JP2023109598A - Commodity sales method and cart management system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a commodity information setting method for setting information for selling a commodity, a sales price change system that changes a sales price of a commodity in commodity information, a commodity sales method, and a cart management system.SOLUTION: A cart management system includes an inventory commodity information storage unit that stores commodity information including the number of inventories as inventory commodity information, and a desired purchasing commodity information storage unit that stores as desired purchasing commodity information the inventory commodity information selected as a commodity desired to be purchased by a user among a plurality of pieces of the inventory commodity information stored in the inventory commodity information storage unit. When the user selects the commodity desired to be purchased, the number of commodities desired to be purchased of the inventory commodity information stored in the inventory commodity information storage unit is transferred to the desired purchasing commodity information storage unit, which is in turn stored as the desired purchasing commodity information, and the number of inventories in the inventory commodity information stored in the inventory commodity information storage unit is reduced by the number of commodities transferred.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to a product information setting method for setting information for selling products in an electronic commerce system such as an EC mall, and a sales price change system for changing the sales price of products in product information.

With the rapid spread of the Internet in recent years, the number of EC (Electronic Commerce) sites has significantly increased and its importance has increased. In EC, there are so-called EC sites managed and operated by each company, and so-called EC malls in which each company participates in an EC platform.

In general, the sales flow up to settlement in EC is, if you see the actual product at the actual store and wish to purchase the product through electronic commerce, search for the product on the electronic commerce web page. , after comparing the prices, storing candidates for purchase, putting them in a so-called shopping cart, and making a payment for the products put in the shopping cart.

However, there are users who feel that the above flow is roundabout. For example, the information processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 receives specific information from a user terminal having a function of acquiring specific information for specifying a product. A first receiving means, a specifying means for specifying one or a plurality of products from the specified information by analyzing the specified information received by the first receiving means, and product sales information related to product sales are stored. Searching means for reading one or more product sales information corresponding to one or more products specified by the specifying means from the product database, and searching the one or more product sales information read by the search means as a search history specific information acquired by the user terminal by storing the information in the history database and transmitting the one or more product sales information to the user terminal for display on the user terminal as candidate product information; A product is specified from the data, and product sales information corresponding to the product is extracted. The extracted product sales information is recorded in the database as a search history and displayed on the user terminal. In this way, if the search results are not only displayed on the terminal but also stored in the database as a history, it becomes possible to access the product sales information later. Therefore, product sales information can be provided to the user without requiring the user to send the specific information again, and the user can easily store and determine product purchase candidates.

JP 2017-214842 A

However, in systems such as the information processing apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-200310, in which products are reserved in a cart, such as a so-called shopping cart, when purchasing products, the relationship with the stock of the reserved products often becomes a problem. In other words, at first glance, it seems that the product in the cart has been secured by the person who wants to buy it, but in fact, even if the product is put in the cart by one user, other people who want to buy it can purchase it first. I had a problem.

In view of such a problem, the inventor of the present invention secures the inventory while the product is in the cart, so that the user who secures the product first can purchase the product by another user. It was found that this can be prevented.

(1) Based on this knowledge, the cart management system according to the present invention includes an inventory product information storage unit that stores product information including the number of items in stock as inventory product information, and a plurality of the above-mentioned a purchase desired product information storage unit for storing, as purchase desired product information, the stock product information selected as the product desired to be purchased by the user from the inventory product information, when the user selects the product desired to be purchased. Then, of the inventory product information stored in the inventory product information storage unit, only the product quantity desired to be purchased is transferred to the purchase wish product information storage unit and stored as the purchase wish product information, and only the transferred product quantity is stored. , the number of stocks in the stocked merchandise information stored in the stocked merchandise information storage unit is reduced.

(2) In the cart management system described above, at least one of the desired purchase product information stored in the desired purchase product information storage unit is deleted from the desired purchase product information storage unit after a predetermined period of time has elapsed. The product quantity of the purchased desired product information stored in the stock information storage unit is added to the stock quantity of the stock product information.

(3) In the above-mentioned cart management system, the desired purchase product information selected as a product that the user no longer wishes to purchase from at least one of the desired purchase product information stored in the desired purchase product information storage unit. is deleted from the desired purchase product information storage unit when the user selects a product that the user no longer wishes to purchase, and the product quantity of the deleted purchase request product information is stored in the inventory information storage unit. It is characterized in that it is added to the stock quantity of the stock product information.

