KR20220037023A - Method for automationg the operation and management of flea market and server performing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method by which a flea market server automates flea market operation and management. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for performing flea market operation and management includes the following steps of: receiving, from a market terminal, market application information including at least one of market location, market date and time, market name, market size, host organization, participation cost, market characteristics, and seller recruitment period; receiving, from a seller terminal, seller information including at least one of business type, product category, main product, activity area, product price range, and product picture; receiving, from the seller terminal, participation application information with respect to at least one of market application-completed markets; transmitting the participation application information to the market terminal where a corresponding market is registered based on the participation application information, receiving selection result information regarding the participation application from the market terminal, and transferring the information to the seller terminal; and providing a market participation confirmation procedure progress function including at least a participation fee payment function to the seller terminal of a seller whose participation or non-participation in a specific market is determined based on the selection result information regarding the participation application received from the market terminal.

Description

A method for automating the operation and management of a flea market and a server performing the same

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for automating the operation and management of a flea market, and in detail, it allows a seller to receive a market recommendation suitable for his/her situation and conveniently proceed with the participation procedure. It is about a technology that can recommend a seller suitable for the situation of the market, invite the seller to participate, and facilitate the management of the market.

Recently, as commercial districts are diversified, various kinds of outdoor markets and flea markets selling second-hand goods are being held and operated. These flea markets are recently held nationwide by various organizers, such as the government, local governments, large enterprises, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Businesses or small business owners who have unreliable distribution and sales channels or who are burdened with paying rent in a certain place and selling products or services apply for participation in the desired flea market among the flea markets held nationwide by various organizers If you are selected, you will participate in the relevant market.

However, sellers participating in the flea market must follow the procedures such as filling out the market participation application form, receiving the selection result, proceeding with the deposit, and receiving information according to the format set differently according to the characteristics of the participating market. discomfort was present.

In addition, it is difficult for sellers to decide which market to participate in because they lack information about the characteristics of the market or the relevant region. For example, if you can obtain information such as which type of product is selling well in a specific market or how many sellers similar to your own industry exist in that market, select a market to participate in based on such information It is easy, but it is difficult for sellers to obtain such information.

Conversely, from the market standpoint, various tasks to be performed for market management are scattered. For example, there are tasks such as seller recruitment, seller management, notice delivery, cost management, document processing, and market promotion, but these tasks are being carried out depending on the labor force of market operators.

In addition, in order to enable the market to proceed actively in relation to the recruitment of sellers, when recruiting sellers, whether the characteristics of the seller's industry/product and market characteristics match, what is the sales trend of the seller, and consumers to the seller It is necessary to decide which seller to recruit considering information such as their evaluation.

As such, there was a need for a platform that automates the operation and management of the flea market in a more convenient way for the market, and automates the participation and management of the flea market in a more convenient way for the seller.

Korean Patent No. 10-1494669

It is an object of various embodiments of the present invention to conveniently provide various functions necessary for operation and management of a flea market.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, it is an object of the present invention to perform a recommendation between a plurality of flea markets and a plurality of sellers.

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the problems mentioned above, and other problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to one of the various embodiments of the present invention for solving the above-described problems, at least one of a market progress location, market process date and time, market name, market size, host organization, participation cost, market characteristics, or seller recruitment period from a market terminal receiving market application information including the above information; receiving seller information including at least one of a business type, a product category, a main product, an activity area, a product price range, and a product photo from the seller terminal; receiving participation application information on at least one of the markets for which the market application has been completed from the seller terminal; transmitting the participation application information to the market terminal that has registered a corresponding market based on the participation application information, receiving selection result information for the participation application from the market terminal and transmitting the information to the seller terminal; and based on the selection result information for the participation application received from the market terminal, providing a function of proceeding with the market participation confirmation procedure including at least a function of paying the participation fee to the seller terminal of the seller whose participation has been decided for a specific market; A method for operating and managing a flea market, including, may be disclosed.

The function of confirming participation in the market may further include functions of registering a copy of a passbook, registering a business license, and requesting processing of a tax invoice.

