JP2018032359A - Product substitute purchase device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a product substitute purchase device that allows users to purchase products at a discounted price relative to a market price without imposing unnecessary labor on the user, and reduces opportunity losses on seller sides.SOLUTION: A product substitute purchase device is configured to: secure a discount resource having discount buying/face value use of electronic gift cards deducted, and use the discount resource to provide opportunities for users to implement discount purchasing of products; procure a gift card available at a prescribed electronic commerce site at a price equal to or less than the face value; receive a product designation code to be used at the prescribed electronic commerce site, and a product forwarding destination from the user; settle a discount applied payment for the product pertaining to the product designation code; and execute purchasing with the electronic gift card available at the prescribed electronic commerce site under a condition where the product pertaining to the product designation code received from the user is delivered to the product forwarding destination.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for providing a discount purchase opportunity for a product without reducing unnecessary effort for a user and reducing opportunity loss on the product seller side.

  Electronic commerce refers to buying and selling and distributing goods and services by electronic information communication on a computer network. In recent years, the volume of transactions has been rapidly expanding. An electronic commerce site is a website set up for conducting electronic commerce, and is sometimes called an EC (Electronic Commerce) site, an electronic shopping mall, or an online mall.

  Recently, a gift card, which is an encrypted character string that can be converted into a virtual currency usable on a specific electronic commerce site, has appeared and is widely distributed in the market as a gift or a gift. The gift card can balance supply and demand by applying a certain discount to the face value, and is also bought and sold on a website.

  By the way, electronic commerce is also a form of commerce. Naturally, there is a need for an operator of an electronic commerce site to increase the amount of transactions on this site, and various electronic commerce to satisfy such needs exists. Research and development has been done. For example, Patent Document 1 proposes an electronic coupon distribution system that can grasp the effect of issuing an electronic coupon without installing a new device in a store.

JP 2014-96112 A

  However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, users who want to benefit from discount sales need to obtain coupons, and it takes a little time to purchase products with discounts, so the number of users who actually purchase products is reduced. There was a problem that it was.

  Accordingly, in the present invention, in view of the above problems, it is possible to make a purchase at a price discounted with respect to the market price without causing the user to take extra time, and to reduce the opportunity loss on the seller side. It is an object to provide a merchandise proxy purchasing device.

  One form of the product proxy purchase device to be disclosed is a product proxy purchase device that performs proxy purchase of a product at a predetermined electronic commerce site based on a user request, and is a virtual currency that can be used at the predetermined electronic commerce site Virtual currency variable information that is information that can be converted into the predetermined electronic commerce based on the virtual currency variable information purchased at a price discounted at a discount rate equal to or higher than a first discount rate with respect to the face amount A virtual currency depositing means for performing deposit processing to the management account for managing the virtual currency used in the predetermined electronic commerce site, and a predetermined electronic commerce site from a user terminal Product information accepting means for accepting a product desired for proxy purchase and a delivery destination of the product, and through the predetermined electronic commerce site, Product identification information for identifying the product received by the product information receiving means, based on the product identification information specifying means for specifying the unique product identification information in the predetermined electronic commerce site, and the product identification information, The sale price of the product is less than the first discount rate between the product price acquisition means for acquiring the sale price of the product on the predetermined electronic commerce site from the predetermined electronic commerce site and the user. Proxy purchase settlement means for settlement of the proxy purchase price to which the second discount rate is applied, and a product identified by the product identification information identified by the product identification information identification means for the predetermined electronic commerce site An order is placed under the condition that it is delivered to the delivery address received by the product information receiving means, and is managed in the management account. And characterized in that it has, and the proxy purchase means to pay the virtual currency by the amount of the selling price of the commodity.

  The disclosed merchandise proxy purchase device can make the merchandise purchase at a price discounted to the market price without causing the user to take extra time and reduce the opportunity loss on the seller side.

