KR20020017568A - Online shopping system and operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and system for online shopping are provided to assist a consumer in choosing a product by offering sales rating information of the product, and to give the product provider a flexible chance to change the sales price by offering a list of other seller's prices. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a consumer requesting information on a product, a computer(110) used in requesting the order for the product, the online shopping mall(130) offering sales rating of the product, and the price of the product offered by the supplier and other requested information to the computer, a network(120) connecting the computer and the online shopping mall. The online shopping mall comprises a member information administration server(131) administering the allowance of a member in usage of the information by referring to the member information, a product information server(132) offering the product information to the consumer, a sales rating information server(133) offering the sales rating of the product to the consumer, a price information server(134) offering the information of the price offered by the supplier, a payment data administration server(135) administering the purchase payment of the product, and a delivery administration server(136) administering the delivery of the product.

Description

Online shopping system and operating method

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system, and in particular, when a product buyer purchases a product in an online shopping mall through a network such as the Internet, the product buyer provides the ranking information of the product to the product buyer in the online shopping mall. The online shopping system and the operation method of the product supplier can flexibly adjust the selling price by providing the product supplier with the price information provided by all suppliers for the product in the online shopping mall. will be.

Today, a quantum leap in the field of computer-related telecommunications not only dramatically improves work efficiency, but also changes our daily way of life. For example, in the form of shopping related to product purchase, the use of product purchase using an online shopping mall on a computer is gradually increasing.

In general, in order to purchase a product in an online shopping mall, a consumer needs to access an online shopping mall using a terminal (for example, a computer, an internet mobile terminal, or an Internet set-top). There are many ways to access a website.

At this time, when the consumer accesses the online shopping mall through the terminal, the online shopping mall shows the products that the online shopping mall has on the consumer's terminal, and the consumer functions and price of the product from the database built in the online shopping mall. You can search for the products you need while checking the details of sales conditions.

In addition, in a comparison online shopping mall that compares and provides information on various shopping malls, the shop may be able to guide the cheapest retailer by comparing the prices of the vendors selling the selected products.

In general, a product search method is provided by a product search method using a directory method and a product search method using a directory method of searching for a desired product through three levels of classification by large, medium, and small classification. In addition, a product may be introduced using a banner advertisement and a list of recommended products. Through the search for such a product, the consumer selects a product to purchase.

Through such a product search, when a consumer selects a product to purchase, the user generally proceeds to the purchase product ordering step, and orders the purchased product by checking the payment method. At this time, the consumer can purchase the product by displaying a purchase intention through the selection of a payment method for the selected product, and the payment is made through a passbook deposit, a credit card, or an electronic money.

On the other hand, most product buyers tend to ask the person next to them for their selection when shopping, but when the product buyer purchases the product online, There is a drawback to not being able to consult other people's purchasing advice.

In addition, the consumer wants to know how much of the product of the product he wants to purchase, and the degree of purchase of other consumers of the product.

In addition, a product supplier supplying a product to an online shopping mall wants to obtain information on how much other product suppliers supply the product at the same product. Through this information acquisition, the product supplier establishes his marketing strategy and calculates the competitive price of the product.

The present invention was created in view of the above conditions, and when a product buyer purchases a product in an online shopping mall through a network network such as the Internet, by providing the sales ranking information on the product to the product buyer in the online shopping mall, An online shopping system and its operation that help product buyers to select a product and provide the product supplier with price information provided by all suppliers of the product in an online shopping mall, thereby allowing the product supplier to flexibly adjust the selling price. The purpose is to provide a method.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an online shopping system according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a user purchasing a product through an online shopping mall in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen that provides information on a product selected by a consumer in a online shopping mall and sales ranking information in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen that provides detailed information and sales ranking information on a specific product selected by a consumer in an online shopping mall in a system employing an operating method of an online shopping system according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of calculating a product selling price by a product supplier in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen in which a product supplier registers a new product in an online shopping mall in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention.

7 is a view showing an example of a screen for modifying the information on the price and quantity of the product supplied by the product supplier in the system employing the operating method of the online shopping system according to the present invention.

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110 ... terminal 120 ... network

130 ... Online Store 131 ... Membership Management Server

132 ... product information server 133 ... sales information server

134 ... Product Supplier Supply Price Information Server

135 ... Billing Information Management Server 136 ... Shipping Information Management Server

In order to achieve the above object, the online shopping system according to the present invention,

A terminal for requesting information on a product by a consumer and requesting an order for a purchased product;

An online shopping mall that provides product information to the terminal and provides sales ranking information of the goods and supply price information of the goods supplier; And

Its feature is that it includes a network connecting the terminal and the online shopping mall.

Here, the online shopping mall,

A product information providing server for providing information on a product to a consumer;

A sales ranking information providing server providing overall sales ranking information on the products being sold to the consumer; And

It is characterized in that it is provided with a product supplier supply price information providing server for providing information on the product selling price suggested by the product supplier.