In the method of operating and managing the flea market, based on industry information, product information, and activity area information registered for a specific seller, scoring is performed for each of a plurality of markets for which market applications have been completed on the flea market server and determining a market to be recommended to the specific seller based on the score calculated for each of the plurality of markets.

The process of scoring each of a plurality of markets for which market applications have been completed on the flea market server is the number of sellers for the same industry or product as the specific seller existing in the market, the specific seller industry type or It may be characterized in that the scoring is performed based on the sales statistics for the product, the proximity between the activity area of the specific seller and the market place, or the correlation between the age of the main visitors of the market and the product of the specific seller.

The process of scoring each of the plurality of markets for which the market application has been completed on the flea market server is performed by analyzing the floating population data by day of the market for each of the plurality of markets through the external commercial area data collected from the external server. and classifying by age, calculating the degree of matching with the main target gender and age group of the specific seller, and performing scoring based on the calculated degree of matching.

The process of scoring each of the plurality of markets for which the market application has been completed on the flea market server is a score calculated based on external commercial area data, a score calculated based on market participation result data in which the specific seller participated in the past , it may be characterized in that the final score is derived by combining the scores calculated based on the degree of interest of other sellers in the market in a ratio of 4:4:1.

In the method of operating and managing the flea market, scoring is performed for each of a plurality of sellers who have been registered on the flea market server based on the registered market place, market date, and market characteristics for a specific market. and determining a seller to be recommended to the specific market based on the score calculated for each of the plurality of sellers.

The process of scoring each of the plurality of sellers who have been registered on the flea market server includes the correspondence between the characteristics of the specific market and the seller's product, and the proximity between the market place of the specific market and the seller's activity area. , it may be characterized in that the scoring is performed based on the sales trend of the seller or the evaluation score of the consumer for the seller.

The process of scoring each of the plurality of sellers registered on the flea market server is based on sales information recorded by each seller in the previous round of the specific market and sales information recorded in a market other than the specific market. It may be characterized in that the scoring is performed.

The process of scoring each of the plurality of sellers registered on the flea market server includes the number of views on each seller's page existing on the flea market server, the number of interest registrations for each seller, and registration of each seller. It may be characterized in that the scoring is performed based on the number of products, the number of reviews for each seller, or the number of inquiries for each seller.

According to another one of various embodiments of the present invention, a market application including at least one of information from the market terminal among the market progress location, market process date and time, market name, market size, host organization, participation cost, market characteristics, or seller recruitment period Participating market management unit to receive information; a participating seller management unit for receiving seller information including at least one of a business type, a product category, a main product, an active area, a product price range, and a product photo from the seller terminal; Receive participation application information for at least one of the markets for which the market application has been completed from the seller terminal, transmit the participation application information to the market terminal that has registered the corresponding market based on the participation application information, and from the market terminal a participation procedure management unit that receives selection result information for the participation application and transmits it to the seller terminal; And based on the selection result information for the participation application received from the market terminal, the seller terminal of the seller who has decided whether to participate in a specific market is the seller terminal. A flea market server including a management unit may be started.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as various functions related to the operation and management of the flea market are integrated and provided in one platform, the need to perform unnecessary repetitive tasks on both the market side and the seller side may disappear.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the seller side may receive a recommendation for a market in which the seller is expected to participate and have good results, and the market side may receive a recommendation for promising sellers in which the seller is expected to participate.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a schematic diagram of an environment in which a flea market automation platform operates, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a flea market server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a flea market server provides a function for connecting a flea market side and a seller side according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the flea market server recommends at least one participating flea market to a specific seller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a flea market server recommends at least one seller capable of performing a participation request for a specific market according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram illustrating a process in which a plurality of markets and sellers are matched in the flea market operation platform according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, “comprises” and/or “comprising” does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the stated components. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout, and "and/or" includes each and every combination of one or more of the recited elements. Although "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various elements, these elements are not limited by these terms, of course. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Accordingly, it goes without saying that the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the spirit of the present invention.

In the entire specification, when a part "includes" a certain element, this means that other elements may be further included, rather than excluding other elements, unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as "...unit" and "module" described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. .