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the goods proxy purchase apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the merchandise proxy purchase device according to the present embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the virtual currency variable information which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the virtual currency depositing means which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the merchandise information reception means which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the merchandise item identification information specific means which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the goods price acquisition means and proxy purchase settlement means which concern on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the goods proxy purchasing apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of an example of the management account deposit process by the goods proxy purchase apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of an example of the merchandise proxy purchase process by the merchandise proxy purchase apparatus concerning this Embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Operational principle of merchandise proxy purchasing device according to the present embodiment)

  With reference to FIGS. 1 to 7, the operation principle of the merchandise proxy purchase apparatus (hereinafter simply referred to as “this apparatus”) 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a relationship between the apparatus 100 and peripheral devices, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the apparatus 100.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the present apparatus 100 is connected via a communication network 320 to a user terminal 300 operated by a user 290 and an electronic commerce site 200 (a server apparatus on which is installed and operated). The user 290 is a person who uses this apparatus 100 and desires proxy purchase of products (concepts including services). Note that the communication network 320 may be either wired or wireless.

  In the present apparatus 100, virtual currency variable information (hereinafter referred to as “gift voucher”) 210, which is an encrypted character string that can be converted into a predetermined virtual currency, is discounted at a first discount rate of 270 or more with respect to the face value. Purchasing at a price and depositing into the management account 220 based on the gift certificate 210 is performed. Here, the virtual currency is a currency that has no guarantee of value by a specific state with respect to the legal currency, and in this embodiment, a virtual currency in a general sense is assumed. The virtual currency includes a virtual currency that can be used at a specific electronic commerce site such as Amazon (registered trademark) or Rakuten Ichiba (registered trademark), and the virtual currency can also be regarded as electronic money.

  On the other hand, the apparatus 100 receives information about the delivery destination (for example, the name and address of the user 290) 250 of the product 230 from the user 290 together with information about the product 230 desired to be purchased. Then, after specifying the purchase desired product 230 of the user 290 at the predetermined electronic commerce site 200, the apparatus 100 specifies the selling price (market price) 260 of the product 230 at the predetermined electronic commerce site 200.

  Next, the apparatus 100 applies a second discount rate 280 (the second discount rate 280 is smaller than the first discount rate 270) to the selling price 260 of the product 230 with the user 290. Settlement is made for H.265. Further, the apparatus 100 performs a product purchase process on the condition that the product 230 is delivered to a delivery destination 250 desired by the user 290 to a predetermined electronic commerce site 200. At the same time, the device 100 uses the virtual currency deposited in the management account 220 to settle the purchase price 260 of the product 230. Thereafter, a predetermined electronic commerce site 200 that has placed an order for the product 230 performs a process of delivering the product 230 to the delivery destination 250.

  By performing the processing as described above, since the first discount rate (for example, 10%) 270> the second discount rate (for example, 5%) 280, the apparatus 100 (the first discount rate) 270-second discount rate 280) × (purchase price 260 of product 230) The gross profit calculated can be obtained. On the other hand, the user 290 can obtain the product 230 cheaper than the market price 260 by the second discount rate 280 without performing any additional work other than the work of ordering the product 230 from the apparatus 100. it can.

In addition, since the operator of this apparatus 100 is performing the brokerage business of gift voucher 210 buying and selling, it can purchase the gift voucher 210 stably at a price discounted by the first discount rate 270 or more with respect to the face value.
The predetermined electronic commerce site 200 is assumed to be a site such as Amazon (registered trademark) or Rakuten Ichiba (registered trademark).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus 100 includes virtual currency depositing means 110, product information receiving means 120, product identification information specifying means 130, product price acquisition means 140, proxy purchase settlement means 150, and proxy purchase means 160.

  The virtual currency depositing means 110 is a management account installed in a predetermined electronic commerce site 200 based on the gift certificate 210 purchased at a price discounted at a discount rate of 270 or more with respect to the face amount. 220, which performs a depositing process to the management account 220 that manages the virtual currency used in the predetermined electronic commerce site 200.

