JP2014174977A - Electronic commerce server, electronic commerce method, and electronic commerce program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase purchase motivation of a buyer user.SOLUTION: An electronic commerce server is connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet, and provides a buyer user with at least one shopping site of a plurality of shopping sites registered from a plurality of seller users via the user terminals. The electronic commerce server includes: an order acceptance unit 53 for accepting a purchase order to one of the shopping sites; and a payment screen notification unit 15 which notifies the buyer user about a shipping cost for delivering at a time a plurality of commodities determined by multiple purchase orders when the multiple orders corresponding to a plurality of shopping sites are accepted from the buyer user.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic commerce server, an electronic commerce method, and an electronic commerce program, and more particularly to an electronic commerce server that provides a plurality of shopping sites, an electronic commerce method that is executed by the electronic commerce server, and an electronic commerce program.

  Conventionally, various products have been sold through Internet shopping sites. Here, the shopping site is a site where goods or services can be purchased using the Internet, and is a service generally called online shopping.

  This type of shopping site requires that a shopping cart be installed on the website and a credit settlement function be set up. For this purpose, construction costs are often required, which were mainly operated by mail order companies, but recently, services that are free or inexpensive and that allow individuals to easily create shopping sites on the Internet have become widespread. ing.

  With regard to such online commercial transactions for individual sales, a notification system including a display device and an input device that can be connected to the Internet, a storage system for storing and managing notification contents input from the input device, and the notification system Using a store equipped with an approval system and a logistics management server linked to the system, a user solicits what he wants through the notification system, another user makes a sale reservation, and the store carries the goods and approves it. By doing so, a commercial transaction method that mediates individual sales is also known (Patent Document 1).

However, since the conventional commercial transaction method mediates individual sales in a one-to-one relationship between a user who provides a product and a buyer who makes a sale reservation, the buyer sells to each of a plurality of notification systems. When a reservation is made, only a plurality of mediations are made between a plurality of seller users and buyers. For this reason, a buyer's user has to carry out procedures such as payment for goods and distribution of goods with a plurality of sellers' users. Furthermore, the buyer's user may have to pay for the shipping cost of the goods for each of the plurality of sellers' users.
JP 2003-91654 A

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and one of the objects of the present invention is to provide an electronic commerce server, an electronic commerce method, and an electronic commerce server capable of increasing sales opportunities for products on a plurality of shopping sites. To provide an e-commerce program.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic commerce server, an electronic commerce method, and an electronic commerce program that improve the buyer's willingness to purchase.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the electronic commerce server is connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet, and at least of a plurality of shopping sites registered from a plurality of seller users via the plurality of user terminals. An electronic commerce server that provides one to a buyer user, where an order receiving means for accepting a buy order for any of a plurality of shopping sites, and a plurality of buy orders corresponding respectively to the plurality of shopping sites from the buyer user And a postage notification means for notifying a buyer user of a postage for shipping a plurality of products determined by a plurality of buy orders at one time.

  According to this aspect, when a plurality of buy orders respectively corresponding to a plurality of shopping sites are received, the buyer user is notified of a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of purchase orders at one time. For this reason, since the postage to be sent out once for a plurality of purchase orders is sufficient, an electronic commerce server that improves the purchase intention of the buyer user can be provided.

  Preferably, when a plurality of purchase orders respectively corresponding to a plurality of shopping sites are received from a buyer user, a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of purchase orders at a time is determined by a plurality of seller users. A mailing cost dividing means for distributing to a plurality of seller users respectively corresponding to a plurality of shopping sites is further provided.

  According to this aspect, the shipping cost borne by the buyer user is distributed to a plurality of seller users. For this reason, the payment of the mailing cost between one buyer user and a plurality of seller users can be adjusted.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic commerce method is connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet, and at least of a plurality of shopping sites registered from a plurality of seller users via a plurality of user terminals. There is an electronic commerce method executed by an electronic commerce server that provides one to a buyer user, an order receiving step for accepting a purchase order for any of a plurality of shopping sites, and a plurality of orders corresponding to a plurality of shopping sites from the buyer user, respectively. A postage management step of notifying a buyer user of postage for shipping a plurality of products determined by a plurality of buy orders at one time when a buy order is accepted.

  If this situation is followed, the electronic commerce server and the electronic commerce method which improved the buyer's willingness to purchase can be provided.

  Preferably, when a plurality of purchase orders respectively corresponding to a plurality of shopping sites are received from a buyer user, a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of purchase orders at a time is determined by a plurality of seller users. The method further includes a postage dividing step of distributing to a plurality of seller users respectively corresponding to a plurality of shopping sites.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, an electronic commerce program is connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet, and a plurality of shopping sites registered from a plurality of seller users via a plurality of user terminals. An electronic commerce program executed on a computer that provides at least one to a buyer user, an order receiving step for accepting a buy order for any of a plurality of shopping sites, and a plurality of purchases corresponding respectively to the plurality of shopping sites from the buyer user When the order is accepted, the computer is caused to execute a postage management step of notifying a buyer user of postage for shipping a plurality of products determined by a plurality of buy orders at a time.

  According to this aspect, it is possible to provide an electronic commerce server and an electronic commerce program that improve purchase intentions of buyer users.

  Preferably, when a plurality of purchase orders respectively corresponding to a plurality of shopping sites are received from a buyer user, a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of purchase orders at a time is determined by a plurality of seller users. The computer further executes a shipping cost dividing step of distributing to a plurality of seller users respectively corresponding to a plurality of shopping sites.

It is a figure showing an example of the whole outline of an electronic commerce system in one of the embodiments of the invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of an electronic commerce server. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the function of CPU with which an electronic commerce server is provided. It is a figure which shows an example of the goods master corresponding to a 1st shopping site. It is a figure which shows an example of the goods master corresponding to a 2nd shopping site. It is a figure which shows an example of the goods master corresponding to a virtual shopping site. It is a figure which shows an example of a goods registration screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a payment screen. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a shopping site production | generation process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a set goods registration process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a virtual shopping site production | generation process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of order reception processing.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an overall outline of an electronic commerce system according to one embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 1, the electronic commerce system 1 includes an electronic commerce server 200, a plurality of user terminals 101, 103, 105, 301, 303, and 305, and a logistics management server 500. The electronic commerce server 200, the plurality of user terminals 101, 103, 105, 301, 303, 305 and the physical distribution management server 500 are connected to each other via the Internet N.

  The plurality of user terminals 101, 103, 105, 301, 303, 305 and the physical distribution management server 500 are general computers. Since their hardware and functions are generally known, description thereof will not be repeated here. In addition, as an example of the plurality of user terminals 101, 103, 105, 301, 303, and 305, a personal computer may be used, and for example, a mobile phone such as a PDA (personal digital assistant) or a smartphone may be used.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, the user terminal which a seller user operates among the user terminals 101-105 and 301-305 is set as the seller terminals 101-105 among the user terminals 101-105, 301-305, and the user terminal which a buyer user operates is a buyer. Terminals 301 to 305 are assumed. Further, among the seller terminals 101 to 105, the user terminal operated by the introducing user is referred to as the introducing terminal 105. In this embodiment, three terminals are illustrated for each of the buyer terminals 301 to 305 and the seller terminals 101 to 105. However, one or more buyer terminals may be used, and two or more seller terminals may be used.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the electronic commerce server. Referring to FIG. 2, an electronic commerce server 200 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 202, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 203, a network interface (I / F) 204, a hard disk drive (HDD) 205, a display unit 206, an operation unit 207, and an external storage device 209.

  The CPU 201 controls the entire electronic commerce server 200. The ROM 202 stores a program executed by the CPU 201. The RAM 203 is used as a work area for the CPU 201. The network I / F 204 is an interface for connecting the electronic commerce server 200 to the network. The HDD 205 is a mass storage device, and stores data in a nonvolatile manner. The display unit 206 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display device, a cathode ray tube (CRT), and an organic ELD (Electro-Luminescence Display). The operation unit 207 is a pointing device such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel, and receives an input of a user operation.

  The external storage device 209 is loaded with a CD (Compact Disk) -ROM 209A. The CPU 201 loads the program stored in the CD-ROM 209A via the external storage device 209 to the RAM 203 and executes it. The recording medium for storing the program is not limited to the CD-ROM 209A, but a flexible disk, a cassette tape, an optical disk (MO (Magnetic Optical Disc) / MD (Mini Disc) / DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)), an IC card, A semiconductor memory such as an optical card, mask ROM, EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), or EEPROM (Electrically EPROM) may be used. A semiconductor memory such as an optical disk (MO / MD / DVD), an IC card, an optical card, a mask ROM, an EPROM, and an EEPROM may be used. Further, the program stored in the HDD 205 may be loaded into the RAM 203 and executed. In this case, the electronic commerce server 200 may download a program from another computer connected to the Internet N and store the program in the HDD 205. The program here includes not only a program directly executable by the CPU 201 but also a source program, a compressed program, an encrypted program, and the like.