Hereinafter, as used herein, the term 'market' may mean a flea market held at a specific time in various regions rather than a fixed store in a certain place, and the term 'seller' refers to such a flea market. It may mean a company or small merchant participating in the market.

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

1 is a schematic diagram of an environment in which a flea market automation platform 10 operates, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the flea market automation platform 10 may be configured in a form including a flea market server 100 , a market terminal 200 , a seller terminal 300 , and an external server 400 .

The flea market server 100 may be managed and controlled by a subject operating the flea market automation platform 10 . The flea market server 100 may include hardware information such as a control unit having at least one processor, a communication module, and a storage unit (eg, memory) or software information for algorithm operation.

The flea market server 100 receives information on markets and sellers from a plurality of market sides and sellers to perform registration, and the seller performs an application for participation in a specific market registered on the flea market server 100 . If you do, you can deliver this information to the relevant market and receive the selection result information for the participation application from the market and deliver it to the seller.

The flea market server 100 may provide convenience functions such as a function to pay participation fees that the seller must pay to the market side, a function to register a passbook copy, a function to register a business license, and a function to request processing of a tax invoice.

The flea market server 100 performs scoring for a plurality of markets based on the information received from the market side when the market performs market registration on the server, determines a market to recommend to a specific seller, and information on the determined market can be passed on to the seller. In this process, the flea market server 100 performs scoring for a plurality of markets based on various types of information registered on sellers, so that market recommendations can be tailored to each seller.

On the contrary, the flea market server 100 performs scoring for a plurality of sellers based on the information received from the seller when the seller performs seller registration on the server, determines the seller to recommend to a specific market, and determines the seller information can be transmitted to the market side. In this process, in scoring the plurality of sellers, the flea market server 100 performs scoring based on various types of information registered for the market, so that seller recommendations can be tailored to each market.

The market terminal 200 and the seller terminal 300 are terminals controlled by the market side and the seller side, respectively, and can access the flea market server 100 through a web browser or computer software or application installed on the terminal.

Since a plurality of markets and a plurality of sellers may be active in the flea market automation platform 10, the market terminal 200 and the seller terminal 300 may each be configured in plurality, and the number is one as shown in FIG. It is self-evident that it is not limited.

The market terminal 200 and the seller terminal 300 may determine content to be displayed on the screen (display unit) of the terminal, respectively, based on data received from the flea market server 100 .

The market terminal 200 and the seller terminal 300 may include a memory for storing information necessary for operation, a central processing unit such as a CPU for performing various operations necessary for operation, an input/output device, and the like.

The market terminal 200 and the seller terminal 300 are all types of hands that can be connected to a web server through a network, such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a tablet PC, and the like. It may include a handheld-based wireless communication device, and has a memory means such as a personal computer (eg, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, etc.), a workstation, a PDA, a web pad, etc. It could be one of the capable digital devices.

Although not shown in FIG. 1 , a consumer terminal (not shown) may additionally operate within the flea market operation platform 10 , and consumers access the flea market server 100 through the consumer terminal to access the flea market to be held. Information, product information of sellers participating in the flea market, etc. can be checked, and operations such as registering interest in pages of each market or pages of sellers can be performed.

The external server 400 is a server that exists separately from the flea market server 100. According to an embodiment, the flea market server 100 receives external commercial area data from the external server 400 and scores it for sellers or markets. And it can be utilized when performing a recommendation.

The data that the flea market server 100 receives from the external server 400 may include data obtained by dividing the floating population by day of the week of the market place by gender and age.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication network used by each entity operating within the flea market operation platform 10 to communicate can be configured regardless of its communication mode, such as wired and wireless, for example, It may be implemented in various communication networks, such as a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), and a wide area network (WAN). Preferably, the communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a known World Wide Web (WWW) or the like.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a flea market server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the flea market server 100 includes a participating market management unit 110 , a participating seller management unit 120 , a participation procedure management unit 130 , a confirmation procedure management unit 140 , a market recommendation performing unit 150 , and a seller. It may be configured to include a recommendation execution unit 160 , a communication unit 170 , a storage unit 180 , and a control unit 190 .

