 10-1 (step S6).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a product information posting screen transmitted from the product distributor 30 in the product sales system shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, the product information posting screen transmitted from the site management unit 31 of the product dealer 30 and received and displayed at the user terminal 10-1 has a step S4.
In addition to the product name of the product specified by the user of the user terminal 10-1, the content of the product, the order deadline, the total number of orders placed so far, the estimated delivery date, and the table as shown in FIG. The price of the extracted current product is listed.

In the present embodiment, the product seller 3
0, the product name of the product sold by the product distributor 30 is posted on the shopping page displayed on the user terminal 10-1, and the user of the user terminal 10-1 posts on the shopping page. Although the desired product is specified from the displayed product names, the product sold by the product distributor 30 is transmitted from the product distributor 30 and displayed on the user terminal 10-1. The categories for searching are posted, and after the user of the user terminal 10-1 selects a desired category, the product name of the product classified in this category is displayed on the user terminal 1
It may be displayed in 0-1.

The user of the user terminal 10-1 browses the product information posting screen displayed on the user terminal 10-1,
When the specified product is purchased (step S7), the number of products to be ordered is input and transmitted in a predetermined area in the product information posting screen (step S8).

Then, in the site management section 31 of the product dealer 30, a purchase content confirmation screen for the user of the user terminal 10-1 to confirm the purchase content of the product is created,
It is transmitted (step S9).

The purchase content confirmation screen transmitted from the site management section 31 is received and displayed on the user terminal 10-1 (step S10).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase content confirmation screen transmitted from the product seller 30 in the product sales system shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the purchase content confirmation screen which is transmitted from the site management unit 31 of the merchandise dealer 30 and received and displayed at the user terminal 10-1 has a step S8.
At, the quantity of the product entered by the user of the user terminal 10-1 on the product information posting screen and the planned purchase amount based on this are posted.

In step S7, if the user of the user terminal 10-1 does not purchase the product posted on the product information posting screen, he or she depresses the return button displayed in the product information posting screen (step S11). Returning to the processing in step S3, the shopping page of the merchandise seller 30 is displayed on the user terminal 10-1.

When the user of the user terminal 10-1 browses the content posted on the purchase content confirmation screen and then purchases the product with the content posted on the purchase content confirmation screen (step S12), the purchase content confirmation screen is displayed. When the purchase button displayed inside is pressed (step S13), the user terminal 10-1
Attribute information input screen for inputting attribute information such as user's name, gender, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc., and information such as delivery destination of product and payment method of price etc. is transmitted from the site management unit 31. (Step S14), received and displayed on the user terminal 10-1 (step S15).

If the user of the user terminal 10-1 does not purchase the product with the contents displayed on the purchase content confirmation screen displayed on the user terminal 10-1 in step S10, the purchase content confirmation screen is displayed. When the displayed return button is pressed (step S16), the process returns to step S6, and the product information posting screen is displayed on the user terminal 10-1.

Here, in the attribute information input screen transmitted from the site management section 31 of the merchandise distributor 30 and displayed on the user terminal 10-1, the above-mentioned user terminal 10-
In addition to the area for inputting the attribute information of the first user, when the user of the user terminal 10-1 is a member of the product seller 30, the member ID and password issued in advance by the product seller 30 are displayed. An area for inputting is provided, and the user of the user terminal 10-1 is
If the member is a member (step S17), the previously issued member ID and password are input to this area and transmitted (step S18).

Member I transmitted from user terminal 10-1
When the product dealer 30 receives the D and the password via the Internet 20, the information management unit 32
The member information registered in association with the member ID and password transmitted from the user terminal 10-1 is searched from the member database 35 (step S19). In the member database 35, attribute information such as the member's name, gender, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, and information such as the delivery destination of the product and the payment method of the price are associated with the member ID and password. It is registered.

Next, in the information management section 32, the contents and quantity entered on the product information posting screen displayed on the user terminal 10-1 in step S6, and the member database 35 are searched in step S19. The order from the user of the user terminal 10-1 is accepted based on the information about the registered member, and the contents and the input quantity displayed on the product information posting screen displayed on the user terminal 10-1 in step S6, In addition, the information about the member retrieved from the member database 35 in step S19 is registered in the order information database 37 as order information (step S20).