  The electronic commerce server 200 manages the shopping sites registered by the seller terminals 101 to 105, and provides a web page of the shopping site to the buyer user, and when a purchase operation is performed from the buyer terminals 301 to 305, Execute product order processing.

  Hereinafter, for the sake of explanation, the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101, the second seller user B operates the seller terminal 103, and the third seller user C (introducing user) operates the seller terminal 105. A case will be described as an example where the buyer user operates the buyer terminal 301.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of functions of the CPU provided in the electronic commerce server. The functions shown in FIG. 3 are formed in the CPU 201 when the CPU 201 executes a program stored in the ROM 203. Note that the program executed by the CPU 201 is not limited to the program stored in the ROM 203, and may be a program stored in the HDD 205 or the CD-ROM 209A.

  Referring to FIG. 3, CPU 201 includes a shopping site management unit 51 that generates a shopping site, an order receiving unit 53 that receives a purchase order for products on the shopping site, a settlement unit 55, and a related product guide unit 57.

  When receiving an instruction to register a shopping site or an instruction to register a virtual shopping site from any of the seller terminals 101 to 105, the shopping site management unit 51 generates and registers a shopping site or a virtual shopping site. Specifically, the shopping site management unit 51 includes shopping site generation units 61 and 71 and a virtual shopping site generation unit 81. Here, the shopping site generation unit 61 receives an instruction to register a shopping site from the seller terminal 101, the shopping site generation unit 71 receives an instruction to register a shopping site from the seller terminal 103, and the virtual shopping site generation unit 81 Then, an instruction to register a virtual shopping site is received from the seller terminal 105. Note that the number of shopping site generation units 61 and 71 is not limited to two, and corresponds to the number of seller users.

  If the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and inputs a shopping site registration request, the shopping site generation unit 61 accepts the shopping site registration request from the seller terminal 101. Upon receiving a shopping site registration request from seller terminal 101, shopping site generation unit 61 generates a product master corresponding to the first shopping site and stores it in HDD 205. Furthermore, if the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and inputs a product registration request, the shopping site generation unit 61 receives the product registration request from the seller terminal 101. When registering a new product, the product registration request includes information regarding the product. The information regarding the product includes, for example, a product name, a photograph, and a description. When receiving the product registration request, the shopping site generation unit 61 generates one product record for the product registration request and registers it in the product master corresponding to the first shopping site.

  Further, when registering a product registered in another shopping site, the product registration request includes site identification information of another shopping site and product identification information of the shopping site. Hereinafter, a product registration request for registering a product registered in another shopping site is referred to as a substitute product registration request.

  When receiving the product registration request, the shopping site generation unit 61 generates one product record in response to the product registration request for one product and registers it in the product master corresponding to the first shopping site. The product record that the shopping site generation unit 61 generates in response to the product registration request includes at least product identification information for identifying the product, and includes a product name, a photograph, and a description.

  If the second seller user B operates the seller terminal 103 and inputs a shopping site registration request, the shopping site generation unit 71 accepts the shopping site registration request from the seller terminal 103. Upon receiving a shopping site registration request from seller terminal 103, shopping site generation unit 71 generates a product master corresponding to the second shopping site and stores it in HDD 205. Furthermore, if the second seller user B operates the seller terminal 103 and inputs a product registration request, the shopping site generation unit 71 accepts the product registration request from the seller terminal 103. When receiving the product registration request, the shopping site generation unit 71 generates one product record for the product registration request for one product and registers it in the product master corresponding to the second shopping site. The product record generated by the shopping site generation unit 71 in response to the product registration request includes at least product identification information for identifying the product, and includes a product name, a photograph, and a description. When receiving the product registration request, the shopping site generation unit 71 generates one product record for the product registration request and registers it in the product master corresponding to the second shopping site.

  Shopping site generation unit 61 includes an association unit 63 and a set unit 65. The associating unit 63 first selects a product of a shopping site registered by a seller user different from the first shopping site registered by the first seller user A in response to a request from the first seller user A. Associate as a product on your shopping site. Specifically, if the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and inputs an alternative product registration request for registering a product of another shopping site, the associating unit 63 will be connected to the seller terminal. An alternative product registration request is received from 101. The substitute product registration request includes site identification information for identifying another shopping site and product identification information for a product registered in the shopping site. When receiving the substitute product registration request, the associating unit 63 generates one product record for the substitute product registration request and registers it in the product master corresponding to the first shopping site.

  The product record generated by the associating unit 63 in response to the substitute product registration request includes product identification information for identifying the product registered in the first shopping site and site identification information for identifying another shopping site. And product identification information for identifying products registered in other shopping sites. The site identification information for identifying other shopping sites and the product identification information for identifying products registered in other shopping sites are included in the substitute product registration request input from the seller terminal 101. More specifically, the associating unit 63 registers the substitute product from the seller terminal 101 if the first seller user A inputs an substitute product registration request for registering the product of the second shopping site. Accept the request. The substitute product registration request includes site identification information for identifying the second shopping site, and product identification information for a product selected by the first seller user A from among a plurality of products registered on the second shopping site. including.

  When receiving the substitute product registration request, the associating unit 63 gives product identification information for identifying the product of the first shopping site, and the product identification information and the second shopping included in the substitute product registration request. A product record including site identification information and product identification information of the site is generated. Thereby, the product of the first shopping site is associated with the product selected by the first seller user A among the plurality of products registered in the second shopping site.

  The set unit 65 registers a plurality of products as one set product. The plurality of products include products registered in other shopping sites in addition to products registered in the first shopping site. Here, a case where another shopping site is the second shopping site will be described as an example.

  Specifically, if the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and inputs a set product registration request for registering a set product, the set unit 65 registers the set product from the seller terminal 101. Accept the request. The set product registration request includes two or more product identification information for identifying each of the two or more products.

  When receiving the set product registration request, the set unit 65 generates one product record for one set product registration request and registers it in the product master corresponding to the first shopping site. The product record generated by the set unit 65 in response to the set product registration request includes product identification information for identifying the set product registered in the first shopping site, and two or more registered in the first shopping site. Product identification information of the product.

  In addition, when the set product registration request requests that the product registered in the second shopping site be a set product, the site identification information for identifying the second shopping site and the registered in the shopping site Includes a set of product identification information. When the set product registration request includes a set of site identification information for identifying the second shopping site and product identification information, the set unit 65 outputs an alternative registration request including them to the association unit 63. When an alternative registration request is input from the set unit 65, the associating unit 63 gives product identification information for identifying the product of the first shopping site, and is input from the product identification information and the set unit 65. A product for generating a product record including the site identification information and product identification information of the second shopping site included in the substitute product registration request to be registered in the product master and for identifying the product of the first shopping site The identification information is returned to the set unit 65.

  The product record that the set unit 65 generates in response to the set product registration request includes product identification information that is subsequently input from the association unit 63 when the alternative registration request is output to the association unit 63. As a result, a product record in which two or more products selected by the first seller user A among a plurality of products registered in the first shopping site are set as one set product corresponds to the first shopping site. Registered as a product master. Moreover, the 1st one or more goods selected by the 1st seller user A out of the some goods registered into the 1st shopping site, and the 1st among the some goods registered into the 2nd shopping site. There may be a case where a product record including one or more products selected by the seller user is registered in a product master corresponding to the first shopping site. In this case, one or more product records respectively corresponding to one or more products selected by the first seller user from among a plurality of products registered in the second shopping site correspond to the first shopping site. Registered as a product master.

  Shopping site generation unit 71 includes an association unit 73 and a set unit 75. The associating unit 73 receives the product of the shopping site registered by the seller user different from the second shopping site registered by the second seller user B in response to a request from the second seller user B. Associate as a product on your shopping site. Specifically, the associating unit 73 accepts the substitute product registration request from the seller terminal 103 when the second seller user A operates the seller terminal 103 and inputs the substitute product registration request. When receiving the substitute product registration request, the associating unit 73 generates one product record for the substitute product registration request for the product of another shopping site, and registers it in the product master corresponding to the second shopping site. More specifically, the associating unit 73 registers the substitute product from the seller terminal 103 when the second seller user B performs an operation of inputting a substitute product registration request for registering the product of the first shopping site. Accept the request. The substitute product registration request includes site identification information for identifying the first shopping site, product identification information for the product selected by the second seller user B from the plurality of products registered in the first shopping site, and including.

