KR20000006883A - System and method for building customized shopping malls - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system is provided to construct a customized shopping mall easily in no shopping mall special site. CONSTITUTION: A shopping mall construct system comprises: a merchandise information database(310) having information associated with a merchandise to be sold; a member site information database having information associated with a web site joining as a member; a buying member information database having information associated with a buyer buying a merchandise through a shopping mall of a member site; a deal information database having deal information according to each buying; a shopping client(360) for processing a buying and an account so that a web site joining as a member selects a merchandise to be sold from the merchandise information database and designs a shopping mall web page; a shop manager(370) for confirming information associated with a buying member so that each member site inquires selling data and commission; and a network shopping driving server(350) for controlling the databases, the shopping client and a shopping manager.

Description

System and method for building customized shopping malls}

The present invention relates to a customized shopping mall building system and method, and more particularly, a shopping mall building system that enables a simple and low-cost shopping mall to sell a product suitable for the characteristics of people visiting the website from a general website. And to a method.

With the development of the Internet, electronic commerce through the Internet is becoming active. Internet shopping malls that can purchase goods through the Internet are the most important. Various types of internet shopping malls are emerging, ranging from departmental shopping malls that sell a variety of products to specialized shopping malls that sell only specialized products.

However, generally, five points must be solved in order to build an internet shopping mall. The first is an alliance with a commodity supplier who will supply the commodity. An alliance with a reliable product supplier is essential because a shopping mall can be operated successfully only when the product can be supplied at a low cost in a timely manner.

Second is the delivery method. Shopping malls can succeed only if they can deliver goods quickly and accurately to buyers. In general, the courier often uses a professional courier company, and therefore, a partnership with the courier company is required.

Third is the payment method. Not only should consumers be able to conveniently pay for goods, but they must also be reliable at the payment stage. Therefore, it is common to solve the payment method through an alliance with a professional payment solution company.

Fourth is the construction of shopping malls. A database should be constructed to easily obtain information on various products, a user interface should be designed to be convenient for the user, and the design of the website should be neat.

Fifth is marketing. No matter how well-established the mall is, it is no use unless consumers visit the website. Therefore, a lot of members must be secured by using various marketing techniques.

Many websites, on the other hand, operate with a certain number of members or visitors. These websites may include people who are interested in a particular field, such as alumni associations or meetings with members of the same community, or sites that provide information on youth preferences or sites that provide legal knowledge. If you are a member, there are many members who are not members but are interested in a particular field.

Many of these websites run and attract advertisements, but if you build a shopping mall and allow visitors to purchase goods, you will be able to make more profits.

However, as described above, in order to construct an internet shopping mall, there are many considerations and costs. Therefore, it is not easy to build a shopping mall in a non- shopping mall specialized site.

The present invention has been made in view of this point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a customized shopping mall building system and method for easily building a shopping mall even in a non- shopping mall specialized site.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a customized shopping mall building system and method that can easily build a shopping mall that sells products according to the characteristics of the site and the characteristics of the customer.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the connection between the Internet user, individual sites and the customized shopping mall building system of the present invention through the Internet.

Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the internal configuration of a customized shopping mall building system of the present invention.

3 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between an Internet user, individual sites, a customized shopping mall building system of the present invention, and product providers.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the procedure when the individual site to join the customized shopping mall building system of the present invention as a member company.

5 is an example of a screen when an individual site joins the customized shopping mall building system of the present invention as a member company and selects a product to be sold on the site.

6 is an example of a screen when an individual site joins the customized shopping mall building system of the present invention as a member company and selects a design of the shopping mall at the site.

7 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of Internet users when purchasing a product through an individual site.

8 is an example of a screen when an Internet user accesses an individual site.