(4) In the cart management system, when the desired purchase product information is selected and stored in the desired purchase product information storage unit, the desired purchase product is distinguished from other products of the same type. characterized by

(5) The product sales method according to the present invention includes a product securing step of placing a product that the user desires to purchase in the cart, and a product returning step of returning the secured product from the cart to the product that the user no longer wishes to purchase from the cart. , a product return step of returning the product from the cart after a predetermined time has passed since it was secured in the product securing step, and a product payment step of paying for the secured product.

(6) In the merchandise sales method described above, the merchandise settlement step is executed after the merchandise securing step and the merchandise returning step are repeated.

(7) In the merchandise sales method described above, in the merchandise securing step, inventory merchandise information and merchandise quantities corresponding to merchandise desired to be purchased are selected from the merchandise inventory information and registered in the cart.

(8) In the merchandise sales method, in the merchandise return step, merchandise information after a predetermined period of time has passed from the desired purchase merchandise information stored in the purchase desire merchandise information storage section is transferred to the inventory merchandise information storage section. stored as

According to the present invention, by setting a plurality of product sales prices and changing the product prices according to the sales, the product sales can be performed according to the product sales situation while greatly reducing the labor required for setting the product prices. can.

It is a figure which shows the operation|use form of the goods sales distribution system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a top screen displayed on the user terminal and seller terminal of the product sales distribution system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the merchandise sales distribution system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the merchandise information setting flow (method) performed by the merchandise sales distribution system. FIG. 11 shows a table of pricing performed in the pricing step; It is a figure which shows the merchandise sales flow (method) performed by the merchandise sales distribution system. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing that product information is transferred to an inventory product storage unit, a desired purchase product storage unit, and a circulation product storage unit; It is a figure which shows the merchandise distribution flow (method) performed by the merchandise sales distribution system. It is a figure which shows that merchandise information moves between users.

A merchandise sales distribution system S according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The merchandise sales and distribution system S manages sales and distribution of merchandise. In the merchandise sales distribution system S, a plurality of users (purchasers) and a plurality of sellers are registered, and merchandise is exchanged between users and sellers, between users and users, and between sellers. available for sale and distribution.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the concept of the operational form of a product sales and distribution system S according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a product sales and distribution system S according to this embodiment includes a server device 1, and a plurality of user terminals 3 and a plurality of seller terminals 4 connected to the server device 1 via the Internet 2. .

The server device 1 is operated or managed by an operator of the product sales and distribution system S, the user terminal 3 is operated or managed by a user who registers with the product sales and distribution system S mainly for the purchase of products, and is operated or managed by a seller terminal. 4 is operated or managed by a seller registered in the product sales distribution system S for the main purpose of selling products.

The server device 1 is an information processing device such as a server host machine of a conventionally well-known client server system. Also, the user terminal 3 and the seller terminal 4 are conventionally well-known information processing devices represented by personal computers, tablets, smart phones, and the like. The product sales/distribution system S is a so-called cloud service in which the server device 1 provides product sales/distribution services to each user terminal 3 and each seller terminal 4 .

Each user terminal 3 and each seller terminal 4 can use the merchandise sales distribution system S by communicating with the server device 1 . Specifically, through the server device 1, exchange of product information between the user terminal 3 and the seller terminal 4, exchange of product information between the user terminal 3 and the user terminal 3, exchange of product information between the seller terminal 4 and the seller terminal 4, etc. You can exchange product information with

Each user terminal 3 and each seller terminal 4 can use the product sales/distribution system S by activating the product sales/distribution system S application and communicating with the product sales/distribution system S via the Internet 2. can. A seller registered in the merchandise sales/distribution system S operates a seller terminal 4 to use the merchandise sales/distribution system S. FIG. 2 is a screen when the product sales distribution system S is displayed from the user terminal 3 and the seller terminal 4. As shown in FIG.

The seller terminal 4 can register product information such as photos, dimensions, prices, characteristics, and stock quantities of products to be sold. Specifically, the seller terminal 4 is operated, and the photograph, size, price, and characteristics of the product are recorded in the product information storage unit 30 as product information. In addition, the inventory quantity is recorded in the inventory product information storage unit 40 .

The user terminal 3 can display product information by user's operation, purchase a desired product, and make a payment. Specifically, the user terminal 3 puts the desired product into the cart, makes a payment, and purchases the product. Specifically, by storing the information of the desired product to be purchased as the desired purchase product information in the desired purchase product storage unit, the product is placed in the cart. Next, the payment is completed by executing the payment processing in the payment processing unit based on the purchase desired product information.