  Upon receipt of the substitute product registration request, the associating unit 73 assigns product identification information for identifying the product of the second shopping site, and the product identification information and the first shopping included in the substitute product registration request. A product record including site identification information and product identification information of the site is generated. Thereby, the product of the second shopping site is associated with the product selected by the second seller user B among the plurality of products registered in the first shopping site.

  The set unit 75 registers a plurality of products as one set product. The plurality of products include products registered on the first shopping site in addition to products registered on the second shopping site. If the second seller user B performs an operation of inputting a set product registration request to the seller terminal 103, the set unit 65 receives the set product registration request from the seller terminal 103. Upon receiving the set product registration request, the set unit 75 generates one product record for one set product registration request and registers it in the product master corresponding to the second shopping site. The merchandise record generated by the set unit 75 in response to the set merchandise registration request includes merchandise identification information for identifying a set merchandise registered in the second shopping site, and two or more registered in the second shopping site. Product identification information of the product.

  In addition, when the set product registration request requests that the product registered in the first shopping site be a set product, the site identification information for identifying the first shopping site and the registered in the shopping site Includes a set of product identification information. When the set product registration request includes a set of site identification information for identifying the first shopping site and product identification information, the set unit 75 outputs an alternative registration request including them to the association unit 73. When the substitute registration request is input from the set unit 75, the associating unit 73 assigns product identification information for identifying the product of the second shopping site, and the product identification information and the set unit 75 are input. A product for generating a product record including the site identification information and product identification information of the second shopping site included in the substitute product registration request to be registered in the product master and for identifying the product of the second shopping site The identification information is returned to the setting unit 75.

  The product record that the set unit 75 generates in response to the set product registration request includes product identification information that is subsequently input from the association unit 73 when the alternative registration request is output to the association unit 73. As a result, a product record in which two or more products selected by the second seller user B from a plurality of products registered in the second shopping site are set as one set product corresponds to the second shopping site. Registered as a product master. In addition, a second item is selected from one or more items selected by the second seller user A from among a plurality of items registered in the second shopping site and a plurality of items registered in the first shopping site. A product record in which one or more products selected by the seller user B are set as one set product is registered in the product master corresponding to the first shopping site. In this case, one or more product records each corresponding to one or more products selected by the second seller user B from the plurality of products registered in the first shopping site correspond to the second shopping site. Registered as a product master.

  The virtual shopping site generation unit 81 generates a virtual shopping site in response to a request from the third seller user C. If the third seller user C operates the seller terminal 105 and inputs a virtual shopping site registration request, the virtual shopping site registration request is received from the seller terminal 105. Upon receiving a virtual shopping site registration request from seller terminal 105, virtual shopping site generation unit 81 generates a product master corresponding to the virtual shopping site and stores it in HDD 205.

  Note that the third seller user C is a seller user different from the first seller user A and the second seller user. The third seller user C is an introduction user who introduces products of a plurality of shopping sites registered by other seller users. Hereinafter, the third seller user C may be referred to as an introduction user. For example, the third seller user C is an administrator who manages a plurality of shopping sites registered in the electronic commerce server 200.

  The virtual shopping site generation unit 81 includes a virtual association unit 83. The virtual associating unit 83 sets a product of each of a plurality of shopping sites different from the virtual shopping site registered by the third seller user C according to a request from the third seller user C as a set product of the virtual shopping site. Associate as Specifically, if the third seller user C operates the seller terminal 105 and inputs a product registration request, the virtual association unit 83 receives the virtual product registration request from the seller terminal 105. When the virtual association unit 83 receives the set product registration request, the virtual association unit 83 generates one product record for the set product registration request and registers it in the product master corresponding to the virtual shopping site. More specifically, if the third seller user C performs an operation of inputting a set product registration request for registering a product in the virtual shopping site, the virtual association unit 83 requests the set product registration from the seller terminal 105. Accept. The set merchandise registration request includes a set of site identification information and merchandise identification information of a shopping site as information for identifying the merchandise of each of the plurality of shopping sites. For example, when the product of the first shopping site and the product of the second shopping site are selected by the third seller user, the set product registration request includes the site identification information and the product identification of the first shopping site. A set of information, a set of site identification information of the second shopping site, and a set of product identification information.

  When the virtual association unit 83 receives the set product registration request, the virtual association unit 83 assigns product identification information for identifying the set product of the virtual shopping site, and the first shopping included in the product identification information and the virtual product registration request. A product record including the site identification information and product identification information of the site and the site identification information and product identification information of the second shopping site is generated. Accordingly, among the products on the virtual shopping site, the products selected by the third seller user C among the plurality of products registered on the first shopping site, and the plurality of products registered on the second shopping site The merchandise selected by the third seller user C is associated.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product master corresponding to the first shopping site. With reference to FIG. 4, the product master 351 corresponding to the first shopping site corresponds to the first shopping site S001 registered by the first seller user A. The product master 351 includes a product record for each product. The product record includes items of product identification information, product name, product photo, product description, alternative store identification information, and alternative product identification information. In the item of product identification information, product identification information for identifying a product on the shopping site is set. In each item of the product name, product photo, and product description, the name of the product specified by the product identification information set in the item of product identification information, the file name of the photo, and the file name of the description are set.

In the product records of the product identification information “A001” and “A002”, nothing is set in the item of the alternative store identification information and the item of the alternative product identification information. For this reason, it is indicated that the product is registered in the first shopping site by the first seller user A. In the product record of the product identification information “A003”, “S002” is set in the alternative store identification information item and “B001” is set in the alternative product identification information item. The product record of the product identification information “A003” is the product identification information “A003” registered in the second shopping site identified by the site identification information “S002”. This indicates that the product specified by “B001” is associated. Similarly, in the product record of the product identification information “A004”, “S002” is set in the item of alternative store identification information and “BS001” is set in the item of alternative product identification information. The product record of the product identification information “A003” is the product identification information “A003” registered in the second shopping site identified by the site identification information “S002”. This indicates that the product specified by “B001” is associated.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product master corresponding to the second shopping site. Referring to FIG. 5, the product master 351 corresponding to the second shopping site corresponds to the second shopping site S002 registered by the second seller user B. The product master 361 includes a product record for each product. The product record includes items of product identification information, product name, product photo, product description, alternative store identification information, alternative product identification information, set, and set product breakdown identification information. In the item of product identification information, product identification information for identifying a product on the shopping site is set. In each item of the product name, product photo, and product description, the name of the product specified by the product identification information set in the item of product identification information, the file name of the photo, and the file name of the description are set.

  The item of the alternative store identification information and the item of the alternative product identification information are site identification information for identifying another shopping site in which the product is registered as information for specifying the product registered in another shopping site. And product identification information for identifying the product in the other shopping site.

  In the item of the set, a flag “◯” is set when the product set in the item of the product identification information indicates that the product is a set product, and null is set when the product is not a set product. In the item of set product breakdown identification information, when the flag “◯” is set in the item of the set, product identification information of a plurality of products constituting the set product is set.

  In the product records of the product identification information “B001” and “B002”, nothing is set in the items of the alternative store identification information and the items of the alternative product identification information. For this reason, it is indicated that the product is registered in the second shopping site by the second seller user B.

  In the product record of the product identification information “B003”, “S001” is set in the item of alternative store identification information and “A002” is set in the item of alternative product identification information. The product record of the product identification information “B003” indicates that the product record of the product identification information “B003” in the second shopping site is the product identification information “registered in the first shopping site specified by the site identification information“ S001 ”“ This indicates that the product specified by “A002” is associated.

  In the product record of the product identification information “BS001” and the product record of the product identification information “BS002”, “O” is set in the set item, and the product identification information “BS001” and the product are set in the set product breakdown identification information items. Identification information “BS002” is set. Therefore, the product specified by the product identification information “BS001” and the product specified by the product identification information “BS002” are set products. In the product record of the product identification information “BS001”, “B001” and “B003” are set in the item of set product breakdown identification information. For this reason, the product with the product identification information “BS001” in the second shopping site is a set product in which the product specified with the product identification information “B001” and the product specified with the product identification information “B003” are combined. Indicates that there is. Note that the product of the product identification information “B003” is the product of the product identification information “A002” of the first shopping site S001. Therefore, the product specified by the product identification information “BS001” is a combination of the product of the product identification information “B001” of the second shopping site and the product of the product identification information “A002” of the first shopping site S001. It is a set product.