The participating market management unit 110 may receive market application information including various information from the market terminal 200 and register the corresponding market on the flea market server 100 . The information that the participating market management unit 110 receives from the market terminal 200 includes information such as the market progress location, market execution date and time, market name, market size, host organization, host organization, participation cost, market characteristics, seller recruitment period, etc. may be included.

According to one embodiment, the participating market management unit 110 receives the market application information from the market terminal 200 and after the market registered in the flea market server 100 is completed offline, statistical data on the market that has been conducted can be created and provided.

Statistical data generated by the participating market management unit 110 may include the number of participating sellers by industry, total sales, average sales, sales by industry, and participation time information of sellers.

According to an embodiment, the participating market management unit 110 may receive information on a questionnaire to be included in a questionnaire to be provided to sellers from the market terminal 200 . The questionnaire may include sales-related questions, event-related questions, operation-related questions, and public relations-related questions. After the flea market is over, the seller participating in the market through the flea market operation platform 10 of the present invention can check the questionnaire through the seller terminal 300 and answer each item included in the questionnaire, The side may check the seller's answer through the market terminal 200 .

The participating seller management unit 120 receives information from at least one of a business type, a product category, a main product, an active area, a product price range, or a product photo from the seller terminal 300 and registers the seller on the flea market server 100 . can do it

According to an embodiment, the participating seller management unit 120 may collect and manage information on a market that the seller is interested in from the seller terminal 300, and through this, the market in which the seller is interested is registered on the flea market server ( 100), information on this may be transmitted to the seller terminal 300 when newly registered.

The participation procedure management unit 130 may receive participation application information for at least one of the markets registered on the flea market server 100 after the market application has been completed from the seller terminal 300 . Thereafter, the participation procedure management unit 130 transmits the received participation application information to the market terminal 200 of the corresponding market, and receives the selection result information for the participation application from the market terminal 200 to the seller terminal 300 can be transmitted as

In this process, the market side can check the information of sellers who want to participate in the desired flea market through the participation application information received through the market terminal 200, and select the desired sellers from among the plurality of sellers who have applied for participation. You can select to allow participation, and for some sellers, you can deny participation.

Based on the selection result information for the participation application received from the market terminal 200, the confirmation procedure management unit 140 performs the market participation confirmation procedure with the seller terminal 300 managed by the seller whose participation in a specific market has been decided. Various functions necessary to proceed can be provided by guiding them.

The market participation confirmation procedure function provided by the confirmation procedure management unit 140 may include a function of paying the market participation fee set by the manager of the relevant market for the market in which the seller wants to participate. The seller may confirm participation in the market by paying the participation fee for the market when the selection from the relevant market is completed for the market applied for participation through the seller terminal 300 .

Additionally, the confirmation procedure management unit 140 may provide functions such as a seller's passbook copy registration function, a business registration certificate registration function, and a tax invoice processing request function as a market participation confirmation procedure function.

In this way, sellers can apply for participation in the market they want to participate in by utilizing the function provided by the flea market operation platform 10, and when selected from the market in which the application for participation is performed, payment of the participation fee, necessary documents Submissions, etc. can be easily performed through a single platform.

The market recommendation performing unit 150 performs scoring for each of a plurality of markets for which market applications have been completed on the flea market server 100 based on industry information, product information, and activity area information registered for a specific seller, A market to be recommended to a specific seller may be determined based on the score calculated for each of the plurality of markets.

After the market to be recommended is determined, the market recommendation performing unit 150 may transmit information on the corresponding market to the seller terminal 300 to enable the seller to check the recommended market.

The market recommendation performing unit 150 compares the industry information, product information, and activity area information registered for a specific seller with various types of information registered for each of the plurality of markets in scoring each of the plurality of markets. You can proceed with scoring.