  The gift voucher 210 is information that can be converted into a predetermined virtual currency, circulates in the market as a gift or giveaway for others, and inputs information related to the gift voucher 210 at a predetermined electronic commerce site 200. Can be converted into a virtual currency of an amount corresponding to the input information.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the gift certificate 210 is a character string that has no meaning at first glance, such as “p12a34t5e6n789t”. When the character string is input at a predetermined electronic commerce site 200, the gift certificate 210 has a face value. Can be converted into virtual currency according to

  As shown in FIG. 4, the virtual currency depositing means 110 inputs a character string (for example, “p12a34t5e6n789t”, etc.) related to the gift certificate 210 in the management account 220 installed in the predetermined electronic commerce site 200, Processing to convert the ticket 210 into virtual currency of face value is performed. As shown in FIG. 3, when the virtual currency depositing means 110 inputs the character string “p12a34t5e6n789t” in the management account 220, the virtual currency to be deposited (converted) is 50,000 yen, and the character string “a12pp34li5ca6ti78o9n” is used. When entered, the virtual currency to be deposited (converted) is 30,000 yen.

  The product information receiving unit 120 receives from the user terminal 300 the product 230 that the user 290 desires to purchase in the predetermined electronic commerce site 200, the number of products 230, and the delivery destination 250 of the product 230. The product 230 that the user 290 desires to purchase is information (concept) for specifying the product 230 including the name / model number of the product 230 and the specification information such as the color / accessory of the product 230. The delivery address 250 is an address for delivering postal items / delivery items such as the name and address of the user 290.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the product information receiving means 120, for example, as the product 230 that the user 290 wishes to purchase, the product name: “Ca ○ n digital single-lens reflex camera E ○ SK ○ ss X7”, the color of the product : "Black", other specifications of the product: "..." are accepted. In addition, the product information receiving unit 120 receives, for example, information on one or two desired purchase quantities for the product 230. Further, the product information receiving means 120 receives, for example, the name: “Yuji Tsuji” and the address: “3-6-2 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo” as the delivery destination 250 for the product 230.

  The product identification information specifying unit 130 requests the predetermined electronic commerce site 200 to respond with the product identification information 240 corresponding to the product 230 received by the product information receiving unit 120, whereby the predetermined electronic commerce site 200. The unique product identification information 240 is identified. The product identification information 240 is information that uniquely identifies the product 230 on the predetermined electronic commerce site 200, including the product 230, the color of the product 230, and other specifications.

  The product identification information specifying unit 130 causes the user terminal 300 to display image information of the product 230 corresponding to the product identification information 240 specified by the product identification information specifying unit 130. At the same time, the product identification information specifying unit 130 confirms to the user 290 that the product 230 displayed as the image information must be the product 230 desired to be purchased by the user 290. As a result of such processing, the purchase desired product 230 of the user 290 and the product identification information 240 are associated one-on-one.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the product identification information 240 is, for example, “B00BXVR8FU” corresponding to the product 230: “Ca ○ n digital SLR camera E ○ K ○ ss X7” “black” “other specifications” Product 230: “B00KAQX65U” corresponds to “Ca ○ n digital single-lens reflex camera E ○ K ○ ss X7” “white” “other specifications”.

  The product price acquisition unit 140 requests a predetermined electronic commerce site 200 to respond with the sales price (market price) 260 of the product 230 corresponding to the product identification information 240 specified by the product identification information specification unit 130. In this way, the product price acquisition unit 140 acquires the sales price 260 of the product 230 on the predetermined electronic commerce site 200.

  When a plurality of sellers 310 sells the product 230 on the predetermined electronic commerce site 200, that is, when there are a plurality of sales prices 260, the product price acquisition unit 140 relates to the product 230 with respect to the predetermined electronic commerce site. The lowest selling price 260 in 200 is obtained. This is a process for satisfying the needs of the user 290 who wants to purchase the product 230 as cheaply as possible.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the sales price acquisition means 140 acquires the lowest sales price 260: “48,350 yen” (sales price of the seller A) for the product identification information 240: “B00BXVR8FU”, and identifies the product. Information 240: For “B00KAQX65U”, the lowest selling price 260: “57,500 yen” (sales price of seller D) is acquired.