9 is an example of a screen when an Internet user accesses an individual site of FIG. 8 and selects a product purchase.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a payment solution in a customized shopping mall construction system, selects a provider of a product to be sold, and then makes a database of information on a product to be sold. In addition, various shopping mall designs are provided so that a shopping mall can be designed in a website joined as a member company in a customized shopping mall building system. The designed shopping mall is stored in a customized shopping mall building system. The member company website has a link to the shopping mall on the site. When the user accesses the member's website and clicks this link, the customized shopping mall building system sends the shopping mall designed by the website to the user, and when the user buys the goods there, the payment and delivery of goods are handled by the customized shopping mall building system. And pay the fee for selling the product to the website.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the connection between the Internet user, individual sites and the customized shopping mall building system of the present invention through the Internet. 1, reference numerals 100a to 100n denote typical Internet users, and reference numerals 200a to 200n denote typical websites. Reference numeral 300 denotes a customized shopping mall building system of the present invention. These are all connected via the internet network 400.

Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the internal configuration of a customized shopping mall building system of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 310 denotes a product information database having information on a product to be sold, reference numeral 320 denotes a member company information database having information on member companies subscribed to the customized shopping mall building system 300, and reference numeral 330 A purchase member information database having information on a member who has purchased a product, and a code 340 is a transaction information database having information on a product transaction.

These are all connected to the network shopping driving server 350 to provide information necessary for internet shopping. The network shopping driving server 350 is also connected to a shopping client 360 to provide functions such as selecting a product and shopping mall design, searching a product information database 310, introducing a new product, purchasing and payment, and providing delivery related information. Perform. The shop manager 370 manages the member companies in real time, and performs functions such as sales history, sales commission check, and purchase member information check.

3 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between an Internet user, individual sites, a customized shopping mall building system of the present invention, and product providers.

Internet users (100a..100n) visit various websites. Among these websites, the websites 200a..200n which are registered as member companies in the customized shopping mall building system 300 of the present invention have a link to the customized shopping mall building system 300.

When an internet user accesses the member company website (200a..200n) and clicks this link, the Internet shopping mall screen of each member company built in the customized shopping mall building system 300 is provided to the internet user. These Internet shopping malls are built in accordance with the characteristics of their websites and the characteristics of users who access them. Internet users can purchase their desired products at this Internet shopping mall.

The customized shopping mall building system 300 not only provides such a customized shopping mall, but also provides products to be sold in cooperation with the product providers 500a..500n, and processes payment and delivery. In addition, a certain percentage of revenue from sales is allocated to the member companies.

Therefore, since each member company's website (200a..200n) only need to provide a link to the customized shopping mall building system 300 on its own web page, it is very easy to build an internet shopping mall and care about maintaining the shopping mall. There is no need to write, so you can easily make money without the risk of establishing and operating an Internet shopping mall.

The point of view of the Internet user is that he can easily purchase a product in a field he is interested in, and from the point of view of the product provider, he can sell a lot of products without additional marketing.

Next, with reference to Figures 4 to 6 will be described how to build a shopping mall by joining the website as a member to the customized shopping mall building system 300 of the present invention. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure when an individual site joins the customized shopping mall building system of the present invention as a member company, and FIG. 5 shows that the individual site is sold as a member company to the customized shopping mall building system of the present invention. 6 is an example of a screen when selecting a product to be made, and FIG. 6 is an example of a screen when an individual site joins the customized shopping mall building system of the present invention as a member company and selects a design of the shopping mall at the site.

First, in order for the website 200 to register as a member company in the customized shopping mall building system 300 of the present invention, information about the website must be input (step S100). The information about the website may include the contact of the website administrator, the nature of the website, the URL of the website, and the like. You must also enter the account number of the bank account where you will receive commissions for sales made through this website.

To join the website 200 as a member company in the customized shopping mall building system 300 of the present invention, the articles of incorporation provided by the customized shopping mall building system 300 must be approved (step S110). The terms and conditions of the articles of association may be electronic signatures, stamped documents, and other means may be used.

The website 200 may also select a product to sell on its site (step S120). The system 300 is provided with a product information database 310 for merchandise for sale. The website 200 may select a product suitable for its own site. For example, mountaineering gathering sites, mountaineering supplies, music enthusiasts record, musical instruments, audio, youth-oriented sites, fancy goods, records, mobile phones, game software, clothing, accessories, etc. You will be able to choose.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen when a website 200 administrator selects a product to sell by accessing a customized shopping mall building system 300. When the customized shopping mall building system 300 shows the classification of the goods in the product information database 310 (FIG. 5A), the web manager selects the desired one from among them. FIG. 5B is an example of a screen when the "mountain climbing article" is selected in FIG. 5A. The web administrator selects the desired company and the desired item. If you want to continue to select additional products of different classifications, press the "Back" button, and if you want to end the selection of products here, press the "Selection completed" button.