  Similarly, in the product record of the product identification information “BS002”, “B002” and “BS001” are set in the item of set product breakdown identification information. For this reason, the product of the product identification information “BS002” on the second shopping site is a set product obtained by combining the product specified by the product identification information “B002” and the set product specified by the product identification information “BS001”. Indicates that Since the product with the product identification information “BS001” is a set product, the product specified with the product identification information “BS002” is the same as the product specified with the product identification information “B002” and the second shopping site. The set product is a combination of the product with the product identification information “B001” and the product with the product identification information “A002” of the first shopping site.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product master corresponding to a virtual shopping site. With reference to FIG. 6, the product master 371 corresponding to the virtual shopping site corresponds to the virtual shopping site V001 registered by the third seller user C. The product master 371 includes a product record for each product. The product record includes items of product identification information, substitute store identification information, and substitute product identification information.

  In the product record of the product identification information “C001”, the values set in the alternative store identification information item and the alternative product identification information item are a set of “S001” and “A001”, “S002” and “B001”. And a set. The product record of the product identification information “C001” is the product identification information “A001” registered in the first shopping site specified by the site identification information “S001”. This indicates that the product is a set product that combines the product specified by the product identification information “B001” registered in the second shopping site specified by the site identification information “S002”.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product registration screen. The product registration screen is a screen displayed on the seller terminal when the seller user selects a product to be registered in the shopping site. Referring to FIG. 7, the product registration screen displays a list of product identification information of products registered in all product masters stored in HDD 205 for each of the first shopping site and the second shopping site. Is done.

  For example, if the first seller user indicates the product identification information of B003 of the second shopping site S002 on the product registration screen, the product of B003 of the second shopping site S002 is registered in the first shopping site. Can be selected as a product.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the order receiving unit 53 receives a purchase order for one of a plurality of shopping sites from the buyer user. When the buyer user operates the buyer terminal 301 to select one of the first shopping site S001, the second shopping site S002, and the virtual shopping site V001, the order receiving unit 53 operates the shopping site from the buyer terminal 301. The selection request is accepted. The selection request includes site identification information for identifying a shopping site.

  When receiving the selection request, the order receiving unit 53 transmits the web page of the corresponding shopping site to the buyer terminal 301. The web page of the shopping site is a page that displays a product registered in the shopping site in a selectable manner. For example, the product photo, description, and price. Here, a case where the first shopping site S001 is selected will be described as an example.

  Next, if the buyer user operates the buyer terminal 301 and performs an operation of selecting a product from the web pages of the first shopping site S001, the order receiving unit 53 identifies the product of the product selected from the buyer terminal 301. Accept information. The order receiving unit 53 receives product identification information of a plurality of products selected from the buyer terminal 301 when the buyer user performs an operation of selecting a plurality of products from the web pages of the first shopping site S001. Further, when the buyer user operates the buyer terminal 301, and subsequently selects the second shopping site S002 and selects a product from the web pages of the second shopping site, the order receiving unit 53 The product identification information of the product selected from the buyer terminal 301 is received. In this case, the order receiving unit 53 receives a purchase order for one or more products on the first shopping site and one or more products on the second shopping site. The order receiving unit 53 accepts one or more products selected by the buyer user until the order is confirmed as a single purchase order.

  Therefore, one purchase order received by the order receiving unit 53 includes a set of site identification information and one or more product identification information. One purchase order may include a plurality of sets of site identification information and one or more product identification information. When receiving the buy order, the order receiving unit 53 gives a buy order number for identifying the buy order.

  The order receiving unit 53 identifies a seller user corresponding to the purchase order from among a plurality of seller users who respectively registered a plurality of shopping sites, and notifies the identified seller user of the purchase order. Specifically, when accepting a purchase order, the order receiving unit 53 refers to the product master of the shopping site specified by the site identification information included in the purchase order, and selects a product record including the product identification information included in the purchase order. Extract. When one purchase order includes a plurality of product identification information, the order receiving unit 53 extracts the same number of product records as the product identification information. When one purchase order includes a plurality of sets of site identification information and one or more product identification information, the order receiving unit 53 refers to the product master corresponding to each of the plurality of site identification information, and each product master Extract product records from.

  The order receiving unit 53 includes an individual order receiving unit 91, an alternative order receiving unit 95, and a set product order receiving unit 93. In the case where the mark “◯” is not set in the set item of the plurality of extracted product records, the order receiving unit 53 includes an individual order instruction including a combination of a purchase order number, the product record, and site identification information. Is output to the individual order receiving section 91. In the case where a plurality of extracted product records are set with a mark “O” in the set item, the order receiving unit 53 issues a set order instruction including a set of a purchase order number, the product record, and site identification information. The data is output to the set product order receiving section 93.

  When an individual order instruction is input, the individual order receiving unit 91 is included in the individual order instruction when nothing is set in each item of the alternative store identification information and the alternative product identification information of the product record included in the individual order instruction. The seller user who registered the shopping site specified by the site identification information is specified, and the specified seller user is notified of the purchase order including the product record. Further, the individual order receiving unit 91 outputs to the settlement unit 55 a settlement instruction including a set of a purchase order number, site identification information, and a product record included in the individual order instruction.

  For example, when the shopping site S001 is specified by the site identification information included in the individual order instruction, the seller user A who registered the shopping site S001 is specified, and an email including a purchase order including a product record is transmitted to the seller user A To do. Further, when the seller user A logs in to the electronic commerce server 200 at the seller terminal 101, a purchase order including a product record is transmitted to the seller terminal 101.

  When the individual order receiving instruction is input, the individual order receiving unit 91 has site identification information and product identification information set in each item of the substitute store identification information and the substitute product identification information of the product record included in the individual order receiving instruction. Then, an alternative order instruction including a pair of a purchase order number and a product record included in the individual order instruction is output to the alternative order receiving unit 95.

  When the substitute order receiving instruction is input from the individual order receiving part 91, the substitute order receiving unit 95 selects the shopping site specified by the site identification information set in the item of the substitute store identifying information of the product record included in the substitute order receiving instruction. Identify registered seller users. Further, the substitute order receiving unit 95 refers to the product master corresponding to the shopping site specified by the site identification information set in the item of the substitute store identification information of the product record included in the substitute order instruction, and uses the substitute order instruction as the substitute order instruction. A product record corresponding to the product identification information set in the item of the alternative product identification information of the included product record is extracted. Then, the alternative order receiving unit 95 notifies the specified seller user of a purchase order including the extracted product record. Further, the substitute order receiving unit 95 includes the buy order number included in the substitute order instruction, the site identification information set in the item of the substitute store identification information of the product record included in the substitute order instruction, and the extracted product record. A settlement instruction including the set is output to the settlement unit 55.

  For example, when the site identification information “S001” is set in the item of the substitute store identification information of the product record included in the substitute order instruction, the seller user A who registered the shopping site S001 is specified. Furthermore, when the product identification information “A003” of the product record included in the substitute order instruction is included, the product record of the product identification information “B001” is acquired with reference to the product master 361 of the second shopping site S002. Then, the alternative order receiving unit 95 identifies the seller user B who has registered the shopping site S002, and transmits to the seller user B an email containing a purchase order including a product record with the product identification information “B001”. Further, when the seller user B logs in to the electronic commerce server 200 at the seller terminal 103, a purchase order including a product record is transmitted to the seller terminal 103.

  When the set order receiving instruction is input, the set product order receiving unit 93 acquires a plurality of product identification information set in the set product breakdown identification information of the product record included in the set order receiving instruction. Then, the set product order receiving unit 93 refers to the product master of the shopping site specified by the site identification information included in the set order instruction, and acquires a plurality of product records respectively corresponding to the acquired plurality of product identification information. . With reference to the product master, a product record that is acquired but has the same product identification information as the product identification information set in the item of product identification information is extracted. The set product order receiving unit 93 includes, for each of the plurality of extracted product records, an individual order instruction including a pair of a purchase order number included in the set order instruction, the product record, and site identification information included in the set order instruction. Is output to the individual order receiving section 91. For example, when a set order instruction including a product record of site identification information “S002” and product identification information “BS001” is input, a buy order number included in the set order instruction, a product record of product identification information “B001”, and , Including an individual order instruction including a set of site identification information “S002”, a purchase order number included in the set order instruction, a product record of product identification information “B003”, and a set of site identification information “S002” The individual order receiving instruction is output to the individual order receiving unit 91.