  Further, the product price acquisition unit 140 acquires the sales price 260 presented by the seller 310 that can sell the number of products 230 that the user 290 desires to purchase. This is because the sales contract is not established with the seller 260 who cannot prepare the desired number of products 230 by the user 290.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the desired purchase quantity is two for the product identification information 240: “B00BXVR8FU”, the sales price acquisition means 140 has the lowest sales price 260: “49,000 yen” (sales by seller B). Price). The sales price acquisition unit 140 acquires the lowest sales price 260: “60,000 yen” (sales price of the seller F) when the desired number of purchases is two for the product identification information 240: “B00KAQX65U”.

  The proxy purchase settlement unit 150 performs settlement of the proxy purchase price 265 with the user 290 by applying a second discount rate 280 smaller than the first discount rate 270 to the selling price 260 of the product 230.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the proxy purchase settlement means 150 makes second contact with the user 290 for the sales price 260 of the product 230 corresponding to the product identification information 240: “B00BXVR8FU”: “49,000 yen”. The proxy purchase price 265: “46,550 yen” applying the discount rate 280: “5%” is made. Further, the proxy purchase settlement means 150 makes a second discount rate 280 with the user 290 for the sale price 260: “60,000 yen” of the product 230 corresponding to the product identification information 240: “B00KAQX65U”: Settlement of proxy purchase price 265: “57,000 yen” applying “5%”. At this time, the first discount rate 270 is a value larger than the second discount rate 280: “5%”, for example, 10%.

  The proxy purchase unit 160 sends the product 230 identified by the product identification information 240 identified by the product identification information identification unit 130 to the predetermined electronic commerce site 200 to the delivery destination 250 received by the product information reception unit 120. Make a condition order. At the same time, the proxy purchase unit 160 performs a process of paying the virtual currency managed in the management account 220 on which the deposit process is performed by the virtual currency deposit unit 110 by the sales price 260 of the product 230.

  After the processing by the proxy purchase means 160, the predetermined electronic commerce site 200 performs processing for delivering the product 230 to the delivery destination 250. By performing such processing, the user 290 can obtain the product 230 at a price 265 that is cheaper than the market price 260 without performing work other than ordering to the apparatus 100. On the other hand, the device 100 (operating company) secures the gross profit calculated by the formula of (first discount rate 270−second discount rate 280) × (purchase price 260 of the product 230). Can do.

When a plurality of sellers 310 sell the product 230 in the predetermined electronic commerce site 200, that is, when there are a plurality of sales prices 260, the proxy purchase unit 160 is the cheapest acquired by the product price acquisition unit 140. The seller 310 that sells the product 230 at the sales price 260 is specified, and the order / settlement processing of the product 230 is performed.
The proxy purchase means 160 designates the seller 310 that can sell the number of products 230 that the user 290 desires to purchase, and performs ordering / settlement processing of the products 230.

  When the desired purchase quantity is two for the product identification information 240: “B00BXVR8FU”, the proxy purchase means 160 sends the product 230: “Ca” to the seller B who presents the lowest sales price 260: “49,000 yen”. ○○ n Digital single-lens reflex camera E ○ K ○ ss X7 ”“ Black ”“ Other specifications ”are delivered to destination 250:“ Yuji Kaji ”“ 3-6-2 Shibuya-ku, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ” . At the same time, the proxy purchase unit 160 performs a process of paying the selling price 260 of the product 230: “49,000 yen” by using the virtual currency managed in the management account 220 that has received the deposit process by the virtual currency deposit unit 110. Do.

  It should be noted that the processing by the commodity price acquisition unit 140, the proxy purchase settlement unit 150, and the proxy purchase unit 160 is preferably performed substantially simultaneously. In the predetermined electronic commerce site 200, the selling price 260 and the number of items that can be sold (inventory number) of the product 230 are not constant but fluid. Therefore, it is a condition for preventing the content of the proxy purchase request received from the user 290 and the content of the order accepted by the predetermined electronic commerce site 200 from causing a discrepancy. Further, it is also a condition for eliminating as much as possible the fluctuations in profits of the apparatus 100 (operator) caused by fluctuations in the selling price 260. Therefore, immediately before the execution of the process by the proxy purchase settlement unit 150, the process by the product price acquisition unit 140 is executed again, the information reacquired by the product price acquisition unit 140, and the contents of the settlement process performed by the proxy purchase settlement unit 150, If there is a defect between the two, the processing by the proxy purchase settlement unit 150 and the proxy purchase unit 160 may be stopped as error processing.