According to an embodiment, the process of the market recommendation performing unit 150 scoring each of a plurality of markets for which market applications have been completed on the flea market server 100 as described above is the same as a specific seller existing in the market. or the number of sellers for a product, sales statistics for a specific seller industry or product aggregated in the market, the proximity of a specific seller’s activity area to a market place, the age group of the main visitors to the market, and the specific seller’s products This can be done based on the relationship of

That is, the market recommendation performing unit 150 prioritizes scoring for the various items described above, and synthesizes each score at a predetermined ratio or a ratio that varies according to circumstances, so that each registered in the flea market server 100 is You can complete the final scoring for the market of

In this process, the market recommendation performing unit 150 may change the scoring method according to a condition registered in advance by a specific seller. For example, when a specific seller registers on the flea market server 100 information that a specific seller wants to be recommended only a market held in a specific region through the seller terminal 300 , the market recommendation performing unit 150 operates outside the corresponding region. Markets held may be excluded from the scoring process.

When the market recommendation performing unit 150 performs scoring through the number of sellers for the same industry or product as a specific seller existing in the market, such scoring may be performed based on sellers who have completed an application for participation in the market. , if the number of sellers who have completed the application for participation in the relevant market is insufficient, scoring may proceed based on information on the progress of previous sessions in the relevant market. In other words, based on the information and sales statistics of sellers who participated in the previous round of the market, scoring may proceed for markets that have not yet proceeded and are recruiting participating sellers.

According to an embodiment, the market recommendation performing unit 150 performs scoring on each of a plurality of markets for which a market application has been completed on the flea market server 100 , external commercial area data collected from the external server 400 . For each of a plurality of markets, the floating population data by day of the week at the market place can be classified by gender and age, and thereafter, the consistency of the classified floating population data with the main target gender and main target age group registered by the seller for a specific seller may be calculated primarily, and scoring may be performed based on the calculated degree of concordance.

According to an embodiment, the market recommendation performing unit 150 performs scoring on the flea market server 100 for each of a plurality of markets for which a market application is completed, a score calculated based on external commercial area data, a specific The final score can be derived by synthesizing the score calculated based on the market participation result data that the seller has participated in in the past and the score calculated based on the interest of other sellers in the market in a ratio of 4:4:1, respectively.

In such an embodiment, the score calculated based on the external commercial area data classifies the floating population for each day of the market by gender and age as described above, and then matches the main target gender and main target age group registered by a specific seller. may be calculated.

In such an embodiment, the score calculated based on the market participation result data in which a specific seller has participated in the past is the level of sales and satisfaction with the previous market in which the seller participated, and the number of times other sellers in the same industry performed the previous market. It may be a score calculated based on the degree of sales and the degree of satisfaction recorded in .

In such an embodiment, the score calculated based on the degree of interest of other sellers in the market is the number of sellers who have the same target age group as the specific seller in the flea market operation platform 10 who inquired the market or the specific seller It may be a score calculated based on the number of sellers having the same target age group registered as an interest market.

The market recommendation performing unit 150 calculates a score based on external commercial data, a score calculated based on market participation result data in which a specific seller has participated in the past, and a score calculated based on the degree of interest of other sellers in the market. Unlike synthesizing each of 4:4:1, the market recommendation performing unit 150 may derive a final score for the market by scoring various types of data and synthesizing them at an arbitrary ratio.

The seller recommendation performing unit 160 performs scoring for each of a plurality of sellers who have been registered on the flea market server 100 based on the registered market place, market date and market characteristics for a specific market, and , a seller to be recommended for a specific market may be determined based on the score calculated for each of the plurality of sellers.

After a seller to recommend is determined, the seller recommendation performing unit 160 transmits information on the corresponding seller to the market terminal 200 to check the recommended sellers and send a proposal for a participation request to the sellers desired by the seller. can make it

In the process of scoring each of the plurality of sellers registered on the flea market server 100, the seller recommendation performing unit 160 matches the characteristics of the specific market with the seller's product, and the location of the market in the specific market. Scoring can be performed based on the proximity of the seller and the seller's activity area, the seller's sales trend, or the consumer's evaluation score for the seller.

In the process of scoring each of the plurality of sellers who have been registered on the flea market server 100, the seller recommendation performing unit 160 performs sales information and specific information recorded by each seller in a specific market to which the recommendation is provided In markets other than the market, sales information recorded by each seller can be classified and scoring can be performed based on each of them.

That is, when the seller recommendation performing unit 160 determines a seller to recommend for a specific market, not only the sales information recorded by the seller in the previous round of the market, but also the sales information recorded by the seller in a market other than the corresponding market Scoring can be carried out on the basis of .