In addition, the operation method of the online shopping system according to the present invention in order to achieve the above object,

(a) requesting a consumer to access an online shopping mall through a terminal and to provide information about a product;

(b) the online shopping mall providing information on a product requested from the consumer, and providing the terminal with overall sales ranking information of the corresponding product item; And

(c) The consumer is characterized in that it comprises the step of selecting and ordering the purchased goods, with reference to the overall sales ranking information for the corresponding product item provided from the online shopping mall.

Wherein step (c) is,

(c-1) selecting, by the consumer, the purchased goods by referring to the overall sales ranking information for the corresponding product item provided from the online shopping mall;

(c-2) the consumer selecting a purchase quantity for the selected purchase product;

(c-3) The on-line shopping mall is sold to the consumer from the product of the product supplier which has offered the lowest selling price with reference to the selling price suggested by the product supplier with respect to the quantity of the purchased product selected by the consumer. Designating a product;

(c-4) the online shopping mall, providing product supplier and sale price information to the terminal of the consumer with respect to the product designated in step (c-3);

(c-5) determining, by the consumer, whether to purchase a product by referring to a product supplier and sales price information provided from the online shopping mall; And

(c-6) The consumer is characterized in that it comprises a step of requesting a purchase order to the online shopping mall when purchasing a product as a result of the determination in the step (c-5).

In addition, the operation method of the online shopping system according to the present invention in order to achieve the above object,

(i) a product supplier accessing an online shopping mall through a terminal;

(j) requesting the product supplier accessing the online shopping mall to provide information on a product supply price suggested by another product supplier;

(k) the online shopping mall acquiring information on a product supply price suggested by another product supplier and providing the obtained product supply price information to a terminal of the product supplier; And

(l) the product supplier calculating a product supply price of a product to be supplied by referring to the product supply price information of another product supplier provided from the online shopping mall, and registering the calculated product supply price and supply quantity in the online shopping mall Its features are to include.

According to the present invention, when a product buyer purchases a product in an online shopping mall through a network network such as the Internet, the product buyer selects the product by providing sales ranking information on the corresponding product to the product buyer in the online shopping mall. In this case, the online shopping mall provides the product supplier with price information provided by all suppliers of the product, and thus the product supplier can flexibly adjust the selling price.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an online shopping system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the online shopping system according to the present invention includes a terminal 110 for requesting information on a product by a consumer and requesting an order for a purchased product, and providing product information to the terminal 110. And an online shopping mall 130 that provides sales ranking information of the goods and supply price information of the goods supplier, and a network 120 connecting the terminal 110 and the online shopping mall 130.

Herein, the online shopping mall 130 may include a member information management server 131 managing whether to allow the use of information of members accessing with reference to member information, and a product information providing server providing information on products to consumers ( 132), a sales ranking information providing server 133 which provides the overall sales ranking information on the products being sold to the consumer, and a product supplier supply price information providing server which provides information on the selling price of the goods presented by the product supplier ( 134, a payment information management server 135 that manages the payment for the consumer's purchase of goods, and a delivery information management server 136 that manages the delivery of the goods purchased by the consumer.

Then, in the online shopping system having such a configuration, a process in which a consumer purchases a product in an online shopping mall will be described with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a user purchasing a product through an online shopping mall in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention.

First, the consumer accesses the online shopping mall 130 through the terminal (see 110 in FIG. 1), and requests the provision of information on the product (step 201). Here, the member information management server 131 of the online shopping mall 130 may obtain the member information of the connected consumer and limit the right to use the information of the consumer.

Meanwhile, the product information providing server 132 of the online shopping mall 130 provides information about a product requested by a consumer. In addition, the sales ranking information providing server 133 of the online shopping mall 130 provides the entire sales ranking information of the corresponding product item to the terminal 110 (step 202).

For example, when the product requested by the consumer is the monitor, the online shopping mall may provide the terminal 110 with information on various monitor products and information on the current month's sales rank as shown in FIG. 3. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen that provides information on a product selected by a consumer and sales rank information in an online shopping mall in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention.

In addition, when the consumer clicks on a specific monitor product on the screen of FIG. 3, the online shopping mall 130 transmits the detailed description of the specific monitor and sales ranking information of the product to the terminal 110 as shown in FIG. 4. Can provide. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen that provides detailed information and sales ranking information on a specific product selected by a consumer in an online shopping mall in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention.

Meanwhile, the consumer selects the purchased product by referring to the information on the corresponding product item provided from the online shopping mall 130 (step 203). The consumer then selects a purchase quantity for the selected purchase product (step 204).

Accordingly, the online shopping mall 130 is a sale product sold to the consumer from the product of the product supplier that presented the lowest selling price with reference to the sale price suggested by the product provider with respect to the quantity of the purchased product selected by the consumer. (Step 205).

In addition, the online shopping mall 130 provides the product provider and the selling price information on the designated product to the terminal 110 of the consumer (step 206).

Accordingly, the consumer determines whether to purchase the product by referring to the product supplier and the selling price information provided from the online shopping mall 130 (step 207).

As a result of the determination in step 207, when a consumer purchases a product, the consumer requests a purchase order from the online shopping mall 130 (step 208). Accordingly, the payment information management server 135 of the online shopping mall 130 performs payment for the purchased product through a payment method according to the consumer's choice, for example, credit card, electronic money, online payment.