In the above-described series of processes, the present apparatus 100 can ensure the gross profit calculated by the formula of (first discount rate 270−second discount rate 280) × (purchase price 260 of the product 230). On the other hand, the user 290 does not perform any additional work other than the work of ordering the product 230 from the apparatus 100, and the product is cheaper by the second discount rate 280 (for example, 5%) than the market price 260. 230 is available. Therefore, the apparatus 100 reduces the number of users who give up purchasing a product in the product purchasing process, and reduces the opportunity loss on the product seller side.
(Hardware configuration of merchandise proxy purchase device according to the present embodiment)

  A hardware configuration example of the apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the apparatus 100. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the apparatus 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 410, a ROM (Read-Only Memory) 420, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 430, an auxiliary storage device 440, a communication I / F 450, and an input device 460. An output device (display device) 470 and a recording medium I / F 480.

  The CPU 410 is a device that executes a program stored in the ROM 420. The CPU 410 performs arithmetic processing on the data expanded (loaded) in the RAM 430 in accordance with instructions of the program and controls the entire apparatus 100. The ROM 420 stores programs and data executed by the CPU 410. When the CPU 410 executes a program stored in the ROM 420, the RAM 430 is loaded (loaded) with the program and data to be executed, and temporarily holds the operation data during the operation.

  The auxiliary storage device 440 is a device that stores an OS (Operating System) that is basic software, an application program according to the present embodiment, and related data, for example, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), a flash memory, and the like. It is.

  The communication I / F 450 is an interface for connecting to a communication network such as a wired / wireless LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet and exchanging data with other devices 200 and 300 that provide a communication function.

The input device 460 is a device for inputting data to the device 100 such as a touch panel. The output device 470 is a device configured with an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and functions as a user interface when the user uses the functions of the device 100 or when performing various settings.
The recording medium I / F 480 is an interface for transmitting / receiving data to / from a recording medium 490 such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or USB memory.

Each unit included in the apparatus 100 may be realized by the CPU 410 executing a program corresponding to each unit stored in the ROM 420 or the auxiliary storage device 440. In addition, each unit included in the apparatus 100 may be configured such that processing related to each unit is realized as hardware. Further, the apparatus 100 can be read by reading a program according to the present invention from an external server device via the communication I / F 450 or by reading a program according to the present invention from the recording medium 490 via the recording medium I / F 480. Alternatively, the program may be executed.
(Processing example by merchandise proxy purchasing device according to the present embodiment)
(1) Virtual currency deposit processing by the apparatus 100

  The flow of a processing example for depositing virtual currency to the management account 220 by the apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of an example of the virtual currency deposit process by the apparatus 100.

  The management account 220 installed in the electronic commerce site 200 based on the gift voucher 210 purchased by the virtual currency depositing means 110 at the price discounted at a discount rate of the first discount rate 270 or more with respect to the face amount in S10. Then, the deposit process to the management account 220 that manages the virtual currency used in the electronic commerce site 200 is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the virtual currency depositing means 110 inputs a character string (for example, “p12a34t5e6n789t”, etc.) included in the gift certificate 210 in the management account 220 installed in the electronic commerce site 200, and the gift certificate A process of converting 210 into the virtual currency of the face value is performed. As shown in FIG. 3, when the virtual currency depositing means 110 inputs the character string “p12a34t5e6n789t” in the management account 220, the virtual currency deposited (converted) for the purchase amount of 44,000 yen is 50,000. Yen. Further, when the virtual currency depositing means 110 inputs the character string “a12pp34li5ca6ti78o9n”, the virtual currency deposited (converted) for the purchase amount of 27,000 yen is 30,000 yen.

By performing the processing as described above, the apparatus 100 can purchase a product on the electronic commerce site 200 using a virtual currency having a larger amount than the purchased amount.
(2) Product proxy purchase processing by the apparatus 100

  With reference to FIG. 10, a flow of a process example of proxy purchase of the product 230 by the apparatus 100 will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary flow of merchandise proxy purchase processing by the apparatus 100.