  The settlement unit 55 receives a settlement instruction from the individual order receiving unit 91 or the alternative order receiving unit 95. Since the settlement instruction includes a product record, the settlement unit 55 is specified by one purchase order based on the settlement instruction having the same purchase order number among the settlement instructions input from the individual order receiving unit 91 or the alternative order receiving unit 95. Identify all products. The settlement unit 55 notifies the buyer user of the settlement content and also notifies the seller user of the order information.

  The settlement unit 55 includes a postage division unit 11, an order information notification unit 13, an accounting unit 15, a settlement screen notification unit 17, and a postage determination unit 19.

  The postage determination unit 19 determines one postage for one buy order based on one or more product records included in the settlement instruction having the same purchase order number among the settlement instructions from the individual order receiving unit 91 or the alternative order receiving unit 95. . The postage determination unit 19 outputs the set of the purchase order number and the postage to the settlement screen notification unit 17, the postage division unit 11 and the billing unit 15. Here, the postage for one purchase order is a predetermined amount. Note that the shipping cost may be determined according to the total amount of products determined by one purchase order. For example, the higher the total amount, the higher the shipping cost. Further, a small amount may be calculated according to the volume or weight of the commodity determined by one purchase order.

  The payment screen notification unit 17 receives a payment instruction from the individual order receiving unit 91 or the alternative order receiving unit 95, and receives a set of a purchase order number and a shipping fee from the shipping cost determination unit 19. The settlement screen notification unit 17 is configured to display one or more items for one purchase order based on one or more product records included in the settlement instruction having the same purchase order number among the settlement instructions input from the individual order receiving unit 91 or the alternative order receiving unit 95. Identify the product. Then, a settlement screen including the specified product and the shipping fee is generated and notified to the buyer user. Specifically, the settlement screen is transmitted to the buyer terminal 301 operated by the buyer user who has placed the purchase order specified by the purchase order number. Thereby, the buyer user can confirm the product ordered by himself and the shipping cost by looking at the settlement screen. When the buyer user inputs a payment instruction to the buyer terminal 301, the payment screen notification unit 17 outputs a charging instruction including a purchase order number to the charging unit 15 and the order information notification unit 13.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a payment screen. Referring to FIG. 8, the settlement screen displays product information regarding purchased products and shipping costs. The merchandise information regarding the purchased merchandise is classified and displayed by seller user. In this way, even if a product is purchased at a plurality of shopping sites, the postage for one purchase order is displayed at the same amount as when the product is purchased at one shopping site. For this reason, the buyer can confirm the purchase content and the shipping cost displayed on the settlement screen and decide the purchase.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the charging unit 15 charges the buyer user for the price of the product and the shipping fee in response to the input of the charging instruction. The price of the product may be calculated based on one or more product records included in the settlement instruction having the same purchase order number among the settlement instructions input from the individual order receiving unit 91 or the alternative order receiving unit 95. The charging method may be a known method such as card payment. The description will not be repeated here.

  The shipping division unit 11 receives a set of a purchase order number and a shipping fee from the shipping determination unit 19 and receives a settlement instruction from the individual order receiving unit 91 or the alternative order receiving unit 95. The shipping cost division unit 11 extracts a payment instruction with the same order number as the purchase order number paired with the shipping cost from the payment instructions input from the individual order receiving unit 91 or the alternative order receiving unit 95. The postage dividing unit 11 specifies a seller user who provides the product for every product specified by the purchase order of the purchase order number, based on the extracted settlement instruction. Thereby, all the seller users corresponding to the buy order of the buy order number are specified. The shipping fee dividing unit 11 divides the shipping fee by equally dividing the shipping fee to the identified seller user. The shipping cost division unit 11 outputs a set of the purchase order number and the shipping cost calculated for each seller user to the order information notification unit 13. In addition, you may make it distribute a mailing cost according to the weight of goods. Moreover, you may make it distribute according to the total number of goods prices. Furthermore, it may be distributed according to the product size. Furthermore, a difference may be provided in the distribution ratio between the case where the goods are stored in advance in the distribution warehouse and the case where the goods are not received.

  The order information notification unit 13 receives a charging instruction from the settlement screen notification unit 17, and receives a pair of a purchase order number and a shipping cost calculated for each seller user from the shipping cost splitting unit 11. When the billing instruction is input, the order information notification unit 13 issues a settlement instruction with the same order number as the buy order number included in the billing instruction from among the settlement instructions input from the individual order receiving unit 91 or the alternative order receiving unit 95. Extract. Further, the order information notification unit 13 classifies the product records included in the extracted payment instruction for each site identification information. Thereby, one or more product records are specified for each seller user (site identification information). The order information notification unit 13 notifies one or more product records and shipping charges for each seller user. Specifically, it is transmitted to the seller user by e-mail.

  The related product guide unit 57 analyzes the history of the buy order received by the order receiving unit 53, and when the purchase order is accepted by the order receiving unit 53, purchases the product identified by the product identification information specified by the buy order. The identified product is identified and notified to the buyer user. For example, when a buyer user inputs a purchase order at the buyer terminal 301, a web page capable of selecting the specified product is generated and transmitted to the buyer terminal 301. The notification timing is preferably before the buyer user instructs execution of the payment process. You may make it display the goods identified in the payment screen shown in FIG. 8 so that selection is possible.

  The physical distribution management server 500 is a general computer, and stores the number of products in stock and the number of items stored in the warehouse for storing products provided at shopping sites registered by a plurality of seller users. Manage location etc. When the electronic commerce server 200 receives a purchase order and the payment is completed, the logistics management server 500 receives the purchase order and information for specifying a product transmission destination from the electronic commerce server 200. The logistics management server 500 generates delivery data based on the purchase order received from the electronic commerce server 200 and information for specifying the transmission destination of the product. The delivery data includes the product identification information and the number of products specified by the purchase order, the position of the shelf in stock, and the address of the product transmission destination. Based on the information output by the logistics management server 500, the worker can pick up and pack the necessary number of products stored on the shelves in the warehouse, making it easy to ship to the destination address. Become.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of shopping site generation processing. The shopping site generation process is a process executed by the CPU 201 when the CPU 201 executes a program stored in the ROM 203.

  Referring to FIG. 9, CPU 201 determines whether a shopping site generation request has been accepted (step S01). If either of the first seller user A and the second seller user B operates the seller terminals 101 and 103 and inputs a shopping site registration request, the shopping site registration request is accepted. The process waits until a shopping site registration request is accepted (NO in step S01). If a shopping site registration request is accepted (YES in step S01), the process proceeds to step S02. Hereinafter, a case where the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 to log in to the electronic commerce server 200 and inputs a shopping site generation request will be described as an example.

  In step S02, a product master is generated, and the process proceeds to step S03. The product master generated here is a product master corresponding to the shopping site registered by the seller user A. For example, the product master is associated with user identification information for identifying the seller user A. The product master includes one product record for one product registered in the shopping site. In the step S02, the product master does not include a product record.

  In step S03, it is determined whether a product registration request has been accepted. If the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and inputs an item registration request, the item registration request is accepted. If a product registration request is accepted (YES in step S03), the process proceeds to step S04, and if not, the process proceeds to step S13. The product registration request includes a request for registering a new product and a substitute product registration request for registering a product registered in another shopping site.

  In step S04, product identification information for identifying a newly registered product is added. In the next step S05, it is determined whether or not the product registration request accepted in step S03 is a substitute product registration request. If so, the process proceeds to step S06; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S10. If the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and inputs an operation for selecting a product on another shopping site, the substitute product registration request is accepted from the seller terminal 101. The substitute product registration request includes the site identification information of the shopping site in which the product designated by the first seller user A is registered, and the product identification information of the product.

  In step S10, product information is acquired. The first seller user A acquires product information that is input by operating the seller terminal 101. The product information includes a product name, a photo, and a description. In the next step S11, a product record is generated. Specifically, the product identification information given in step S04 is set in the item of product identification information of the product record, and the product name, photo, and description of the product information acquired in step S10 are set in the product record. Set the name item, photo item, and description item respectively. In the next step S12, the generated product record is added to the product master generated in step S02, and the process proceeds to step S16.

  In step S06, site identification information is acquired, and in step S07, product identification information is acquired. Site identification information and product identification information included in the substitute product registration request are acquired.

  Then, a product record is generated (step S08). Specifically, the merchandise identification information given in step S04 is set in the merchandise identification information item of the merchandise record, and the site identification information acquired in step S06 is set in the alternative shop identification information item. The product identification information acquired in step S07 is set in the item of identification information. In the next step S09, the generated product record is added to the product master generated in step S02, and the process proceeds to step S16.

