JP2006251870A - Method for selling merchandise - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise selling system for enabling the user of a mail order to easily take three procedures, the order of merchandise, the payment of a price and the reception of the merchandise in a store, and for preventing the problem of the leakage of personal information from being generated. <P>SOLUTION: In a merchandise selling system 1, a merchandise catalog printed with a bar code is presented to the counter of a affiliate store 8, and when the price of merchandise is paid, a merchandise exchange ticket 30 printed with reception PIN is given. The reception PIN is generated and distributed by a management company 2 in response to a request from the affiliate store. Ordered merchandise is delivered from a mail-business company 4 to the affiliate store 8, and stored. A merchandise purchaser 40 visits the affiliate store 80 in his or her convenient time zone in a reception period, and presents the merchandise exchange ticket 30 to receive the merchandise. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales method suitable for use in mail order sales.

  In recent years, with the development of communication technology represented by the Internet, the number of users who purchase products by mail order has increased dramatically. General online shopping using the Internet has three major functions for ordering, paying and delivering products. A mail-order company that uses such online shopping operates a shopping mall site on the Internet, and a user can perform a purchase procedure by clicking on a desired product on the screen. For mail order companies, there are advantages such as no need for a store and less inventory. There is an advantage that the user does not need to go to a store and can purchase a product at a favorite time.

  However, such a popular online shopping has the following problems. First, for mail order companies, it is necessary to spend a great deal of time and money to manage the shopping mall site. In addition, the majority of users of online shopping are individuals, and arrangements for the delivery of products addressed to private homes are also a difficult task. Furthermore, in the case of cash on delivery payment processing, the transaction will not be completed until the product is surely delivered to the buyer, so in the case of a buyer who tends to leave, for example, an office worker who is away from home only at night, Transactions are often canceled due to delays in payment processing.

  On the other hand, on the side of online shopping users, personal information leaks frequently occur in recent years, and there is a sense of resistance in sending personal information at the time of product purchase and entering a card number for payment by credit card. Is getting stronger. With regard to this point, due to the enforcement of the Personal Information Protection Law, the mail order company must also pay sufficient attention to the protection of personal information.

  In view of such a point, a system capable of performing mail order without using personal information is desirable. In addition, it is desirable to have a sales system that can quickly settle a product price and can receive a product when the purchaser likes it.

  In view of these points, the subject of the present invention is that a mail order sales user can easily perform three procedures of ordering a product, paying a price, and receiving a product at a storefront of the store, The object is to propose a product sales method that does not cause the problem of leakage of personal information.

In order to solve the above problems, the product sales method of the present invention includes:
Distribute the printed matter on which information about the product to be sold is printed in a form that carries product identification information for identifying the product,
In the merchandise store, the person who wants to purchase the product is asked to present the printed matter and pay for the product.
Transaction specifying information for reading the product specifying information carried on the printed matter at the dealer and depositing the product price, and then specifying the sales transaction of the product to the management company Request the generation of
Upon receipt of the request, the management company generates the transaction identification information, returns it to the store, stores and holds the generated transaction identification information in association with the item identification information, Issue a shipping request to the company that sells
Upon receipt of the transaction specific information, the store issues a product voucher printed with the product transaction specific information to the product purchaser,
In the store, the product delivered from the selling company is delivered to the product purchaser in exchange for the product exchange ticket.

  Here, the product identification information may be printed or pasted on the printed matter in the form of a barcode, and the retailer may read the product identification information with a barcode reader of a POS system.

  In addition, the printed matter may be distributed in the form of electronic data via a communication line such as the Internet so that the purchase applicant is presented with the received printed matter of the electronic data.

Furthermore, it is preferable that at least one of the following information about the product is printed on the product exchange ticket together with the transaction specifying information.
Sales company name Sales price Product name Delivery expiration date Contact information Dealer name

  Furthermore, as the transaction specifying information, valuable encryption information as a charging means in various services provided by each business operator in a prepaid manner, for example, information similar to a PIN employed in a prepaid card of a mobile phone is used. Can do.

  In the merchandise sales method according to the present invention, printed matter such as newspapers, magazines, leaflets, etc., or communication is used to distribute or distribute product identification information that can identify a product, for example, a barcode, which is printed or pasted. When a printed matter is presented at a store such as a convenience store and paid for the product, a product voucher with transaction specific information printed is issued, and the product is delivered to the buyer who brought the product voucher after the product arrives. I try to hand it over.