  In S <b> 20, the product information receiving unit 120 receives from the user terminal 300 the product 230 that the user 290 desires to purchase on the electronic commerce site 200, the number of products 230, and the delivery destination 250 of the product 230.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the product information receiving means 120, for example, as the product 230 that the user 290 wishes to purchase, the product name: “Ca ○ n digital single-lens reflex camera E ○ SK ○ ss X7”, the color of the product : "Black", other specifications of the product: "..." are accepted. In addition, the product information receiving unit 120 receives, for example, information of 1 or 2 as the desired purchase quantity for the previous product 230. Further, the product information receiving unit 120 receives, for example, a name: “Yuji Tsuji” and an address: “3-6-2 Shibuya-ku, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo” as the delivery destination 250 for the previous product 230.

  In S30, the product identification information specifying unit 130 requests the electronic commerce site 200 to respond with the product identification information 240 corresponding to the product 230 received in S20, whereby the unique product identification information in the electronic commerce site 200 is obtained. 240 is specified. The product identification information 240 is information that uniquely identifies the product 230 on the electronic commerce site 200, including the product 230, the color of the product 230, and other specifications.

  The product identification information specifying unit 130 may display the image information of the product 230 corresponding to the product identification information 240 specified in S30 on the user terminal 300. At the same time, the product identification information specifying unit 130 causes the user 290 to confirm that the product 230 displayed as the image information is the product 230 desired to be purchased by the user 290. Through this process, the user 290 wishes to purchase the desired product 230 and the product identification information 240 on a one-to-one basis.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the product identification information 240 is, for example, “B00BXVR8FU” corresponding to the product 230: “Ca ○ n digital SLR camera E ○ K ○ ss X7” “black” “other specifications” Product 230: “B00KAQX65U” corresponds to “Ca ○ n digital single-lens reflex camera E ○ K ○ ss X7” “white” “other specifications”.

  In S40, the product price acquisition unit 140 requests the electronic commerce site 200 to respond with the sales price (market price) 260 of the product 230 corresponding to the product identification information 240 specified in S30. In this way, the product price acquisition unit 140 acquires the sales price 260 of the product 230 on the electronic commerce site 200.

  When a plurality of sellers 310 sells the product 230 on the predetermined electronic commerce site 200, that is, when there are a plurality of sales prices 260, the product price acquisition unit 140 relates to the product 230 with respect to the predetermined electronic commerce site. The lowest selling price 260 in 200 may be acquired. This is a process for satisfying the needs of the user 290 who wants to purchase the product 230 as cheaply as possible.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the sales price acquisition means 140 acquires the lowest sales price 260: “48,350 yen” (sales price of the seller A) for the product identification information 240: “B00BXVR8FU”, and identifies the product. Information 240: For “B00KAQX65U”, the lowest selling price 260: “57,500 yen” (sales price of seller D) is acquired.

  In addition, the product price acquisition unit 140 may acquire the sales price 260 presented by the seller 310 that can sell the number of products 230 that the user 290 desires to purchase. This is because the sales contract is not established with the seller 260 who cannot prepare the desired number of products 230 by the user 290.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the desired purchase quantity is two for the product identification information 240: “B00BXVR8FU”, the sales price acquisition means 140 has the lowest sales price 260: “49,000 yen” (sales by seller B). Price). The sales price acquisition unit 140 acquires the lowest sales price 260: “60,000 yen” (sales price of the seller F) when the desired number of purchases is two for the product identification information 240: “B00KAQX65U”.

  In S <b> 50, the proxy purchase settlement unit 150 settles with the user 290 the proxy purchase price 265 applying the second discount rate 280 smaller than the first discount rate 270 to the selling price 260 of the product 230. .

  As shown in FIG. 7, the proxy purchase settlement means 150 makes second contact with the user 290 for the sales price 260 of the product 230 corresponding to the product identification information 240: “B00BXVR8FU”: “49,000 yen”. The proxy purchase price 265: “46,550 yen” applying the discount rate 280: “5%” is made.