  In step S13, it is determined whether a set product registration request has been accepted. If the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and inputs a set product registration request, the set product registration request is accepted. If a set product registration request is accepted (YES in step S13), the process proceeds to step S14. If not, the process proceeds to step S16. In step S14, a set product registration process is executed, and the process proceeds to step S15. Although details of the set product registration process will be described later, it is a process of generating a product record corresponding to the set product. In step S15, the product record corresponding to the set product generated in step S14 is added to the product master generated in step S02, and the process proceeds to step S16.

  In step S16, it is determined whether or not the registration of the product has been completed. If the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and inputs an operation for instructing the end of the registration of the product, it is determined that the registration of the product is completed. If the product registration is complete, the process is terminated. If not, the process returns to step S03.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of set product registration processing. The set product registration process is a process executed in step S14 of FIG. Referring to FIG. 10, in step S21, product identification information for identifying a newly registered set product is assigned. In the next step S22, a flag “◯” is set in the item of the set of product records. Then, it is determined whether or not a product has been selected (step S23). If the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and inputs an operation for selecting a product on the shopping site, it is determined that the product has been selected. The shopping site here may be a first shopping site registered by the first seller user A or a shopping site different from the first shopping site. If a product is selected, the process proceeds to step S24. If not, the process proceeds to step S32.

  In step S24, it is determined whether or not the product selected in step S23 is a product registered in a shopping site different from the first shopping site. If the product is registered in another shopping site, the process proceeds to step S25. If the product is registered in the first shopping site, the process proceeds to step S31. In step S31, the product selected in step S23. Product identification information is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S32.

  In step S25, the product identification information in the first shopping site is assigned to the product selected in step S23. When the process proceeds to step S25, the product selected in step S23 is a product registered in a shopping site different from the first shopping site, and therefore product identification information that can be identified on the first shopping site is given. Because.

  In step S26, site identification information is acquired. The site identification information of the shopping site in which the product selected in step S23 is registered is acquired. For example, when a product registered in the second shopping site S002 is selected, the site identification information “S002” is acquired. Next, product identification information is acquired (step S27), and the process proceeds to step S32. The product identification information identified in the shopping site where the product selected in step S23 is registered is acquired.

  Then, a product record is generated (step S28). Specifically, the product identification information given in step S25 is set in the item of product identification information of the product record, the site identification information acquired in step S26 is set in the item of alternative store identification information, and the alternative product The product identification information acquired in step S27 is set in the item of identification information.

  In the next step S29, the product record generated in step S28 is added to the product master, and the process proceeds to step S30. In step S30, the product identification information set in the item of product identification information of the added product record is acquired as product identification information for adding to the set product, and the process proceeds to step S32.

  In step S32, it is determined whether a setting end operation has been accepted. If the first seller user A operates the seller terminal 101 and performs an operation of inputting the end of the set, the operation of the end of the set is accepted. If a set end operation is accepted (YES in step S32), the process proceeds to step S33. If not, the process returns to step S23.

  When the process proceeds to step S32, the product identification information of the product to be included in the set product is acquired in step S30 or step S31. In step S33, a product record of the set product is generated, and the process returns to the shopping site generation process. Specifically, the product identification information of the set product given in step S21 is set in the item of product identification information, the flag “O” is set in the item of set, and the item of set product breakdown identification information is set in step S30. Alternatively, a product record in which a plurality of product identification information acquired in step S31 is set is generated.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of the virtual shopping site generation process. The virtual shopping site generation process is a process executed by the CPU 201 when the CPU 201 executes a program stored in the ROM 203.

  Referring to FIG. 11, CPU 201 determines whether a virtual shopping site generation request has been received (step S41). If the third seller user C operates the seller terminal 105 and inputs a virtual shopping site registration request, the virtual shopping site registration request is accepted. The process waits until a virtual shopping site registration request is accepted (NO in step S41). If a virtual shopping site registration request is accepted (YES in step S41), the process proceeds to step S42.

  In step S42, a product master is generated, and the process proceeds to step S43. The product master generated here is a product master corresponding to the virtual shopping site registered by the third seller user C. For example, the product master is associated with user identification information for identifying the third seller user C. The product master includes one product record for one product registered in the virtual shopping site. At the stage of step S42, the product master does not include a product record.

  In step S43, it is determined whether a set product registration request has been accepted. If the third seller user C operates the seller terminal 105 and inputs a set product registration request, the set seller registration request is accepted. If a set product registration request is accepted (YES in step S43), the process proceeds to step S44, and if not, the process proceeds to step S51.

  In step S44, product identification information for identifying a newly registered set product is added. In the next step S43, it is determined whether or not a product has been selected. If the third seller user C operates the seller terminal 105 and inputs an operation for selecting a product on the shopping site, it is determined that the product has been selected. The shopping site here includes either the first shopping site registered by the first seller user A or the second shopping site registered by the second seller user B. If a product is selected, the process proceeds to step S46; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S48.

  In step S46, site identification information is acquired. The site identification information of the shopping site in which the product selected in step S45 is registered is acquired. For example, when a product registered in the second shopping site S002 is selected, the site identification information “S002” is acquired. Next, product identification information is acquired (step S47), and the process proceeds to step S47. The product identification information identified in the shopping site where the product selected in step S45 is registered is acquired.

  Then, it is determined whether or not a setting end operation has been accepted (step S48). If the third seller user C operates the seller terminal 105 and inputs the end of the set, the operation of the end of the set is accepted. If a set end operation is accepted (YES in step S48), the process proceeds to step S49. If not, the process returns to step S45.

  When the process proceeds to step S49, the site identification information and the product identification information are acquired for each product selected in step S45 in step S46 and step S47. In step S49, a merchandise record for the set merchandise is generated, and the process proceeds to step S50. Specifically, the merchandise identification information of the set merchandise given in step S44 is set in the item of merchandise identification information, and the site identification information and merchandise identification information are replaced with the alternative store identification for each merchandise selected in step S45. A product record set in the item of information and the item of alternative product identification information is generated.

  In step S50, the product record generated in step S49 is added to the product master generated in step S42, and the process proceeds to step S51.

  In step S51, it is determined whether or not registration of the set product has been completed. If the third seller user C operates the seller terminal 105 and inputs an operation for instructing the end of the registration of the set product, it is determined that the registration of the set product has been completed. If registration of the set product is complete, the process ends. If not, the process returns to step S43.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of order receiving processing. The order receiving process is a process executed by the CPU 201 when the CPU 201 executes a program stored in the ROM 203.

  Here, an order receiving process executed by the CPU 201 in a state where the buyer user operates the buyer terminal 301 and logs in to the electronic commerce server 200 will be described. The buyer terminal 301 is in a state where browsing is executed and a web page transmitted by the electronic commerce server 200 can be browsed.

  Referring to FIG. 12, CPU 201 determines whether a shopping site selection has been accepted. When an instruction to select a shopping site is received from buyer terminal 301, selection of the shopping site is accepted. If the selection of the shopping site is accepted, the process proceeds to step S62. If not, the process proceeds to step S66.

  In step S62, the shopping site page is output. Specifically, a web page including one or more products registered in the shopping site selected in step S61 is generated, and the generated web page is transmitted to the buyer terminal 301. Thereby, a web page is displayed on the buyer terminal 301, and the buyer user can select one or more items.

  In step S63, it is determined whether or not a product has been selected. If the buyer user selects a product, it is determined that one of the one or more products registered in the shopping site selected in step S61 has been selected. If a product is selected (YES in step S63), the product selected by the buyer user is selected and the process proceeds to step S64. If not, the process proceeds to step S65.

In step S64, it is stored in the shopping cart. A set of the site identification information of the shopping site selected in step S61 and the product identification information of the product selected in step S63 is stored in the shopping cart. In step S65, it is determined whether a purchase instruction has been accepted. If the buyer user inputs a purchase instruction, the purchase instruction is accepted. The purchase instruction is an instruction for notifying the electronic commerce server 200 of the end of the operation of selecting a product. If a purchase instruction is accepted, the process proceeds to step S72; otherwise, the process returns to step S63.

  On the other hand, in step S66, it is determined whether a search instruction has been accepted. If the buyer user inputs a search instruction for specifying a keyword, the search instruction is accepted. If a search instruction is accepted, the process proceeds to step S67; otherwise, the process returns to step S61. In step S67, the product master stored in HDD 205 is searched using the keyword included in the search instruction as a search key. Extract product records that contain keywords. Then, a search result web page is generated and transmitted to the buyer terminal 301 (step S68). As a result of the search in step S67, a web page is generated that displays selectably all products specified by the extracted product record. Thereby, a web page is displayed on the buyer terminal 301, and the buyer user can select one or more items.