In step S17, if the user of the user terminal 10-1 is not a member of the merchandise seller 30, the user terminal 1 sends the message to the user terminal 1
In the area for inputting the attribute information on the attribute information input screen displayed on 0-1, the user terminal 10-1 as described above is displayed.
The attribute information of the user is input (step S21).

After that, the user of the user terminal 10-1
If the customer desires to become a member of the product dealer 30 (step S22), the membership button is pressed (step S2).
3).

Then, in the merchandise dealer 30, the attribute information input in step S21 is registered in the member database 35 (step S24), and the member I
D is issued (step S25), and the user terminal 10-1
User receives this member ID (step S2
6) Then, when using this shopping page, the received member ID will be used.

Further, the process shifts to the processing in step S20, and the information management section 32 displays the contents and the input quantity on the product information posting screen displayed on the user terminal 10-1 in step S6, and step S21. An item accepted by the user of the user terminal 10-1 based on the information about the user of the user terminal 10-1 input on the attribute information input screen in step S6, and the product displayed on the user terminal 10-1 in step S6. The contents posted on the information posting screen, the input quantity, and the information about the user of the user terminal 10-1 input on the attribute information input screen in step S21 are registered in the order information database 37 as order information.

If the user of the user terminal 10-1 does not want to become a member of the product dealer 30, only the attribute information input to the attribute information input screen in step S21 is transmitted from the user terminal 10-1. (Step S2
7) In the information management section 32 of the product dealer 30,
The user of the user terminal 10-1 based on the content and the input quantity displayed on the product information publication screen displayed on the user terminal 10-1 in step S6, and the attribute information transmitted from the user terminal 10-1. Orders will be accepted.

Further, the information management unit 32 adds the number of orders received in step S20 to the total number of orders up to the present, and the information management unit 32 and the site management unit 31 calculate the total number of orders up to the present for each product. Manage (step S28).

After that, when the order deadline is reached, the information management unit 32 further sets a price for each product according to the number of orders for each user who ordered the product (step S29). In setting the price, the ratio of the number of orders to the total number of orders for each product is calculated for each user, and the higher the ratio of the number of orders is, the more the ratio is transmitted from the site management unit 31 of the product distributor 30 in step S9. The price is set as a higher discount rate for the price displayed on the purchase confirmation screen.

The price set in step S29 is notified to the user terminal 10-1 by e-mail from the mail transmission section 34 of the product dealer 30 (steps S30 and S3).
1).

After that, the order information registered in the order information database 37 is sent from the information management section 32 to the merchandise producing section 33, and the merchandise producing section 33 produces the merchandise (step S32).

The merchandise produced by the merchandise producing section 33 is sent to the user who ordered the merchandise, and the merchandise distributor 30 charges the price (step S33).

The user who ordered the product is the product distributor 3
The product shipped from 0 is received and the price is paid (step S34).

The products handled in this embodiment are photograph collections and consumers who use the user terminals 10-1 to 10-10.
Goods with original information printed such as image data captured in -n and non-line-produced products such as limited-time products are suitable, but it goes without saying that stationery and forms can also be handled. Yes.

In the present embodiment, the total number of orders for each product is updated and managed by the information management unit 32 and the site management unit 31 each time an order is received. The total number of orders for each product is shown in FIG. The table may be managed as shown, and the table may be updated every predetermined time such as 2-3 times a day.

Further, in this embodiment, the merchandise seller 3
The price of the product displayed on the product information posting screen sent from 0 is the price based on the order date of the product and the total number of orders up to the present, but the price based on only the total number of orders up to the present is the product information. It is also possible to post on the posting screen, and then calculate the price in consideration of the order date when calculating the price according to the number of orders for each user.

Further, for example, when the user of the user terminal 10-1 orders a product and then cancels the order, the user of the user terminal 10-1 orders the product and the For users who ordered the same item before the user canceled this order,
Since the price of the product in the state where the user of the user terminal 10-1 has ordered the product is notified on the product information posting screen, the user of the user terminal 10-1 cancels the order thereafter and the corresponding product is displayed. If the number of orders is reduced, the purchase price may become higher than the price notified on the product information posting screen. Therefore, in order to prevent such a situation, it is possible to clearly indicate that cancellation is not accepted at the time of purchase confirmation, set a limit on the number of orders for products, and manage users in the member database 35. Conceivable.