Further, the proxy purchase settlement means 150 makes a second discount rate 280 with the user 290 for the sale price 260: “60,000 yen” of the product 230 corresponding to the product identification information 240: “B00KAQX65U”: Settlement of proxy purchase price 265: “57,000 yen” applying “5%”.
At this time, the first discount rate 270 is a value larger than the second discount rate 280: “5%”, for example, 10%.

  In S60, the proxy purchase means 160 places an order to the electronic commerce site 200 on the condition that the product 230 identified by the product identification information 240 identified in S30 is delivered to the delivery destination 250 received in S20. At the same time, the proxy purchase means 160 performs a process of paying the virtual currency managed in the management account 220 that has received the deposit process in S10 by the sales price 260 of the product 230.

  In the electronic commerce site 200, when a plurality of sellers 310 sells the product 230, that is, when there are a plurality of sales prices 260, the proxy purchase means 160 uses the product 230 at the cheapest sales price 260 acquired in S40. It is also possible to specify the seller 310 that sells the product 230 and perform the order / settlement process for the product 230. In addition, the proxy purchase means 160 may be configured to perform ordering / settlement processing of the product 230 by designating the seller 310 that can sell the number of products 230 that the user 290 desires to purchase.

When the desired purchase quantity is two for the product identification information 240: “B00BXVR8FU”, the proxy purchase means 160 sends the product 230: “Ca” to the seller B who presents the lowest sales price 260: “49,000 yen”. ○○ n Digital single-lens reflex camera E ○ K ○ ss X7 ”“ Black ”“ Other specifications ”are delivered to destination 250:“ Yuji Kaji ”“ 3-6-2 Shibuya-ku, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ” . At the same time, the proxy purchase means 160 performs a process of paying the selling price 260 of the product 230: “49,000 yen” using the virtual currency managed in the management account 220 that has performed the deposit process in S10.
After the processing by the proxy purchase means 160, the electronic commerce site 200 performs processing for delivering the product 230 to the delivery destination 250.

  By performing such processing, the device 100 allows the user 290 to obtain the product 230 at a proxy purchase price 265 that is cheaper than the market price 260 without causing the user 290 to perform work other than ordering the device 100. Can do. Therefore, the apparatus 100 reduces the number of users who give up purchasing a product in the product purchasing process, and reduces the opportunity loss on the product seller side. On the other hand, the apparatus 100 can allow the operator to secure a gross profit determined by the formula of (first discount rate 270−second discount rate 280) × (purchase price 260 of the product 230).

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.・ Change is possible.

100 commodity proxy purchase device 110 virtual currency depositing means 120 commodity information receiving means 130 commodity identification information specifying means 140 commodity price acquisition means 150 proxy purchase settlement means 160 proxy purchase means 200 predetermined electronic commerce site 210 virtual currency variable information 220 management account 230 Product to be purchased by proxy 240 Product identification information 250 Product delivery address 260 Product sales price (market price)
265 Proxy purchase price of product 270 First discount rate 280 Second discount rate 290 User 300 User terminal 310 Seller 320 Communication network 410 CPU
420 ROM
430 RAM
440 Auxiliary storage device 450 Communication interface 460 Input device 470 Output device 480 Recording medium interface 490 Recording medium

Claims (13)

