JP2003122971A - Commodity sales server system, program, and commodity sales site provision method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily grasp the contents of a virtual shopping cart. SOLUTION: This commodity sales server system displays a shopping information first screen 51 and a cart contents outline screen 56 on the same screen in a client computer so that, when a user looks at the cart contents outline screen 56 displayed on the same screen in the middle of the shopping on the shopping information first screen 51, the user can easily confirm information useful for the shopping such as names, number, prices, and total amount of the commodities put in the cart. The user can thus continues the shopping while grasping the contents of the cart and avoid to buy a useless commodity and to forget of buying necessary commodities.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides a server system for selling a product and a program therefor for providing a site where a user can shop while putting a product in a virtual shopping cart using a client computer, and such a site. A method for providing a site for selling goods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, online shopping is known in which a user uses a client computer to put products into a virtual shopping cart while shopping. Specifically, for example, shopping is performed in the following procedure. That is, when a user connects a client computer to the Internet and accesses a predetermined product sales site, the product sales server system delivers a shopping information screen to the user's client computer. When the user puts the product desired to be purchased in the virtual shopping cart on the shopping information screen, the client computer transmits the product put in the virtual shopping cart to the product sales server system, and the product sales server which receives this sends the virtual product sales server system. The database is searched based on the products placed in the shopping cart, and the price of the product is stored as information about the contents of the virtual shopping cart. After that, every time the user adds a desired product to the virtual shopping cart on the product selection screen, the product selling server searches based on the product added to the virtual shopping cart and additionally writes the price of the product.

By the way, when continuing shopping while putting a plurality of products in a virtual shopping cart at a product sales site, it is possible to forget what kind of product has been put in the virtual shopping cart. Click "View" to switch to the screen showing the contents of the shopping cart and check the contents. That is, when the user clicks "View contents of shopping cart" on the screen, the client computer requests the confirmation of the contents of the virtual shopping cart from the product selling server system, and the product selling server displays the contents of the shopping cart. Deliver the screen shown to client computers. As a result, the user can check the contents of the virtual shopping cart, that is, the information about all the products that the user has desired to purchase on the screen.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, if you click "View contents of shopping cart" to switch to a screen showing the contents of the shopping cart and check the contents, the operation will be complicated and smooth. There was a problem that I could not shop. Also, depending on the shopping information screen, there is one that displays the number of products in the virtual shopping cart and the total price as a frame.
Even if you know the number of products and the total price, it is often useless when shopping, so after all, click "View contents of shopping cart" to switch to the screen showing the contents of the shopping cart and check the contents. I often did.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a product sales server system or a product sales site providing method capable of easily grasping the contents of a virtual shopping cart. To do. Also,
One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a program for causing a computer to function as such a server system for selling goods.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problem and Its Action / Effect To achieve at least one of the above-mentioned objects, the first aspect of the present invention is that a user can use a client computer to shop while putting products in a virtual shopping cart. A server system for product sales that provides various sites, and a shopping information screen that displays information about shopping and a cart contents overview screen that displays at least the product name of a product that the user has added to the virtual shopping cart as a cart contents overview And a delivery means for delivering screen information to the client computer so that the client computer displays the same on the same screen.

This product selling server system distributes screen information to the client computer so that the shopping information screen and the cart contents overview screen are displayed on the same screen on the client computer. For this reason,
While shopping on the shopping information screen, the user can easily confirm at least the product name of the product in the virtual shopping cart by looking at the cart contents overview screen displayed on the same screen. Therefore, the user can continue shopping while grasping the contents of the virtual shopping cart, and can avoid wasting unnecessary products or forgetting to purchase necessary products.

[0008] The "shopping information screen" may be, for example, a plurality of screens from a category of products to hierarchically reach individual products, or a plurality of screens in a table format or a bulleted format. It may be a screen in which products are lined up. Further, the “commodity name” may be any name that can identify the product, for example, the name given to the product,
Examples include the model number attached to the product and the category to which the product belongs. Further, the shopping information screen and the cart contents overview screen may be always displayed on the same screen on the client computer, or may be temporarily displayed on the same screen (for example, according to the user's request). You may do it. The same applies to the second and subsequent aspects of the present invention.

In the first product selling server system of the present invention, the cart contents overview screen may display at least the product name, quantity, price and total price of the products put into the virtual shopping cart by the user. . By doing this, the user can easily grasp various information such as the quantity, price, and total price, which is useful when the user selects a product, in addition to the product name, by looking at the cart contents overview screen.

In the first product sales server system of the present invention, the cart contents overview screen displays at least the product name, quantity, and price in tabular form for each product that the user put in the virtual shopping cart. Good. In this way, the user can easily understand the information when viewing the cart contents overview screen, because the information is summarized in the table format for each product.