In the next step S69, it is determined whether or not a product has been selected. If the buyer user selects a product, it is determined in step S67 that one of the products specified by the product record extracted as a result of the search has been selected. If a product is selected, the product selected by the buyer user is selected, and the process proceeds to step S70; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S71. In step S70, it is stored in the shopping cart. A set of the site identification information of the shopping site corresponding to the product selected in step S69 and the product identification information is stored in the shopping cart. In step S71, it is determined whether a purchase instruction has been accepted. If a purchase instruction is accepted, the process proceeds to step S72; otherwise, the process returns to step S61.

  When the process proceeds to step S72, step S63 or step S69 is executed at least once, and one or more products are selected. A buy order instructing the purchase of the selected product has been confirmed. In step S72, the postage for one purchase order is determined. Here, the shipping fee is fixed. In addition, you may change with the size, weight, etc. of goods. Further, the shipping cost may be changed depending on the purchase price.

  In step S73, the buyer price is notified to the buyer price. Specifically, a payment screen including the price of one or more products and the shipping cost determined in step S 72 is generated, and the generated payment screen is transmitted to the buyer terminal 301. Thereby, a payment screen is displayed on the buyer terminal 301, and the buyer user can input an operation for confirming the purchase of the product.

  In step S74, it is determined whether a confirmation instruction has been accepted. If the buyer user inputs a confirmation instruction, the purchase order is confirmed, and the process proceeds to step S75. If not, the process returns to step S61. In addition, the product record stored in the shopping cart may be deleted or the quantity may be changed before the process proceeds to step S74. In step S75, the seller user is charged for the price and shipping cost of the product, and the process proceeds to step S76.

  In step S76, it is determined whether or not a set product is included in the confirmed purchase order in step S74. If a set product is included, the process proceeds to step S77. If not, step S77 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S78. In step S77, a plurality of products included in the set product are specified, and the process proceeds to step S78. Specifically, a product record including product identification information of a set product is extracted from the product master stored in the HDD 205, and based on a plurality of product identification information set in the set product breakdown identification information of the product record. Multiple products. In addition, when the extracted product record is extracted from the product master corresponding to the virtual shopping site, the site identification information set in the alternative store identification information and the alternative product identification information of the extracted product record, and The product is specified by searching the product master again based on the product identification information.

  In step S78, it is determined whether or not a plurality of products are included in the confirmed purchase order in step S74. If a plurality of products are included, the process proceeds to step S79; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S83.

  When the process proceeds to step S79, the confirmed purchase order includes a plurality of products. For this reason, in step S79, a plurality of products are classified by seller. Then, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of sellers (step S80). If there are a plurality of sellers, the process proceeds to step S81; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S83.

  In step S81, the postage determined in step S72 is divided into a plurality of sellers. Divide the shipping cost by the number of sellers. Then, order information is generated and notified for each of a plurality of sellers. Order information including a product record of one or more products classified by seller, the shipping cost determined in step S81, and identification information of the buyer user is generated. Then, corresponding order information is transmitted for each seller (step S82), and the process is terminated. For example, order information is transmitted to the seller user by e-mail.

  In step S83, order information is generated and notified, and the process ends. The case where the process proceeds from step S78 to step S83 is a case where a single product is included in the confirmed buy order. Further, when the process proceeds from step S80 to step S83, a plurality of products are included in the confirmed purchase order, but there is only one seller user. In any case, it is a single seller user. For this reason, in step S83, order information including a merchandise record of one or more products specified by a buy order, a shipping cost determined in step S72, and identification information of the buyer user is generated. Then, the generated order information is notified to the seller user. For example, order information is transmitted to the seller user by e-mail.

  As described above, the electronic commerce server 200 according to the present embodiment uses the second shopping item as the product of the first shopping site registered by the first seller user A in response to a request from the first seller user A. When the product of the second shopping site registered by the seller user B is associated, and the product for the purchase order for the first shopping site is associated with the product in the second shopping site, the first shopping site Is received as a purchase order for the second shopping site. For this reason, the goods of the 2nd shopping site can be provided in the 1st shopping site. Furthermore, when a product on the second shopping site is accepted as a purchase order at the first shopping site, the product is accepted as a purchase order for the second shopping site. For this reason, the first seller user A can provide the products of the second shopping site and can accept a purchase order for the first shopping site as a purchase order for the second shopping site. Since the product of the second shopping site is the product of the first shopping site, it is possible to increase the sales opportunities for the product of the second shopping site.

  In the present embodiment, the first seller user A and the second seller user B can each register a shopping site, and the plurality of seller users who registered the shopping site in the electronic commerce server 200 are different from each other. Although products on the shopping site can be registered as products on their own shopping site, seller users who can register products on other shopping sites as products on their shopping sites are restricted to specific seller users. Good. The specific seller user is, for example, a seller user selected and registered by the administrator of the electronic commerce server 200. For example, when the administrator of the electronic commerce server 200 selects the first seller user as a specific seller user, the first seller user A is registered in the second shopping site registered by the second seller user B. The registered merchandise can be registered as the merchandise of its first shopping site, but the second seller user B registers the merchandise registered in the first shopping site registered by the first seller user A. It becomes impossible to register as a product of its own second shopping site.

  In addition, the seller user may determine whether or not registration with another shopping site is possible. For example, the first seller user A sets the product registered in his or her first shopping site so that it can be registered in another shopping site, and the second seller user B registers in his or her second shopping site. The set merchandise can be set so that it cannot be registered in other shopping sites. In this case, the first seller user A cannot register the product registered in the second shopping site registered by the second seller user B as the product of his / her first shopping site. The second seller user B can register the product registered in the first shopping site registered by the first seller user A as the product of his / her second shopping site.

  Furthermore, the registration of a specific seller user may be combined with the setting as to whether or not registration with another shopping site is possible.

  Further, since a plurality of products registered in each of a plurality of shopping sites are registered as one set product, the seller can register related products as one product. In particular, for example, in the first shopping site, a plurality of products registered in the first shopping site can be set as one set product, and one or more products registered in the first shopping site One or more products registered in the second shopping site can be registered as one set product. For this reason, since one product can be sold as a new set product combined with another product, variations of the product can be increased. In particular, by combining with products registered in other shopping sites, set products with new value can be obtained, and buyers' purchasing motivation can be improved.

  Further, the electronic commerce server 200 generates a virtual shopping site V001 that provides a set product in which at least one of a plurality of products provided by each of the first shopping site S001 and the second shopping site S002 is associated with each other. A purchase order for a set product provided by shopping site V001 is accepted as a purchase order for a shopping site associated with each of a plurality of products included in the set product among first shopping site S001 and second shopping site S002. Since at least one of the plurality of products provided by each of the plurality of shopping sites is associated as a set product of the virtual shopping site, a virtual shopping site that sells products including products of the plurality of shopping sites can be generated. For this reason, it is possible to increase opportunities to sell products at a plurality of shopping sites.

  Furthermore, the set product registered in the virtual shopping site V001 can be registered as a product of the first shopping site S001 and the second shopping site S002. In this case, even if the specific seller user is registered, an arbitrary seller user may be able to register the set product registered in the virtual shopping site as the product of his / her shopping site.

  Further, in response to a single purchase order for a set product from a buyer user, each of a plurality of products included in the set product is accepted as a purchase order corresponding to a shopping site that provides the product among a plurality of shopping sites. For this reason, since the buyer user only needs to place an order once, there is no need to place an order for purchase at a plurality of shopping sites. For this reason, the convenience of operation of a buyer user can be improved.

  In addition, when a purchase order for a product on the first shopping site and a purchase order for a product on the second shopping site are received from the same buyer user, two products determined by the two purchase orders are sent at a time. To inform the buyer user of the shipping cost. For this reason, since the postage to be sent out once for a plurality of purchase orders is sufficient, the buyer's willingness to purchase can be improved.

  Further, when a purchase order for the product on the first shopping site and a purchase order for the product on the second shopping site are received from the same buyer user, a plurality of products determined by the plurality of purchase orders are sent at one time. The shipping fee is distributed to the first seller user A and the second hammer user B. For this reason, since the shipping cost borne by the buyer user is distributed to the first seller user A and the second hammer user B, one buyer user, the first seller user A and the second hammer user B, You can adjust the shipping payment between.