The seller recommendation performing unit 160 performs scoring for each of a plurality of sellers who have been registered on the flea market server 100, the number of views of each seller's page existing on the flea market server 100, each You can score sellers based on the number of registered interest by other sellers or consumers, the number of products registered by each seller, the number of reviews registered by consumers for each seller, or the number of inquiries from consumers to sellers, etc. .

The communication unit 170 enables the flea market server 100 to communicate with the market terminal 200 , the seller terminal 300 , and the external server 400 . The communication network used by the communication unit 170 to perform communication may be configured regardless of the communication mode such as wired or wireless, for example, a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN). It may be implemented in various communication networks, such as an area network) and a wide area network (WAN).

The storage unit 180 serves to store information collected, generated, and processed in various components of the flea market server 100 . That is, the storage unit 180 may store various types of information provided by a plurality of markets or sellers to perform registration on the server, information on consumers, information on results of sellers participating in the market, and the like. The storage unit 180 may include, for example, a memory, a cache, a buffer, and the like, and may be composed of software, firmware, hardware, or a combination of at least two or more thereof.

The control unit 190 includes a participating market management unit 110 , a participating seller management unit 120 , a participation procedure management unit 130 , a confirmation procedure management unit 140 , a market recommendation performing unit 150 , a seller recommendation performing unit 160 , and a communication unit A function of controlling the data flow between the 170 and the storage unit 180 may be performed. That is, the control unit 190 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the participating market management unit 110 , the participating seller management unit 120 , the participation procedure management unit 130 , the confirmation procedure management unit 140 , and the market recommendation performing unit 150 ). , the seller recommendation performing unit 160 , the communication unit 170 , and the storage unit 180 can be controlled to perform their own functions, respectively.

In FIG. 2 , the participating market management unit 110 , the participating seller management unit 120 , the participation procedure management unit 130 , the confirmation procedure management unit 140 , the market recommendation execution unit 150 , the seller recommendation execution unit 160 , and the communication unit 170 . ) is a configuration in which the control unit 190 is functionally classified, and thus may be integrated as one control unit 190 .

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the flea market server 100 provides a function for connecting the flea market side and the seller side according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the flea market server 100 may receive information on a flea market to be conducted from the market terminal 200 and register the market applied for on the server, Recruitment of sellers who want to participate by making it public can be performed (S310).

Thereafter, when sellers registered in the flea market server 100 through the recruitment information for the market apply for participation in the corresponding flea market, the flea market server 100 may receive such participation application information (S320). ).

Thereafter, the flea market server 100 may transmit the seller's participation application information to the market terminal 200 of the flea market in which the participation application is performed (S330), and the selection result for the corresponding participation application from the corresponding market terminal 200 may be received (S340).

According to an embodiment, the selection result for the application to participate in the flea market may be classified into confirmed participation, non-participation, and pending decision.

Thereafter, the flea market server 100 receives a positive selection result from the market side for a specific flea market and provides a function to pay the participation fee of the amount set by the flea market organizer for the seller whose participation is confirmed. can be (S350).

According to an embodiment, when the participation fee payment is completed, the seller's participation in the flea market may be confirmed. In contrast, the seller's passbook copy registration and business registration certificate registration may be additionally performed to confirm the seller's participation in the flea market.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the flea market server 100 recommends at least one flea market that can participate in a specific seller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 4 , the flea market server 100 performs scoring for a plurality of markets based on information registered by a specific seller, and based on the result, it is possible to recommend a market in which good results are expected when a specific seller participates. there is.

For this, the flea market server 100 may preferentially collect industry type information, product information, and activity area information for a specific seller (S410). Such information collection may be collected when the seller accesses the flea market server 100 and performs subscription.

Thereafter, the flea market server 100 may score a plurality of markets registered on the server based on the number of sellers who belong to the same industry as a specific seller or sell the same/similar product. (S420).

In addition, the flea market server 100 may perform scoring based on sales statistics for a specific seller's industry or the same/similar product that are each aggregated for a plurality of markets (S430).