A product proxy purchase device that performs proxy purchase of products on a predetermined electronic commerce site based on a user's request,
The virtual currency variable information that is information that can be converted into virtual currency that can be used in the predetermined electronic commerce site, and that is purchased at a price that is discounted at a discount rate equal to or higher than a first discount rate for the face amount Virtual currency depositing means for performing deposit processing to the management account for managing the virtual currency used in the predetermined electronic commerce site, which is a management account in the predetermined electronic commerce site, based on currency variable information When,
Product information accepting means for accepting from the user terminal a product for which proxy purchase is desired at the predetermined electronic commerce site and a delivery destination of the product;
Product identification information for identifying the product received by the product information receiving means via the predetermined electronic commerce site, and specifying the product identification information unique to the predetermined electronic commerce site Means,
Based on the product identification information, product price acquisition means for acquiring the sales price of the product on the predetermined electronic commerce site from the predetermined electronic commerce site;
Proxy purchase settlement means for performing settlement of a proxy purchase price with the user by applying a second discount rate smaller than the first discount rate to the selling price of the product;
For the predetermined electronic commerce site, placing an order on the condition of delivering the product identified by the product identification information identified by the product identification information identifying unit to the delivery destination received by the product information receiving unit, and An agent proxy purchase device, comprising: proxy purchase means for paying the virtual currency managed in a management account by the sales price of the item.   2. The product proxy purchase apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the product identification information specifying unit requests the predetermined electronic commerce site to respond with the product identification information corresponding to the product.   The product identification information specifying means causes the user terminal to display image information of the product corresponding to the product identification information responded by the predetermined electronic commerce site, and the product displayed as the image information is the proxy purchase. 3. The product proxy purchase device according to claim 2, wherein the user is confirmed that the product is not different from the product desired to be purchased. In the predetermined electronic commerce site, when a plurality of sellers sell the product,
The product price acquisition means acquires the lowest sales price in the predetermined electronic commerce site for the product,
The product proxy purchase device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the proxy purchase means purchases from a seller who sells the product at the lowest sales price. The product information accepting means accepts the number desired for the proxy purchase,
The product price acquisition means acquires the sales price of the seller that can sell the desired number of products.
5. The product proxy purchase apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the proxy purchase means purchases the desired number of products from a seller who can sell the product.   The product proxy purchase device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein processing by the product price acquisition unit, the proxy purchase settlement unit, and the proxy purchase unit is performed substantially simultaneously. A product proxy purchase method performed by a product proxy purchase device that performs proxy purchase of products at a predetermined electronic commerce site based on a user's request,
The virtual currency depositing means is virtual currency variable information that is information that can be converted into virtual currency that can be used at the predetermined electronic commerce site, and is a price that is discounted at a discount rate equal to or higher than the first discount rate for the face amount Payment processing to the management account for managing the virtual currency used in the predetermined electronic commerce site, which is a management account in the predetermined electronic commerce site, based on the virtual currency variable information purchased in The steps of
Product information accepting means, from a user terminal, accepting a product for which proxy purchase is desired at the predetermined electronic commerce site and a delivery destination of the product;
Product identification information specifying means is product identification information for identifying the product received by the product information receiving means via the predetermined electronic commerce site, and the product identification information unique to the predetermined electronic commerce site Identifying steps,
Product price acquisition means, based on the product identification information, acquiring the sales price of the product on the predetermined electronic commerce site from the predetermined electronic commerce site;
A proxy purchase settlement means for settlement of a proxy purchase price with the user by applying a second discount rate smaller than the first discount rate to the selling price of the product;
An order on the condition that the proxy purchasing means delivers the product identified by the product identification information identified by the product identification information identifying means to the predetermined e-commerce site to the delivery address received by the product information accepting means And paying the virtual currency managed in the management account for the sales price of the product.   8. The product proxy purchase method according to claim 7, wherein the product identification information specifying unit requests the predetermined electronic commerce site to respond with the product identification information corresponding to the product.   The product identification information specifying means causes the user terminal to display image information of the product corresponding to the product identification information responded by the predetermined electronic commerce site, and the product displayed as the image information is the proxy purchase. 9. The product proxy purchase method according to claim 8, wherein the user is confirmed that there is no difference from the product for which the user wishes to purchase the product. In the predetermined electronic commerce site, when a plurality of sellers sell the product,
The product price acquisition means acquires the lowest sales price in the predetermined electronic commerce site for the product,
10. The product proxy purchase method according to claim 7, wherein the proxy purchase means purchases from a seller who sells the product at the lowest sales price. The product information accepting means accepts the number desired for the proxy purchase,
The product price acquisition means acquires the sales price of the seller that can sell the desired number of products.
11. The product proxy purchase method according to claim 10, wherein the proxy purchase means purchases the desired number of products from a seller who can sell the product.   12. The product proxy purchase method according to claim 7, wherein the processing by the product price acquisition unit, the proxy purchase settlement unit, and the proxy purchase unit is performed substantially simultaneously. A product proxy purchase program for causing a computer to execute the product proxy purchase method according to any one of claims 7 to 12.

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