  In the above-described embodiment, the related product guide unit 57 analyzes the history of the buy order received by the order receiving unit 53, and when the purchase order is accepted by the order receiving unit 53, the product specified by the buy order. The product purchased together with the product identified by the identification information is specified and notified to the buyer user. In the set units 65 and 75, the product identified by the product identification information identified by the purchase order and the product identified by the related product guidance unit 57 for the product are set as new set products. Also good.

  Further, when the determined shipping fee is “0 yen” in the shipping fee determination unit 19, a plurality of seller users may share the shipping fee and bear it. In this case, the shipping cost division unit 11 calculates the actual shipping cost for each of the plurality of shopping sites in which a plurality of products included in the purchase order are registered and the burden of each of the plurality of seller users registered.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

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(1) Order receiving notifying means for notifying a seller user who has registered the second shopping site when the substitute order receiving means accepts a buy order for the first shopping site as a buy order for the second shopping site. The electronic commerce server according to claim 1, further comprising:
(2) The postage notification unit includes a postage output unit that transmits a screen including the postage and information on the plurality of purchase orders to a user terminal operated by the buyer user among the plurality of user terminals. The electronic commerce server according to claim 5 or 6.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic commerce system, N Internet, 101, 103, 105, 301, 303, 305 User terminal, 200 Electronic commerce server, 500 Logistics management server, 11 Shipping division part, 13 Order information notification part, 15 Billing part, 17 Settlement screen Notification unit, 19 Shipping determination unit, 51 Shopping site management unit, 53 Order receiving unit, 55 Settlement unit, 57 Related product guide unit, 61, 71 Shopping site generation unit, 63, 73 Association unit, 65, 75 Set unit, 81 Virtual shopping site generation unit, 83 virtual association unit, 91 individual order receiving unit, 93 set product order receiving unit, 95 alternative order receiving unit, 201 CPU, 202 ROM, 203 RAM, 204 network I / F, 205 HDD, 206 display unit, 207 operation unit, 208 bus, 209 external storage device, 209A CD-RO , 351,361,371 goods master, S001 first shopping site, S002 second shopping site, V001 virtual shopping site.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the electronic commerce server is connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet, and at least of a plurality of shopping sites registered from a plurality of seller users via the plurality of user terminals. An electronic commerce server that provides one to a buyer user, an order receiving means for accepting a purchase order for any of a plurality of shopping sites, a first product registered in the first shopping site, and a second shopping The associating means for registering the second product registered on the site as a set product of the first shopping site and the order receiving means are provided when a purchase order for the set product registered on the first shopping site is accepted. The first purchase order and the second product for the first shopping site that provides the first product Includes individual order means that accepts as the second of buy orders for the second shopping site to provide, if the order had purchased the corresponding from the buyer user to set commodity is accepted, the first and the first products that have been registered with the product set Shipping fee determining means for determining a shipping fee for shipping two products at a time, and when a purchase order corresponding to the set product is received from the buyer user, the first product and the second registered in the set product Payment screen generation means for generating a payment screen including the price of each of the products and the shipping cost determined by the shipping cost determination means .

According to this aspect, the first product registered in the first shopping site and the second product registered in the second shopping site are registered as a set product of the first shopping site. The product of the first shopping site can be provided in combination with the product of the second shopping site at one shopping site. When a purchase order for a set product registered in the first shopping site is received, a first shopping order for the first shopping site that provides the first product and a second shopping site that provides the second product As a second buy order. For this reason, the buyer user does not need to place a plurality of purchase orders for each of the plurality of shopping sites, and therefore can easily make a purchase order. In addition, a settlement screen including a shipping fee for shipping the first product and the second product registered in the set product at one time is generated. For this reason, since the postage to be shipped at once for the first product and the second product is sufficient, it is possible to provide an electronic commerce server that improves the purchase intention of the buyer user.

Preferably, it further includes a shipping cost dividing unit that distributes the shipping cost determined by the shipping cost determining unit to the seller user who registered the first shopping site and the seller user who registered the second shopping site .

According to this aspect, shipping the buyer user will bear, it is distributed to a plurality of sellers users. For this reason, the payment of the mailing cost between one buyer user and a plurality of seller users can be adjusted.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic commerce method is connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet, and at least of a plurality of shopping sites registered from a plurality of seller users via a plurality of user terminals. An electronic commerce method executed by an electronic commerce server that provides one to a buyer user, an order receiving step for accepting a purchase order for any one of a plurality of shopping sites, and a first product registered in the first shopping site And an associating step for registering the second product registered in the second shopping site as a set product for the first shopping site, and an order receiving step for buying the set product registered in the first shopping site. When an order is accepted, the first shopping site that provides the first product And the first of buy orders and individual order step of accepting as the second of buy orders for the second shopping site that provides a second item, wherein the order have purchased the corresponding from the buyer user to set commodity is accepted to In this case, a shipping cost determination step for determining a shipping cost for shipping the first product and the second product registered in the set product at a time, and a purchase order corresponding to the set product is received from the buyer user And a payment screen generation step for generating a payment screen including the prices of the first and second products registered in the set product and the shipping cost determined in the shipping cost determination step .

Preferably, it further includes a shipping cost dividing step of distributing the shipping fee determined in the shipping fee determination step to the seller user who registered the first shopping site and the seller user who registered the second shopping site .

According to still another aspect of the present invention, an electronic commerce program is connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet, and a plurality of shopping sites registered from a plurality of seller users via a plurality of user terminals. An electronic commerce program executed on a computer that provides at least one to a buyer user, the order receiving step for accepting a purchase order for any of a plurality of shopping sites, and a first product registered in the first shopping site; The associating step of registering the second product registered in the second shopping site as the set product of the first shopping site and the order receiving step include a purchase order for the set product registered in the first shopping site. The first shop that provides the first product is accepted. It includes a individual order step of accepting as the second of buy orders for the second shopping site that provides the first of buy orders and the second of the products to packaging site, the, orders have purchased that corresponds to the set items from the buyer user When accepted, a shipping cost determination step for determining a shipping cost for shipping the first product and the second product registered in the set product at one time, and a purchase order corresponding to the set product is received from the buyer user A payment screen generation step for generating a payment screen including the price of each of the first product and the second product registered in the set product and the shipping cost determined in the shipping cost determination step. Let

Preferably, the computer further executes a shipping cost dividing step of distributing the shipping cost determined in the shipping cost determination step to the seller user who registered the first shopping site and the seller user who registered the second shopping site .

Claims (6)

An electronic commerce server connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet, and providing at least one of a plurality of shopping sites registered by a plurality of seller users to the buyer user via the plurality of user terminals. ,
Order receiving means for receiving a purchase order for any of the plurality of shopping sites;
A shipping fee for notifying the buyer user of a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of buying orders at a time when a plurality of buying orders corresponding to the plurality of shopping sites are received from the buyer user, respectively. And an electronic commerce server.   When a plurality of purchase orders corresponding to the plurality of shopping sites are received from the buyer user, a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of purchase orders at a time is set as the plurality of seller users. The electronic commerce server according to claim 1, further comprising a postage dividing means for distributing to a plurality of seller users respectively corresponding to the plurality of shopping sites. The electronic commerce server is connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet and provides at least one of a plurality of shopping sites registered by a plurality of seller users to the buyer user via the plurality of user terminals. E-commerce method
An order receiving step for receiving a buy order for any of the plurality of shopping sites;
A shipping fee for notifying the buyer user of a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of buying orders at a time when a plurality of buying orders corresponding to the plurality of shopping sites are received from the buyer user, respectively. An electronic commerce method including a management step.   When a plurality of purchase orders corresponding to the plurality of shopping sites are received from the buyer user, a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of purchase orders at a time is set as the plurality of seller users. The electronic commerce method according to claim 3, further comprising a postage dividing step of distributing to a plurality of seller users respectively corresponding to the plurality of shopping sites. An electronic device connected to a plurality of user terminals via the Internet and executed by a computer that provides the buyer user with at least one of a plurality of shopping sites registered by a plurality of seller users via the plurality of user terminals. There is a commerce program
An order receiving step for receiving a buy order for any of the plurality of shopping sites;
A shipping fee for notifying the buyer user of a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of buying orders at a time when a plurality of buying orders corresponding to the plurality of shopping sites are received from the buyer user, respectively. An electronic commerce program for causing the computer to execute a management step. When a plurality of purchase orders corresponding to the plurality of shopping sites are received from the buyer user, a shipping fee for shipping a plurality of products determined by the plurality of purchase orders at a time is set as the plurality of seller users. The electronic commerce program according to claim 5, further causing the computer to execute a postage dividing step of distributing to a plurality of seller users respectively corresponding to the plurality of shopping sites.

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