  According to the present invention, merchandise is specified by merchandise specifying information in the form of a barcode or the like, and the merchandise purchaser uses transaction specifying information using valuable encryption information such as PIN adopted in a prepaid card system of a mobile phone. Characterized. Therefore, merchandise can be sold without using personal information. In addition, after a product is received, the product purchaser can visit the store at his / her favorite time and receive the product. Furthermore, for mail order companies, basically all you need to do is print or affix product identification information. For general online shopping, which has three major functions of ordering, payment, and delivery. Compared to management and maintenance costs, it can be significantly reduced. In addition, since the payment for the product price is completed at the time of ordering the product, the price settlement process is also promptly performed, and the rate of cancellation after the product order is reduced.

  Hereinafter, an example of a product sales system using a product sales method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(overall structure)
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a product sales system and sales procedure of this example. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a printed matter showing an example of a product advertisement. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a product voucher.

  Referring to these figures, the merchandise sales system 1 is an inventory management system installed in each of a management device 3 of a management company 2 that manages merchandise sales and a large number of mail order companies 4 of merchandise sellers. A device 5, a store that sells products, for example, a headquarter device 7 installed in a management store 6 of a convenience store, a POS system 9 installed in each member store 8 of the convenience store, The distribution management apparatus 11 of the distribution vendor 10 that performs delivery is configured.

  The management device 3 of the management company 2 includes a stock management device 5 of the mail order company 4, a head office device 7 of the management head office 6, a POS system 9 of each member store 8, and a logistics vendor via a communication line, for example, the Internet. Each of the ten physical distribution management devices 11 can be connected. The head office device 7 of the convenience store management headquarters 6 is connected to the POS system 9 of each member store 8 via a dedicated communication line or a general communication line. Each of the devices 3, 5, 7, and 11 is a system built around a personal computer, and includes peripheral devices such as an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and an output device such as a display and a printer.

  The inventory management device 5 of the mail order company 4 of the merchandise seller has a master database 5a for handling merchandise, and performs inventory management, merchandise shipment management, delivery date management, and the like for each merchandise. In addition, a barcode printing function is provided, and as shown in FIG. 2, an order barcode 21 (product identification information) can be printed on the product catalog 20.

  Each member store 8 functions as a sales window for products of the mail order company 4. In other words, the product order is received, the price is settled, and the product is ordered from the mail order company 4. In addition, the delivered goods are stored and delivered to the purchaser. The POS system 9 installed in each member store 8 is provided with a barcode reader 9a, which scans and reads a barcode 22 printed or pasted on a product catalog or the like, and performs a settlement process for purchased products. 3 has a function of issuing a product voucher 30 printed with a receipt PIN (personal identification number) 31 as shown in FIG.

  The management device 3 of the management company 2 includes a PIN generation function 3a for generating a take-in PIN 31, and a take-up PIN database 3b for storing and holding the generated take-in PIN 31 together with product information.

(Product sales behavior)
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of sales of products using the product sales system 1 of this example. With reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. First, in the system 1 of this example, as a product advertisement to be published in a product catalog 20, a newspaper, a magazine, or the like, a product printed with a barcode 21 for specifying a product is distributed from each mail order company 4. (Step 1 in FIG. 4). Of course, it may be distributed in the form of electronic data such as Internet advertisements. Product information of each mail order company 4 (product content, inventory status, delivery date information, price, etc.) is supplied to the management device 3 of the management company 2 (arrow a in FIG. 1).

  A person who wants to purchase a product 40 goes to the member store 8 with a product catalog on which a barcode is printed or affixed, and presents the product catalog. That is, the bar code 21 is presented to place an order for a product (arrow b in FIG. 1, step 2 in FIG. 4).

  The member store 8 scans and reads the barcode 21, receives the sales price, and performs accounting processing (step 3 in FIG. 4). The POS system 9 of the member store 8 transmits the scanned barcode 21 to the management device 3 of the management company 2 and requests the management device 3 for a take-over PIN 31 to identify the merchandise transaction (FIG. 1). Arrow c).

  Upon receiving the request, the management device 3 generates a take-in PIN 31 and distributes information such as the delivery date of the product specified by the take-in PIN 31 and the barcode 21 to the POS system 9 (arrow d in FIG. 1). At the same time, the pick-up PIN 31 and the barcode information 21 are stored in the database 3a in a form associated with the corresponding product information. Further, order information including the pick-up PIN 31 is distributed to the mail order company 4 (arrow e in FIG. 1).

  At the member store 8 that has received the delivery PIN 31, the POS system 9 issues a store copy sheet and a customer copy sheet on which the receipt PIN 31 and product information are printed. In these sheets, as shown in FIG. 3, the mail order company name, sales price, delivery expiration date (pickup period), delivery location (pick-up location), inquiries, along with the take-off PIN 31 (deal ID) Information such as is printed.

  Of these sheets, the store copy sheet is signed by the purchaser and stored as a store copy. The other customer copy sheet is handed over to the purchaser as a product voucher 30 (steps 4 and 5 in FIG. 4).