In the product sales/distribution system S, each user can use the product sales/distribution system S by registering user information in the user storage unit provided in the server device 1 using the user terminal 3 operated by the user. Further, each seller can use the merchandise sales distribution system S by registering user information in the seller storage unit provided in the server device 1 by using the seller terminal 4 operated by the seller.

The server device 1 includes the hardware of a conventionally well-known information processing device, and constructs a product sales and distribution system S by operating software that implements the product sales and distribution system S. FIG. Specifically, the functional blocks shown in FIG. 3 are configured by operating the software.

As shown in FIG. 3, the merchandise sales/distribution system S includes a merchandise sales system section SS and a merchandise distribution system section DS in the server device 1 . The merchandise sales system section SS and the merchandise distribution system section DS can cooperate to exchange information and execute processing.

The product sales system unit SS includes a product sales execution processing unit 10 for executing product sales processing, a product information setting processing unit 20 for setting product information on products to be sold, and product information on a plurality of products. , an inventory product information storage unit 40 for storing inventory information of each product, a purchased product information storage unit 50 for storing purchase desired product information that is product information of the product desired to be purchased, A product information display processing unit 60 for displaying product information on a terminal, and a product payment processing unit 70 for making payment for sales products are provided.

The merchandise sales execution processing unit 10 executes each step of the merchandise sales flow E in cooperation with other functional blocks. Specifically, as will be described later, a product securing step of adding a product that the user desires to purchase to the cart, a product returning step of removing the secured product from the cart and returning a product that the user no longer wishes to purchase from the cart, A product return step of returning the product from the cart after a predetermined time has passed since it was secured in the product securing step, and a product settlement step of paying for the secured product are executed.

The product information setting processing unit 20 includes an image setting unit 21 , a feature setting unit 22 , an inventory quantity setting unit 23 and a sales price setting unit 24 . The product information setting processing unit 20 implements each step of the product information setting flow D in cooperation with other functional blocks. Specifically, as will be described later, an image setting step, a feature setting step, an inventory amount setting step, and a price setting step are executed.

The sales price setting unit 24 includes a product price registration unit 25 and a planned sales quantity registration unit 26 , and can register a plurality of planned sales quantities in the planned sales quantity registration unit 26 . At this time, a plurality of product prices are registered in the product price registration unit 25 in a one-to-one relationship with each planned sales quantity.

A product information storage unit 30 stores product information of a plurality of products. Specifically, the product information set by the product information setting flow D is stored. The product information is linked to the inventory product information, the purchase request product information, and the distribution product information, and by changing the product information, the inventory product information, the purchase request product information, and the distribution product information can be changed.

For example, product information has an item indicating the status of any one of stock product/purchase desired product/distributed product among information items, and stock product/purchase desired product/distributed product is selected. Thus, by changing the product information, it may be possible to change the stock product information, the desired purchase product information, and the distribution product information.

The inventory product information storage unit 40 stores inventory information of each product. The purchased product information storage unit 50 stores desired purchase product information, which is product information of a product desired to be purchased.

The product information display processing unit 60 causes the user terminal 3 and the seller terminal 4 to display product information.

The product payment processing unit 70 performs product payment. Specifically, the product payment processing unit 70 executes payment processing for products sold and distributed in the product sales and distribution system S in cooperation with a conventionally known payment processing system. Specifically, the payment information of the products sold and distributed by the product sales/distribution system S is communicated to the payment processing system having the payment information such as the user's credit card information, and the payment processing is executed.

The product distribution system unit DS includes a posted product information storage unit 110 that stores posted product information that is a product that a sales desiring user who wishes to sell the product wishes to sell, and information on products that are distributed on the product distribution system unit DS. a distribution product information storage unit 120 for storing distribution product information, a posting display processing unit 130 for displaying posted product information, and a transfer processing unit 140 for distributing (transferring) products between users , a distribution settlement processing unit 150 for making payments for products distributed on the product distribution system unit DS, and a product delivery request processing unit 160 for requesting the seller to deliver the product at the request of the user.

The posting display processing unit 130, in cooperation with other functional blocks, executes the processing of the product posting step of the product distribution flow F, which will be described later. Specifically, the posted display processing unit 130 causes the posted product information storage unit 110 to store, as posted product information, distribution product information that the sales requesting user wishes to sell, and stores the posted product information stored in the posted product information. Execute the process to be posted on the product sales page.

