KR20030090848A - An operating method of a shopping mall system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for managing a shopping mall system is provided to enhance a commodity reliability to be solved in a commodity transaction and to purchase a commodity simply by opening a theme store selected and specialized by an electronic commerce system member simply. CONSTITUTION: A web DB stores and supplies due form information including a window necessary for a commodity search and purchase. A member DB(13) stores and supplies a member authentication unit, member personal relations, and purchase commodity information purchased by a user. A commodity DB(14) stores and supplies various kinds of information including an image as to a commodity being sold in a shopping mall. A store information DB(15) stores a store construction tip for constructing a theme store. A client member registered in the member DB(13) approves a support of the theme store. The client member selected by a theme store supporter prepares theme store planning contents on a written application. A theme store basic constitution is constructed using the store construction tip stored in the store information DB(15). An image and commodity information as to a commodity to be sold in the theme store are arranged in the theme store using commodity information stored in the commodity DB(14), and the theme store is completed.

Description

How to Operate Shopping Mall System {AN OPERATING METHOD OF A SHOPPING MALL SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a method for operating a shopping mall system that enables purchase and purchase of product information using an internet network, and more particularly, to a method for operating a shopping mall system for providing a personal theme store to a member selected from shopping mall members.

Currently, electronic commerce that obtains goods or service information, receives necessary services, or purchases goods from a remote place through the Internet or PC communication network is becoming common. A typical example of such electronic commerce is a shopping mall in a virtual space. The e-commerce system using a shopping mall in such a virtual space is equipped with a plurality of virtual shops, so that a consumer can obtain and purchase information on a necessary product at any convenient time regardless of a trading area and a trading time, and a product provider. It is recognized as a profitable sales method for both producers and consumers by reducing the cost of merchandise by reducing the cost of merchandise and eliminating the need for employees to store and sell in a costly real space. With the supplementation of transportation and after-sales management, sales and purchasing activities using these e-commerce systems are becoming more and more common, and the subjects are also rapidly expanding in various fields such as simple products, services, and advertisements. As it becomes available through information or products, E-commerce is becoming a reality.

However, the general consumer using such a shopping mall system is suspicious of the reliability of the product provided to the shopping mall due to the constraint that the product cannot be viewed and compared directly as in the off-line, especially in the case of a consumer who does not have professional knowledge about the product information. In fact, in some cases, consumer dissatisfaction is caused by the difference between the product on the image displayed in the shopping mall and the actual product purchased through e-commerce. Enhancement is essential.

In addition, stores in shopping malls are mainly opened by product suppliers to sell their products, and many of the general customers have a high level of understanding of specific products, and have a specialized product store for these people. It is necessary.

An object of the present invention is to select a member using the above e-commerce system to easily open a specialized theme store to improve the reliability of products to be solved when trading the goods and to operate the shopping mall system to make it easier for buyers to purchase goods To provide a way.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a general shopping mall system to which the product information providing method of the present invention is applied.

2 is a flow chart for registering a product evaluation group in order to perform the product information providing method according to the present invention.

3 is a schematic block diagram of a configuration for carrying out the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the shopping mall system operating method according to the present invention stores and provides form information including windows necessary for product search and purchase, member authentication means and member personal information, and purchase product information purchased by the user. It has a member DB for storing and providing information, a product DB for storing and providing various information including an image of a product sold in a shopping mall, and a store information DB for storing a store construction tip for building a theme store. In the shopping mall system, selecting a theme store applicant from among registered customer members by checking in the member DB, and constructing and registering the basic composition of the theme store using the store construction tips stored in the store information DB by the member selected as the theme store applicant. Theme store registration step to use, product information stored in the product DB to sell in the theme store It comprises a theme store product registration step of registering a product. The method may further include creating and displaying a theme store registered in the theme store DB as a list.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings showing an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail the present invention.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a configuration of a general internet shopping mall system, and a user connects to a management server 11 of the shopping mall system 10 through the Internet or a PC communication network using a personal terminal 1, and the shopping mall system ( 10) is a web DB (12) that stores and provides form information including a window required for a user to search for and purchase a product, and a member DB which stores and provides member authentication means and member personal information and purchased product information purchased by the user. (13), to store and provide a variety of information including the image of the goods sold in the mall (14), to store information and stores for the stores in the mall and tips for building stores to display a list of stores in the window Includes store information database.

In addition, the shopping mall system can be connected to a server of a payment institution such as an external financial institution to settle payments for goods purchased by users by payment by credit card or bank transfer, etc. It generally includes a payment system for making a purchase, and a shipping service for delivering a purchased product to a user, and a management service for post-processing of the delivered goods.

The operating method of the shopping mall system according to the present invention is based on the configuration and operation of the general shopping mall system as described above, the member selected according to the present invention can easily build the theme store in the shopping mall and display the goods without any additional professional knowledge. To do it.

To this end, store tips are stored in the store information DB 15 provided in the shopping mall system.

A method for operating a shopping mall system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. If the registered member wishes to have his / her theme store in step 1, the member DB checks whether the registered member is a registered member and approves it.In this case, the application part is applied to the application and the designated theme according to the shopping mall operation plan is approved. The theme store section, the application form step (step 2) to allow applicants to select the theme by themselves, and the application preparation step (step 2). It is desirable to approve the store after a predetermined examination such as whether it is suitable for the shopping mall.

Members approved for the opening of the theme store form the basic frame of the theme store using the tips necessary for building the theme store in the store information DB (15) in order to create a store on the web (step 3), and the basic theme of the theme store It is desirable to be able to preview the theme store to verify the configuration (step 4).

Then, the merchandise to be displayed and sold at the theme store is registered in the store information DB 15 (step 5), and then the product information such as an image of the product is dragged from the product DB 14 to display the product in the store. And place it in the store (Step 6) to complete the theme store.

In addition, it is preferable that the store information DB 15 lists each registered theme store, and puts the list on the newly constructed theme store (step 7) to make it easier for visitors to visit each theme store.

According to the operating method of the shopping mall system of the present invention, a registered member directly opens and operates a theme store for a specific product, thereby specializing in a theme store for each product type, and a purchaser can purchase various types of products by comparing them in one place. In addition to enhancing the efficiency of the activities, the guides of the purchaser's products and the visitor's circumstances are guided by the professional knowledge and know-how of the operating members, helping the shopping mall customers to make simple and efficient e-commerce. This has the advantage of increasing the customer's confidence in.

Claims (3)

Web DB (12), which stores and provides form information including windows required for product search and purchase, member DB (13), which stores and provides member authentication means and member personal information and purchase product information purchased by users, and shopping malls. In a shopping mall system having a merchandise DB 14 for storing and providing various information including an image of a merchandise sold by the store, and a store information DB 15 for storing a store construction tip for building a theme store, Application form stage, store information DB (15) that allows the theme store application stage to be approved from the registered customer members and approved for the theme store support among the registered customer members. Steps to build the theme store basic configuration using the store construction tips stored in), the product to be sold in the theme store using the product information stored in the product DB Method of operating a shopping mall system comprising the step of completing the theme store by placing the image and product information on the theme store. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is selected from a designated theme designated by the shopping mall operator and a theme selected by the applicant. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a list of the theme stores registered in the theme store DB and displaying the list on the theme store.