Meanwhile, when the quantity of goods purchased by the consumer is large in step 208, the consumer may purchase goods from a plurality of product suppliers. For example, when the consumer purchases 10 specific monitors, the product supplier A may supply 5 monitors at 300,000 won, and the product supplier B may supply 10 monitors at 330,000 won. Can be.

In this case, the online shopping mall 130 may sell five products from the product supplier A and five products from the product supplier B to the consumer in supplying the product to the consumer.

In addition, the delivery information management server 136 of the online shopping mall 130 refers to the consumer's member information and purchase information, and delivers the goods purchased by the consumer to a designated delivery location. In this case, when the online shopping mall 130 delivers the product to the consumer, the product supplier B (a supplier having a large selling price) may collectively deliver 10 monitors to the consumer.

Meanwhile, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of calculating a product selling price by a product supplier in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the product provider accesses the online shopping mall 130 through the terminal (see 110 of FIG. 1) (step 501). The product supplier accessing the online shopping mall 130 requests to provide information on a product supply price suggested by another product supplier (step 502).

Accordingly, the product supplier supply price information providing server 134 of the online shopping mall 130 obtains information on the product supply price presented by another product supplier and transmits the obtained product supply price information to the terminal 110 of the product supplier. (Step 503).

Then, the product supplier calculates a product supply price by referring to the product supply price of another product supplier provided from the online shopping mall, and registers the calculated product supply price and the supply quantity in the online shopping mall (step 504).

Here, the product supplier may adjust the margin width of his product supply with reference to the product supply price of another product supplier. Through this process, each commodity supplier adjusts the commodity supply price while changing its selling margin by referring to the commodity supply price of another commodity supplier, rather than fixing its margin width at a fixed rate, for example, 10% of the selling price.

When the commodity supply price is registered as in step 504, the sales price fluctuation and the supply of goods are generated as in the stock trading, and the commodity supplier adjusts the commodity supply price from time to time to sell his products. Accordingly, an environment in which a consumer can purchase a product at a better price can be created.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen in which a product supplier registers a new product in an online shopping mall in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the product supplier registers a product to be supplied to the online shopping mall by inputting a product model, a supply price, and a supply quantity.

In addition, the product supplier may modify information on the price and quantity of the product currently being handled on the inventory management screen as shown in FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for modifying information on a price and a quantity of a product supplied by a product supplier in a system employing a method of operating an online shopping system according to the present invention.

As described above, according to the online shopping system and its operation method according to the present invention, when a product buyer purchases a product in an online shopping mall through a network such as the Internet, the order of sale of the product to the product buyer in the online shopping mall By providing information, there is an advantage in helping the buyer of the product in selecting the product.

In addition, by providing the price information presented by all suppliers of the product to the product supplier in the online shopping mall, there is an advantage that the product supplier can flexibly adjust the selling price.

Claims (5)

A terminal for requesting information on a product by a consumer and requesting an order for a purchased product; An online shopping mall that provides product information to the terminal and provides sales ranking information of the goods and supply price information of the goods supplier; And An online shopping system comprising a network connecting the terminal and the online shopping mall. The method of claim 1, The online shopping mall, A product information providing server for providing information on a product to a consumer; A sales ranking information providing server providing overall sales ranking information on the products being sold to the consumer; And An online shopping system, comprising: a product supplier supply price information providing server providing information on a product selling price presented by a product supplier. (a) requesting a consumer to access an online shopping mall through a terminal and to provide information about a product; (b) the online shopping mall providing information on a product requested from the consumer, and providing the terminal with overall sales ranking information of the corresponding product item; And (c) the consumer, referring to the overall sales ranking information on the corresponding product item provided from the online shopping mall, operating method of the on-line shopping system, comprising the step of selecting and ordering a purchased product. The method of claim 3, wherein Step (c) is (c-1) selecting, by the consumer, the purchased goods by referring to the overall sales ranking information for the corresponding product item provided from the online shopping mall; (c-2) the consumer selecting a purchase quantity for the selected purchase product; (c-3) The on-line shopping mall is sold to the consumer from the product of the product supplier which has offered the lowest selling price with reference to the selling price suggested by the product supplier with respect to the quantity of the purchased product selected by the consumer. Designating a product; (c-4) the online shopping mall, providing product supplier and sale price information to the terminal of the consumer with respect to the product designated in step (c-3); (c-5) determining, by the consumer, whether to purchase a product by referring to a product supplier and sales price information provided from the online shopping mall; And (c-6) when the consumer purchases a product as a result of the determination in the step (c-5), the consumer includes requesting a purchase order from the online shopping mall. Way. (i) a product supplier accessing an online shopping mall through a terminal; (j) requesting the product supplier accessing the online shopping mall to provide information on a product supply price suggested by another product supplier; (k) the online shopping mall acquiring information on a product supply price suggested by another product supplier and providing the obtained product supply price information to a terminal of the product supplier; And (l) the product supplier calculating a product supply price of a product to be supplied by referring to the product supply price information of another product supplier provided from the online shopping mall, and registering the calculated product supply price and supply quantity in the online shopping mall Operating method of the online shopping system comprising a.