The transfer processing unit 140 executes the process of the transfer step of the product distribution flow F. FIG. Specifically, in the product transfer step, the transfer processing unit 140 transfers (transfers) the ownership from the sale requesting user to the transfer requesting user who wishes to transfer the product. Specifically, among the posted product information posted by the sale requesting user, the posted product information of the product that the other user wishes to purchase is transferred to the distribution product information storage unit 120 of the purchase requesting user as the distribution product information by the transfer processing unit 140. is moved to and stored.

The distribution settlement processing unit 150 executes settlement processing in the product transfer step of the product distribution flow F. Specifically, the distribution settlement processing unit 150 executes settlement processing for the transfer of products distributed among users in the product transfer step. More specifically, when the sales-desiring user transfers the product to the purchase-desiring user, settlement is made with the product price posted by the sales-desiring user as the consideration for the transfer.
<Sales price change system>

The product sales and distribution system S functions as a sales price change system in the product information setting flow D shown in FIG. The product information setting flow D and the selling price change system in the product information setting flow D will be described below.

The sales price change system is constructed by cooperation of the product information setting processing unit 20, the product information storage unit 30, the inventory product information storage unit 40, and the product information display processing unit 60 of the product sales system unit SS. More specifically, the sales price setting unit 24 of the product information setting processing unit 20, the stock quantity storage unit of the product information storage unit 30, the stock product information storage unit 40, and the product information display processing unit 60 cooperate to be built.

The product information setting flow (method) D includes an image setting step, a feature setting step, an inventory amount setting step, and a price setting step in setting product information for one type of product. Therefore, when setting multiple types of product information, the product information setting flow D is performed for each product. The product information setting flow D is executed by the sales price setting unit 24 .

The product information set by the product information setting flow D is stored in the product information storage unit 30, and is duplicated in the inventory product information storage unit 40 when the seller wishes to sell. The displayed product information is displayed on the user terminal 3 by the product information display processing unit 60 . Specifically, the product information stored in the product information storage unit 30 is selected by the seller, and the selected product information can be posted on the user terminal 3 as a product.

In the image setting step, the image data of the product to be sold is stored in the product information storage unit 30 as part of the product information by the seller via the seller terminal 4 . Note that in the image setting step, a moving image may be stored in addition to the product image.

In the characteristic setting step, the characteristic including the size, function and delivery date of the merchandise is stored in the merchandise information storage unit 30 as a part of the merchandise information by the seller via the seller terminal 4 . Note that the product features are mainly stored as text data.

In the stock quantity setting step, the stock quantity, which is the maximum sellable quantity of the product, is stored in the product information storage unit 30 as part of the product information by the seller via the seller terminal 4 . Note that the number of items in stock is not limited to the number of items that are actually in stock, and the seller can set the planned number of items that can be sold.

In the price setting step, the selling price of the product is set by the seller via the seller terminal 4 . Specifically, the server device 1 communicates with the seller terminal 4 and the sales price setting unit 24 sets the sales price of the product, which is stored in the product information storage unit 30 .

In the price setting step, as shown in FIG. 5, in the sales price change system, a plurality of planned sales quantities are registered in the planned sales quantity registration unit 26, and a plurality of product prices are set in a one-to-one relationship with each planned sales quantity. It is registered in the price registration unit 25. Specifically, the first planned sales quantity, the second planned sales quantity, the third planned sales quantity, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, etc. are sequentially registered, and First product price for first planned sales quantity, Second product price for second planned sales quantity, Third product price for third planned sales quantity, 4th, 5th , 6th, , and so on are registered.

As a result, the product is sold at the first product price until the actual sales quantity reaches the first planned sales quantity, and the product is sold at the second price until it exceeds the first planned sales quantity and reaches the second planned sales quantity. The product is sold at the product price, the product is sold at the third product price until the second planned sales quantity exceeds the third planned sales quantity, and the fourth planned sales quantity exceeds the third planned sales quantity. The products are sold at the product price corresponding to each planned sales quantity, such as the product is sold at the fourth product price until the product reaches the target sales quantity.

In this embodiment, the second product price is higher than the first product price, the third product price is higher than the second product price, and the third product price is higher than the third product price. Then, the price of the fourth commodity is set to be high, and the prices of the fifth, sixth, and so on are set to be high.