Each website 200a..200n may also select a desired shape from among several web page types provided by the customized shopping mall building system 300. In addition, by uploading a background image or a logo to be inserted into the customized shopping mall building system 300, the image may appear when the shopping mall is accessed through the website.

6 is an example of a screen when the website 200 administrator accesses the customized shopping mall building system 300 and selects a web page design. The web administrator clicks "Preview" to see each web page type, and then selects the one that he / she considers most appropriate. The web page design is performed through the shopping client 360 of the customized shopping mall building system 300.

Next, a procedure of purchasing goods through a shopping mall constructed through the customized shopping mall building system 300 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of an Internet user when purchasing a product through an individual site. FIG. 8 is an example of a screen when an Internet user accesses an individual site. This is an example of the screen when you select a product purchase by accessing the site.

First, the user 100 accesses the member company website 200 through the Internet network 400. An example of the screen at this time is shown in FIG. 8. The member company website 200 is provided with a link to a shopping mall constructed using the customized shopping mall building system 300 of the present invention. In FIG. 8, the button labeled "purchase climbing goods" 10 is this.

The example of FIG. 8 shows the case of a mountainous website. Members of the mountain group may be interested in climbing products. Therefore, if you set up a shopping mall selling mountaineering products on this website, you can not only increase the profit of the mountain society, but also be very convenient for the mountain members.

However, it is very difficult to prepare a shopping mall separately from these clubs because of the cost and effort. In addition, if the number of members is not so large, it is difficult to sell the product at a low price because the sales volume of the product will not be very large. However, if the customized shopping mall building system 300 of the present invention is used, the construction of the shopping mall can be easily solved, and the product can be sold at a low cost.

When the mountaineering website in the present embodiment is a member company to the customized shopping mall building system 300 according to the present invention as described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6, the user may select the "purchase climbing products" button ( 10), the shopping mall webpage of the corresponding website registered in the customized shopping mall building system 300 is displayed to the user. 9 shows an example of the screen at this time.

In FIG. 9, the logo screen of the mountainous meeting is displayed on the upper frame 20, and the mountainside shopping mall page transmitted from the customized shopping mall building system 300 is displayed on the lower frame 30.

The user 100 purchases and pays for a desired item on this screen (1 in Fig. 7). Since the method of purchase and payment may use the same method as that of the conventional Internet shopping mall, detailed description is omitted here. However, the payment here is not made in the individual website 200, but in that the customized shopping mall building system 300 is different.

When the user 100 orders and pays for the goods, the customized shopping mall building system 300 inquires and confirms with the payment institution 600 whether the payment of the user 100 is valid (2 in FIG. 7).

When it is confirmed that the payment is valid, the customized shopping mall building system 300 requests the product delivery to the provider 500 of the corresponding product (3 in FIG. 7). The requested product provider 500 delivers the product to the orderer 100 directly or through a professional courier company (④ of FIG. 7).

Of course, the customized shopping mall building system 300 may receive the goods from the product provider 500 in advance and store them in a warehouse, and if there is an order, they may be delivered directly or through a courier company. However, since there are problems such as storage cost and inventory burden, it is preferable that the customized shopping mall building system 300 deliver the product provider 500 directly or through a courier service without storing the product.

Through the above steps, the user 100 orders and delivers a product through a shopping mall constructed through the customized shopping mall building system 300 of the present invention. Next, a process in which the user 100 pays a product price and the price is delivered to the product provider 500 and the individual website 200 will be described.

Regardless of the payment method selected by the user 100, the user 100 pays the payment price to the payment institution (ⓐ in FIG. 7). Examples of such payment methods include unpaid bank transfer, withdrawal from a bank account after credit card payment, purchase of electronic money, purchase of electronic gift certificates, and the like.