The flea market server 100 may perform scoring based on the degree of proximity (proximity) between the activity area of a specific seller and the place where each market is conducted (S440), and products/services sold by the specific seller and each market Scoring may be performed based on the correlation of the age groups mainly visited in (S450).

The flea market server 100 may perform final scoring for each market by synthesizing the scores calculated in steps S420 to S450 described above (S460). In this process, the final score by synthesizing the scores calculated in steps S420 to S450 by what weight may be determined by an arbitrary criterion, and this criterion may be determined by the selection of the seller to be recommended the market. .

Finally, the flea market server 100 may recommend at least one market to a specific seller based on the score finally calculated in step S460 ( S470 ). In this recommendation step, when the flea market server 100 provides information on markets to the seller terminal 300, the priority of each market is set, and as a market with a high score increases in priority, the seller terminal ( 300) may be a control so that the priority is displayed or the market with a higher priority is displayed preferentially.

5 is a flowchart for explaining a process in which the flea market server 100 recommends at least one seller who may request to participate in a specific market according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 5 , the flea market server 100 performs scoring for a plurality of sellers based on information registered by a specific market, and based on the result, it is possible to recommend a seller who is expected to have good results when participating in a specific market. there is. Through this, the flea market can send a message to the recommended sellers to participate in the market.

The flea market server 100 may preferentially collect information on a market place, market run date and time, and market characteristics for a specific market (S510). Such information collection may be information input by the flea market side when registering a flea market scheduled to be conducted through the market terminal 200 in the flea market server 100 .

Thereafter, the flea market server 100 may perform scoring based on the correspondence between the characteristics of a specific market and the products/services sold by each of the plurality of sellers ( S520 ).

In addition, the flea market server 100 may perform scoring based on the degree of proximity (proximity) between the location of a specific market and the regions in which each seller is active (S530), and the sales trend of each seller or each seller It is possible to perform scoring based on the consumer evaluation score for (S540).

The flea market server 100 may perform final scoring for each seller by synthesizing the scores calculated through the above-described steps S520 to S540 ( S550 ).

In this process, the final score by synthesizing the scores calculated in steps S520 to S540 with what weight may be determined by an arbitrary criterion, and such a criterion may be determined by the selection of the market side to which the seller is to be recommended. there is.

Finally, the flea market server 100 may recommend at least one market to a specific seller based on the score finally calculated in step S550 ( S560 ). In this recommendation step, the flea market server 100 sets a priority for each seller in providing information about the sellers to the market terminal 200, and as the seller with a high score increases in priority, the market terminal ( 200), or a seller having a higher priority may be controlled to be displayed preferentially.

6 is a block diagram for explaining a process in which a plurality of markets and sellers are matched in the flea market operation platform 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the flea market server 100 manages basic information and in-depth analysis information on a plurality of markets (flea market organizers) in a database format, and, likewise, basic information and advanced information on a plurality of sellers. The analysis information is managed in a database format, and matching between the market and the seller can be performed based on the managed information.

The flea market server 100 may provide a matching service between markets and sellers based on big data as described above, and in this process, technology related to artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning may be applied. .

As described above, according to various embodiments of the present invention, functions related to the operation and management of the flea market can be conveniently provided by gathering various flea markets and sellers through a single platform, and sellers can participate in the market in which they can participate. In addition, the market can receive customized recommendations for sellers who can induce participation.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in relation to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented directly in hardware, as a software module executed by hardware, or by a combination thereof. A software module may include random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or It may reside in any type of computer-readable recording medium well known in the art to which the present invention pertains.