Further, in this embodiment, the merchandise distributor 3
0 receives an order for a product and creates order information, but a data management company (not shown) having a contract with the product sales company 30 manages the product information and member information, and via the Internet 20. It is conceivable that a product order is received and order information is created. In that case, the data management company sends the created order information to the product sales company 30 that sells the product, and the product sales company 30 sends the data. Products are produced based on the order information sent from the management company and delivered to consumers.

In the present embodiment, description has been given of the case of accepting an order for a product from an unspecified number of customers having user terminals 10-1 to 10-n connectable to the Internet 20, but, for example, a specific group. It may be possible to provide similar services only to companies.
In that case, for each group company that can provide services,
An ID and a password for accessing the site operated by the site management unit 31 are set in advance, and for products for which orders can be accepted on the site, products for group companies are set and information about the products is set. The registered product information database 36 is set for each group company. As a product registered in the product information database 36, a form or the like having a common format within the group can be considered, and further, it can be considered that the order deadline date is set at a time suitable for the group company. As a result, the group companies can purchase the products at a low cost because the ordered quantity is collected by the joint purchase of the products, and the service can be used in the same way as the ordering business predetermined by the group companies.

[0069]

As described above, in the present invention,
In the product selling means, the price of the product to be sold is determined by the total number of orders of the product up to the time when the consumer orders the product and the timing of ordering the product.
By lowering the price of the product as the total number of orders for the product up to the time when the consumer orders the product, the total number of orders for the product can be increased and the consumer's willingness to purchase can be improved. If the price of the product becomes lower as the consumer orders the product earlier, for example, for a product with an order application deadline,
Considering the price drop due to the total number of orders, it is possible to reduce the influx of orders near the order application deadline. Further, since the ordered products are manufactured, useless products are not generated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a product sales system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a product selling method in the product selling system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a shopping page transmitted from a product seller and displayed on a user terminal in the product sales system shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing information about products registered in a product information database in the product sales system shown in FIG.
It is a figure for demonstrating the information regarding the price of goods.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a product information posting screen transmitted from a product seller in the product sales system shown in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase content confirmation screen transmitted from a product seller in the product sales system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10-1 to 10-n user terminal 20 Internet 30 product sellers 31 Site Management Department 32 Information Management Department 33 Product Manufacturing Department 34 E-mail sending section 35 Member Database 36 Product Information Database 37 Order Information Database

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An at least one terminal that can be connected to the Internet and an information screen on which information about a product to be sold is posted are provided to the terminal via the Internet, and an order for the product is made using the information screen. Receptionist,
In a product selling system having a product selling unit for selling, when the product is ordered using the information screen, the product selling unit stores the product according to the total number of orders of the product up to that point. A merchandise sales system characterized by determining the price. 2. The merchandise selling system according to claim 1, wherein the merchandise selling means determines the price of the merchandise according to the timing of the order when the merchandise is ordered using the information screen. A product sales system characterized by. 3. The merchandise selling system according to claim 2, wherein the merchandise selling means determines the price of the merchandise according to the number of orders when the merchandise is ordered using the information screen. A characteristic product sales system. 4. The merchandise selling system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein, when the merchandise is specified using the information screen, the merchandise selling means determines the total number and timing of orders of the merchandise up to that point. A product sales system comprising a site management means for transmitting to the terminal a product information posting screen on which a price determined based on the above is posted. 5. A product order receiving server, which provides an information screen on which information about a predetermined product is posted to a terminal connectable to the Internet, and receives an order for the product using the information screen. A merchandise order receiving server, wherein when a merchandise is ordered by using the merchandise, the price of the merchandise is determined according to the total number of orders of the merchandise up to that point. 6. The product order receiving server according to claim 5, wherein when the product is ordered using the information screen, the price of the product is determined according to the timing of the order. server. 7. The product order receiving server according to claim 6, wherein when a product is ordered using the information screen, the price of the product is determined according to the number of orders. . 8. The merchandise order receiving server according to claim 6 or 7, wherein when a merchandise item is designated using the information screen, the merchandise order is determined based on the total number of orders and the timing of the merchandise item up to that point. A product order receiving server comprising a site management means for transmitting a product information posting screen on which a price is posted to the terminal.