However, the product prices are set so that the first product price is the highest, the second product price, the third product price, the fourth product price, the fifth product price, the sixth product price, and so on. It may be set, or it may be set so as to give regularity to product prices.

The product price set in the product price step is stored in the product information storage unit 30 as product information. When the product price is changed according to the number of product sales, the price of the product information stored in the product information storage unit 30 changes.

Registration of the planned sales quantity is restricted so that it cannot be set to exceed the stock quantity stored in the stock quantity storage unit. In addition, the product price associated with the set final scheduled sales volume is maintained as the sales price until the inventory quantity is reached.
<Cart management system>

The product sales and distribution system S includes a product sales execution processing unit 10 of the product sales system unit SS, a product information storage unit 30, an inventory product information storage unit 40, a purchased product information storage unit 50, and a product payment processing unit 70. , and the distribution product information storage unit 120 of the product distribution system unit DS function as a cart management system. The product sales flow E for selling products to users and the cart management system will be described below.

The product sales flow (method) E includes a product securing step of adding the product that the user wishes to purchase to the cart, a product return step of removing the secured product from the cart and returning the product that the user no longer wishes to purchase from the cart, and a product return step. It includes a product returning step of returning the product from the cart after a predetermined time has passed since it was secured in the securing step, and a product settlement step of paying for the secured product. The merchandise sales flow E is processed by the merchandise sales implementation processing unit 10 .

Specifically, after repeating the product securing step and the product returning step, the product payment step is performed. Further, when a predetermined time elapses before the product settlement step is executed, the product return step is executed. However, the product sales flow E may proceed directly from the product securing step to the product payment step without going through the product return step.

In the commodity securing step, the user puts the commodity that the user wishes to purchase from the stock commodity into the cart. Specifically, the inventory product information corresponding to the desired product to be purchased and the product quantity are selected from the inventory product information and registered in the cart.

At this time, in the cart management system, out of the stock product information stored in the stock product information storage unit 40, the stock product information that the user wishes to purchase is stored as the purchase request product information, and only the desired product quantity is stored as the purchase product information. It is moved to the unit 50 and stored. That is, the stock quantity of the stock product information stored in the stock product information storage unit 40 is reduced by the moved product quantity, and is added to the quantity of purchase desired product information stored in the purchase product information storage unit 50 .

After the product securing step, when it is determined that the purchase candidate has secured the desired purchase product, the process proceeds to the settlement step. Specifically, when the prospective purchaser operates the user terminal 3 and selects the "proceed to payment" button, the process proceeds to the payment step.

On the other hand, if it is determined that there is an item that the prospective purchaser no longer desires after the item securing step, the process proceeds to the item returning step.

In the product return step, the user returns the reserved product from the cart. Specifically, the purchase desired product information and the product quantity for which purchase is no longer desired are selected from the purchase desired product information, and returned from the cart. In the cart management system, of the desired purchase product information stored in the purchased product information storage unit 50, the desired purchase product information is moved to the inventory product information storage unit 40 as inventory product information by the number of products that the customer no longer wishes to purchase. stored as That is, the quantity of the product information to be purchased stored in the purchased product information storage unit 50 is reduced by the amount of the transferred product, and added to the stock quantity of the inventory product information stored in the inventory product information storage unit 40 .

After the product return step, the process moves to the product securing step again.

In the commodity return step, after the purchase candidate puts the commodity he or she wishes to purchase into the cart, the secured commodity is returned when a predetermined time has elapsed. Specifically, after the product is secured in the product securing step, the secured product is returned without going through the product return step when a predetermined time has elapsed. In the cart management system, product information that has passed a predetermined period of time from among the desired purchase product information stored in the purchased product information storage unit 50 is moved to the inventory product information storage unit 40 and stored. That is, the quantity of the product information to be purchased stored in the purchased product information storage unit 50 is reduced by the amount of the transferred product, and added to the stock quantity of the inventory product information stored in the inventory product information storage unit 40 .

In the product payment step, the user makes payment for the reserved product. Specifically, the product payment processing unit 70 performs payment processing for the desired purchase product information stored in the desired purchase product information. In the cart management system, the product information stored in the purchased product information storage unit 50 is moved to the circulation product information storage unit 120 and stored.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the purchased product information storage unit 50 stores one product A and two products B in the cart. All the products obtained are moved to the circulation product information storage unit 120 and stored.