As mentioned above, although embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains know that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. you will be able to understand Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

10: Flea Market Operating Platform
100: flea market server
200: market terminal
300: seller terminal
400: external server

Claims (11)

A method for a flea market server to operate and manage a flea market,
Receiving market application information including at least one of a market progress location, market execution date and time, market name, market size, host organization, participation cost, market characteristics, or seller recruitment period from the market terminal;
receiving seller information including at least one of a business type, a product category, a main product, an activity area, a product price range, and a product photo from the seller terminal;
receiving participation application information on at least one of the markets for which the market application has been completed from the seller terminal;
transmitting the participation application information to the market terminal that has registered a corresponding market based on the participation application information, receiving selection result information for the participation application from the market terminal, and transmitting the information to the seller terminal; and
Based on the selection result information for the participation application received from the market terminal, providing a function to proceed with the market participation confirmation procedure, including at least a function to pay the participation fee, to the seller terminal of the seller whose participation in a specific market has been decided How to operate and manage the flea market.
According to claim 1,
The above market participation confirmation procedure function is,
A method of performing operation and management of the flea market, which further includes functions of registering a copy of a passbook, registering a business license, and requesting tax invoice processing.
According to claim 1,
Based on the industry information, product information, and activity area information registered for a specific seller, scoring is performed for each of a plurality of markets for which a market application has been completed on the flea market server, and calculated for each of the plurality of markets The method of operating and managing a flea market, further comprising the step of determining a market to be recommended to the specific seller based on the score.
4. The method of claim 3,
The process of scoring each of a plurality of markets for which market applications have been completed on the flea market server,
The number of sellers for the same industry or product as the specific seller in the market, sales statistics for the specific seller industry or product aggregated in the market, and the proximity or market between the activity area of the specific seller and the market place A method for operating and managing a flea market, characterized in that scoring is performed based on the correlation between the age of the main visitors and the product of the specific seller.
4. The method of claim 3,
The process of scoring each of a plurality of markets for which market applications have been completed on the flea market server,
Classify floating population data by day of the week for each of the plurality of markets by gender and age through external commercial area data collected from an external server, and calculate the degree of agreement with the main target gender and age group of the specific seller A method for performing operation and management of a flea market, characterized in that scoring is performed based on the
4. The method of claim 3,
The process of scoring each of a plurality of markets for which market applications have been completed on the flea market server,
The score calculated based on external commercial data, the score calculated based on the market participation result data in which the specific seller participated in the past, and the score calculated based on the interest of other sellers in the market are in a ratio of 4:4:1 A method of performing operation and management of a flea market, characterized in that the final score is derived by being synthesized with
According to claim 1,
Based on the registered market place, market date and market characteristics for a specific market, scoring is performed for each of a plurality of sellers who have been registered on the flea market server, and calculated for each of the plurality of sellers The method of operating and managing a flea market, further comprising the step of determining a seller to be recommended to the specific market based on the score.
8. The method of claim 7,
The process of scoring each of the plurality of sellers registered on the flea market server is,
Scoring is performed based on the correspondence between the characteristics of the specific market and the seller's product, the proximity of the seller's activity area to the market location of the specific market, the seller's sales trend, or the consumer's evaluation score for the seller How to operate and manage the flea market.
8. The method of claim 7,
The process of scoring each of the plurality of sellers registered on the flea market server is,
A method for operating and managing a flea market, characterized in that scoring is performed based on sales information recorded by each seller in a previous round of the specific market and sales information recorded in a market other than the specific market.
8. The method of claim 7,
The process of scoring each of the plurality of sellers registered on the flea market server is,
Scored based on the number of views on each seller's page existing on the flea market server, the number of interest registrations for each seller, the number of products registered by each seller, the number of reviews for each seller, or the number of inquiries about each seller A method of performing operation and management of a flea market, characterized in that it proceeds.
In the flea market server for operating and managing the flea market,
a participating market management unit that receives market application information from the market terminal including at least one of a market location, market execution date and time, market name, market size, host organization, participation cost, market characteristics, or seller recruitment period;
a participating seller management unit for receiving seller information including at least one of a business type, a product category, a main product, an active area, a product price range, and a product photo from the seller terminal;
Receive participation application information for at least one of the markets for which the market application has been completed from the seller terminal, transmit the participation application information to the market terminal that has registered the corresponding market based on the participation application information, and from the market terminal a participation procedure management unit that receives selection result information for the participation application and transmits it to the seller terminal; and
Based on the selection result information for the participation application received from the market terminal, a confirmation procedure management unit that provides a function to proceed with the market participation confirmation procedure including at least a function to pay the participation fee to the seller terminal of the seller whose participation has been decided for a specific market Including, flea market server.

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