The payment institution 600 will pay the product price to the customized shopping mall building system 300 (B in FIG. 7). In the case of a credit card payment, the purchaser 100 pays the goods to the customized shopping mall building system 300 before the buyer pays the goods to the payment institution 600, and later the account book of the buyer 100 Will withdraw the amount. Thus, the actual order of payment between the user 100 and the payment institution 600 is not critical.

In the customized shopping mall building system 300 that receives the goods price from the payment institution 600, the product provider 500 limits the transaction inquiry fee to the individual website 200 and the fee of the customized shopping mall building system 300. Payment (© of FIG. 7). And, the transaction inquiry fee is paid to the corresponding website 200 (ⓓ of Figure 7).

Through the above procedure, the product price paid by the product purchaser 100 is paid to the website 200 to which the product provider 500 and the product purchaser 100 are connected. The fee payment to the website 200 is preferably made in such a way that the fee is paid all at once for a certain period of time, for example, in accordance with monthly performance, rather than every time there is a product sale. That is, every time there is a product sale, the shop manager 370 records this, and when a certain time is reached, the sales commission is paid along with the sales details.

In addition, it is preferable that the website 200 is able to check how much its performance is connected to the customized shopping mall building system 300. In addition, if you record the information of the purchase member to be able to check this on the website 200, the website 200 may be utilized in various ways.

As described above, each website can easily and cheaply establish an internet shopping mall, and a product provider can sell a lot of products without a separate marketing work, and a user can easily purchase a desired product. .

Although the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that many modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, each website subscribes to a customized shopping mall building system as a member company, selects a product to be sold, selects a shopping mall type, and provides a shopping mall by providing a link to the customized shopping mall building system on its own web page. Since it is built, it is very easy to build an Internet shopping mall, and there is no need to pay attention to the maintenance of the shopping mall, and there is an effect that it is possible to easily profit without risk of establishing and operating the internet shopping mall.

From the point of view of the Internet user, the product can be easily purchased from a website of a field of interest, and thus, shopping is easy because the user does not have to go to various Internet shopping malls.

From the point of view of the product provider, it is possible to sell the product to users who visit various websites without additional marketing.

Claims (6)

A product information database containing information about products to be sold, A member company information database that contains information about the websites you have registered as a member; A purchase member information database containing information on buyers who purchased goods through the member companies' shopping malls, A transaction information database having transaction information for each purchase; A shopping client that selects a product to sell from a product information database, designs a shopping mall web page, handles purchases and payments in a shopping mall, Shop managers who can check the sales history and sales commissions on each member's website, and check the information on purchasers, And a network shopping driving server controlling the databases, the shopping client, and the shop manager. When a product is sold through a member company web page having a link to a shopping mall established through a shopping client, a customized shopping mall building system comprising paying a fee for selling the product to a corresponding member company web page. In the method of building a personalized shopping mall in a customized shopping tree building system for building an Internet shopping mall on an individual website and selling, paying for and delivering products in the internet shopping mall, A first step of allowing each website to build an internet shopping mall web page in a customized shopping mall building system and setting a link to the internet shopping mall on each website; The second step for payment and delivery of goods when the product is sold through the website, Third step of paying a fee for selling a product to the website Custom shopping mall building method characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 2, wherein the first step Step 1-1 to present a plurality of shopping mall web pages so that each website selects a desired shopping mall web page; Steps 1 and 2, by presenting a list of products available for sale so that each website selects a product to be handled Custom shopping mall building method comprising a. The method of claim 2, wherein the second step Step 2-1 of confirming that the payment of the order holder is valid; Step 2-2 instructing the product provider to deliver the goods if the purchaser's payment is valid Custom shopping mall building method comprising a. The method of claim 2, wherein the third step Step 3-1 of recording the transaction fact in the transaction information database when the product is sold, Step 3-2, in which a fee for selling goods is paid to the website according to the transaction records recorded in the database at regular intervals. Custom shopping mall building method comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein the method A fourth step of reading a transaction record of the website from the transaction information database and providing the website to the website in response to a request of the website; Custom shopping mall building method characterized in that it further comprises.