Based on the product information stored in the distribution product information storage unit 120, the seller terminal 4 is notified that the product has been purchased.

In the product sales flow E, the product information that moves from the inventory product information storage unit 40 to the desired purchase product storage unit or the product information that moves from the purchased product information storage unit 50 to the circulation product information storage unit 120 is stored in a specific distribution number. is given. By means of the distribution number, product information can be distinguished from other product information of the same type.
<Product distribution system>

The product sales and distribution system S functions as a product distribution system in the product distribution flow F. In the following, a product distribution system in a product distribution flow F in which products are distributed between users after products are sold by sellers to users in the product sales flow E will be described.

In the product distribution system, the distribution product information storage unit 120, the posted product information storage unit 110, the posted display processing unit 130, the transfer processing unit 140, and the distribution settlement processing unit 150 of the product distribution system unit DS cooperate with each other. be built.

The product distribution flow F consists of a product posting step in which one user posts product information to a plurality of other users for the purpose of transferring the product, a product transfer step in which the product is transferred between users, and a product delivery request step in which the user, who owns the ownership of the transferred product, requests the seller to deliver the product.

In the product posting step, the product for sale of the user who wishes to sell the product is posted on the product sales page of the user himself/herself. Specifically, among the distribution product information stored in the distribution product information storage unit 120 of the sales desiring user who wishes to sell, only the distribution product information that the user wishes to sell is moved to the posted product information storage unit 110 and posted. The display processing unit 130 publishes it on the product sales page. The product sales page of the user has the same configuration as the product sales page of the seller.

At this time, in the product distribution system unit DS, among the distribution product information stored in the distribution product information storage unit 120 of the sales requesting user, the distribution product information that the sales requesting user wishes to sell is selected by the posting display processing unit 130. It is moved to the posted product information storage unit 110 and stored as posted product information. Further, the posted product information stored in the posted product information is posted and posted on the product sales page (posted display processing) by the posting display processing unit 130 .

The posted product information also includes the price of the product that the user who wishes to sell wants to sell. Further, the posted product information may be based on the distribution product information, and other information may be added by the user who wishes to sell. For example, it is possible to add the features of the product that are not included in the distribution product information and use it as the posted product information.

In the product transfer step, the ownership is transferred (transferred) from the sale requesting user to the transfer requesting user who wishes to transfer the product. Specifically, among the posted product information posted by the sale requesting user, the posted product information of the product that the other user wishes to purchase is transferred to the distribution product information storage unit 120 of the purchase requesting user as the distribution product information by the transfer processing unit 140. is moved to and stored.

At this time, in the product distribution system unit DS, among the posted product information stored in the posted product information processing unit of the purchase requesting user, the posted product information that the purchase requesting user wishes to purchase is transferred by the transfer processing unit 140 to the distribution product information. is transferred (transfer processing) and stored in the distribution product information storage unit 120 of the purchase requesting user.

In addition, in the product transfer step, when the product is transferred from the user desiring to sell to the user desiring to purchase, the payment for the transfer is settled. Specifically, settlement processing is executed based on the product price posted by the user who wishes to sell.

At this time, in the product distribution system unit DS, the transfer processing unit 140 stores the posted product information in the posted product information storage unit 110 of the user wishing to sell as distribution product information in the distribution product information storage unit 120 of the user wishing to purchase. , the distribution settlement processing unit 150 executes settlement processing for the purchase applicant for an amount corresponding to the product price information included in the posted product information. In addition, the distribution settlement processing unit 150 deducts a handling fee from the commodity price and pays the commodity price to the prospective seller after the settlement processing of the prospective purchaser is performed.

In the delivery request step, another user requests the seller to deliver the product. Specifically, a delivery request process is executed in which another user, to whom the ownership has been transferred from the user, requests the seller to deliver the product. In the delivery request process, product information for which delivery has been requested is transmitted to the seller terminal of the seller, and the seller receiving the information delivers the product to the address specified by the user who requested the delivery.

In the product distribution system, by executing the product distribution flow F, as shown in FIG. 9, products are distributed between users after the products are sold from the seller to the users by the product sales flow E. Specifically, the distribution product information storage unit 120 stores distribution product information separately for each of a plurality of users, and transfer of distribution product information between users enables transfer of product ownership.

In the distribution product system, as shown in FIG. 9, a distribution product information storage unit 120 is divided into regions for each user, and distribution product information of products purchased by the product sales system is stored for each user.