  On the other hand, the mail order company 4 that received the product ordering information requests the logistics vendor 10 to ship and deliver the ordered product (arrow f in FIG. 1), and the logistics vendor 10 delivers the ordered product to the member store 8 for delivery. The merchandise 50 is stored at the member store 8 (arrow g in FIG. 1, step 6 in FIG. 4). Information such as delivery completion is provided to the management company 2 and the mail order company 4.

  Thereafter, the merchandise purchaser 40 visits the sales window of the member store 8 and presents the merchandise voucher 30 within the delivery period of the merchandise. In exchange for the presented product voucher 30, the product 50 is delivered (arrow h in FIG. 1, step 7 in FIG. 4). The delivery of the product is notified to the management company 2 and the mail order company 4 via the management company 2.

  As described above, in the product sales system 1 of the present example, the product purchaser (mail order user) 40 can easily perform product ordering, price payment, and product receiving procedures at the member store. That is, a product barcode 21 printed or pasted on a product catalog or the like is presented at the store, a product voucher 30 printed with a pick-up PIN 31 is received in exchange for payment, and an arbitrary time period within the product receiving period is received. The merchandise voucher 30 can be presented at the store and the merchandise 50 can be received.

  Thus, it is not necessary to present personal information such as the address and name of the purchaser 40, and procedures such as a credit card number and Internet payment are not required. Furthermore, goods can be received in a favorite time zone.

  Further, the mail order company 4 only needs to print or affix the product barcode 21 on a product catalog or the like, and other procedures are substantially unnecessary. Therefore, maintenance and management costs can be reduced as compared to conventional Internet shopping, and complicated procedures are not required.

  Furthermore, barcodes are widely known, and PINs are widely used as mobile phone systems using prepaid cards. By effectively utilizing these in mail order sales, it is possible to construct a product sales system that is advantageous for both the product buyer and mail order company.

  In this example, information for specifying a product is carried in a product catalog or the like in the form of a barcode. Instead of this, the product specification information may be carried in the product catalog or the like in another form such as a two-dimensional code or an IC tag that has recently been used.

  In this example, the management company 2 manages the system. For example, a management agency is interposed between the management company 2 and each member store 8, and a part of the management (for example, the take-over PIN) is performed. It is also possible to build a system to act as a delivery service.

  Furthermore, in this example, “collection PIN” is used to specify the transaction, but this expression “collection PIN” is a term used for ease of understanding and is adopted for prepaid cards of mobile phones. It is not intended to be limited to the PINs that are provided. This “acquisition PIN” generally means an ID-like character string that is broadly interpreted in system terms, and as described above, it is a valuable accounting means for various services provided by each business operator in a prepaid manner. It can be said that it is cryptographic information.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the goods sales system to which this invention is applied. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the product catalog on which the barcode was printed. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the customer copy sheet (commodity voucher) on which the receipt PIN was printed. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the procedure of goods purchase using the system of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Merchandise sales system 2 Management company 3 Management equipment 4 Mail order sales company 5 Inventory management equipment 6 Management headquarters 7 Head office equipment 8 Member store 9 POS system 10 Logistics vendor 11 Logistics management equipment 20 Merchandise catalog 21 Barcode 30 Merchandise voucher 31 Pick-up PIN
40 product buyers 50 products

Claims (5)

Distribute the printed matter on which information about the product to be sold is printed in a form that carries product identification information for identifying the product,
In the merchandise store, requesting the purchaser of the merchandise to present the printed matter and pay for the merchandise,
Transaction specifying information for reading the product specifying information carried on the printed matter at the dealer and depositing the product price, and then specifying the sales transaction of the product to the management company To generate
Upon receipt of the request, the management company generates the transaction identification information, returns it to the store, stores and holds the generated transaction identification information in association with the item identification information, Issue a shipping request to the company that sells
Upon receipt of the transaction specific information, the store issues a product voucher printed with the product transaction specific information to the product purchaser,
A merchandise sales method characterized in that the merchandise delivered from the sales company is delivered to the merchandise purchaser in exchange for the merchandise voucher at the dealer. In claim 1,
The product identification information is printed or pasted on the printed matter in the form of a barcode,
The merchandise sales method wherein the merchandise specifying information is read by the bar code reader of the POS system at the store. In claim 1 or 2,
The printed matter is distributed in the form of electronic data via a communication line such as the Internet,
A product sales method, wherein the purchase applicant is presented with a printed matter of the received electronic data. In any one of claims 1 to 3,
The merchandise voucher is printed with at least one of the following information about the merchandise together with the transaction specifying information.
Sales company name Sales price Product name Delivery expiration date Contact information Dealer name In any one of claims 1 to 4,
A method for selling merchandise, characterized in that valuable transaction information as billing means in various services provided by each business operator in a prepaid manner is used as the transaction specifying information.