In FIG. 9, distribution product information storage unit 120a for the first user, distribution product information storage unit 120b for the second user, and distribution product information storage unit 120c for the third user. A form in which the information storage unit 120 is divided will be described as an example. Note that the actual distribution product information storage unit 120 is divided into areas corresponding to the number of users registered in the product sales/distribution system S. FIG.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, when the second user wishes to sell products A, B, and D among the distribution product information held by him/herself, the product posting step of the product distribution flow F is executed. As a result, the distribution product information of the product A, product B, and product D is transferred from the second user's distribution product information storage unit 120b to the second user's posted product information storage unit 110 and stored as posted product information. be. The posted product information stored in the posted product information storage unit 110 is posted (posted display processing) on the product sales page by the posted display processing unit 130 .

Next, when the third user purchases the product D posted by the second user, by executing the product transfer step of the product distribution flow F, the posted product information storage unit 110 of the second user , the distribution product information of the product D is moved and stored in the distribution product information storage unit 120c of the third user. As a result, ownership of product D is transferred to the third user.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the form in which products are distributed for one D has been described. However, a plurality of commodities of the same type may be distributed, or a plurality of types of commodities may be distributed at the same time.

In this embodiment, the product sales distribution system S has been described as a so-called cloud service. However, the product sales distribution system S may be implemented as an on-premise system.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be suitably used in electronic commodity trading systems such as EC shops and EC malls.

Merchandise sales and distribution system S Merchandise sales system section SS Merchandise sales execution processing section SD Merchandise distribution system section 10 Merchandise sales execution processing section 20 Merchandise information setting section 21 Image setting section 22 Characteristic setting section 23 Inventory amount setting section 24 Sales price setting section 25 Product price registration unit 26 Sales volume registration unit 30 Product information storage unit 40 Inventory product information storage unit 50 Purchased product information storage unit 60 Product information display processing unit 70 Product payment processing unit 110 Posted product information storage unit 120 Distribution product information storage unit 130 Posting display processing unit 140 Transfer processing unit 150 Distribution settlement processing unit 160 Product delivery request processing unit

Claims (8)

an inventory product information storage unit that stores product information including the number of items in stock as inventory product information;
a purchase desired product information storage unit for storing, as purchase desired product information, the stock product information selected as a product that a user wishes to purchase from among the plurality of pieces of stock product information stored in the stock product information storage unit; prepared,
When the user selects a product that the user wishes to purchase, only the quantity of the product that the user wishes to purchase is moved from the stock product information stored in the stock product information storage unit to the purchase wish product information storage unit. 1. A cart management system characterized in that the number of stocks of stocked merchandise information stored in a stocked merchandise information storage unit is reduced by the amount of merchandise that is stored as merchandise information and has been moved.
At least one piece of the purchase desired product information stored in the purchase desired product information storage unit is deleted from the purchase desired product information storage unit after a predetermined time elapses, and the product quantity of the deleted purchase desired product information. 2. The cart management system according to claim 1, wherein the stock quantity of the stock product information stored in the stock information storage unit is added to the stock quantity.
The purchase desired product information selected as a product that the user no longer desires to purchase from at least one of the purchase desired product information stored in the purchase desired product information storage unit is the purchase desired product information that the user no longer wishes to purchase. When a product is selected, it is deleted from the desired purchase product information storage unit, and the product quantity of the deleted purchase request product information is added to the inventory quantity of the stock product information stored in the inventory information storage unit. 3. The cart management system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by:
Claim 1, characterized in that when said purchase wish product information is selected and stored in said purchase wish product information storage unit, said purchase wish product is distinguished from said other products of the same type. 4. The cart management system according to any one of -3.
a commodity securing step of placing a commodity that the user wishes to purchase into a cart;
a product return step of returning the secured product from the cart to the product the user no longer wishes to purchase from the cart;
a product return step of returning the product from the cart after a predetermined time has passed since the product was secured in the product securing step;
and a product payment step of paying for the secured product.
6. The product selling method according to claim 5, wherein said product settlement step is executed after said product securing step and said product returning step are repeated.
7. The product sales method according to claim 6, wherein in said product securing step, inventory product information and product quantity corresponding to a product desired to be purchased are selected from inventory product information and registered in a cart.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein in the product return step, product information that has passed a predetermined time from among the product information stored in the purchase wish product information storage unit is moved to the stock product information storage unit and stored. How the product is sold as described.

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