In the first product selling server system of the present invention, the distribution means may distribute the shopping information screen and the cart contents summary screen as frame screens. For example, the shopping information screen and the cart contents overview screen may be displayed in an overlapping manner on the screen of the client computer. However, since one screen may obscure the other screen, the shopping information screen and the cart contents overview screen may be displayed. It is preferable to display and as a frame screen so that one screen does not obscure the other screen.

In the server system for selling goods according to the first aspect of the present invention, the shopping information screen is a screen on which a user can select a desired product to purchase or a product to be discontinued, and the distribution means uses the shopping information screen. The cart contents summary screen updated according to the purchase desired product or purchase canceled product selected by the user may be distributed to the client computer. By doing this, when the user selects a desired product to purchase or a product to be discontinued on the shopping information screen, the cart contents overview screen is rewritten accordingly, so that the latest contents are constantly displayed on the cart contents overview screen.

In the first product sales server system of the present invention, the cart contents overview screen is a screen that allows the user to select a product whose purchase has been canceled or a product whose purchase contents have been changed.
The delivery means may deliver the cart contents summary screen updated according to the purchase canceled product or purchase contents changed product selected by the user on the cart contents overview screen to the client computer. By doing so, when the user selects a purchase discontinued product or a purchase content change product on the cart contents overview screen, the cart contents overview screen is rewritten accordingly, which is convenient for the user.

In the first commodity sales server system of the present invention, the distribution means may distribute image information to the client computer via the Internet. In this way, the present invention can be effectively used in so-called internet shopping. However, it may be distributed via a communication line other than the Internet. For example, the image information may be distributed via an in-house LAN, and in this case, the present invention can be effectively used in in-house sales.

A second aspect of the present invention relates to a program for causing a computer to function as the above-mentioned distribution means. This program is a computer-readable recording medium (eg, hard disk, ROM, FD, C
D, DVD, etc.), may be distributed from one computer to another computer via a transmission medium (communication network such as the Internet or LAN), and may be transferred in any other form. May be. By executing this program on the computer of the product selling server system, the same operational effect as that of the first product selling server system of the present invention can be obtained.

A third aspect of the present invention is a method for providing a site for selling goods, in which a user uses a client computer to put a product in a virtual shopping cart and provides a shopping site. The cart contents summary information including at least the product name of the product put in the virtual shopping cart is displayed on the same screen by the client computer.

In this method for providing a site for selling goods, information on shopping and outline information on the contents of the cart are displayed on the same screen by the client computer. For this reason, the user can easily confirm at least the product name of the product in the virtual shopping cart by looking at the cart contents summary information displayed on the same screen while shopping. Therefore, the user can continue shopping while grasping the contents of the virtual shopping cart, and can avoid wasting unnecessary products or forgetting to purchase necessary products.

In the third method for providing a site for selling products according to the present invention, the cart contents summary information may include at least the product name, quantity, price and total amount of the products put in the virtual shopping cart by the user. Good. By doing so, the user can easily grasp various information such as the quantity, price, and total price, which is useful for the user to select the product, in addition to the product name, by viewing the cart contents overview information.

In the third method for providing a site for selling products according to the present invention, the cart contents summary information represents at least a product name, a quantity and a price in a tabular form for each product put in the virtual shopping cart by the user. May be By doing this, the user can see the summary information of the cart contents and the information is summarized in a table format for each product.
This information can be easily grasped.

In the third method for providing a product sale site according to the present invention, the shopping information and the cart contents summary information may be distributed as a frame screen. For example,
The shopping information and the cart contents summary information may be displayed on the screen of the client computer in an overlapping manner. However, since one screen may obscure the other screen, the shopping information screen and the cart contents overview screen may be framed. It is preferable to display it as a screen so that one screen does not obscure the other screen.

In the third product sales site providing method of the present invention, on the screen where the shopping information is displayed on the client computer, the user can select a desired product or a product to be discontinued. When the user selects the purchase desired product or the purchase canceled product, the cart content outline information may be updated accordingly and the updated cart content outline information may be distributed to the client computer. By doing this, when the user selects a desired product to purchase or a product to be discontinued on the screen where the shopping information is displayed, the cart contents outline information is rewritten accordingly, so that the latest contents are constantly delivered as the cart contents outline information. To be done.

In the third product sales site providing method of the present invention, the user can select a purchase discontinued product or a purchase content changed product on the screen where the cart contents summary information is displayed on the client computer. When the user selects a purchase discontinued product on the screen, the cart content summary information may be updated accordingly and the updated cart content summary information may be distributed to the client computer. This is convenient for the user because when the user selects the purchase discontinued product or the purchase content changed product on the screen on which the cart contents overview information is displayed, the cart contents overview information is rewritten accordingly.

In the third product sales site providing method of the present invention, various kinds of information may be distributed to the client computer via the Internet. This way
The present invention can be effectively used in so-called Internet shopping. However, various information may be distributed via a communication line other than the Internet. For example, company L
It may be distributed via the AN, and in this case, the present invention can be effectively used in internal sales.

[0024]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a product sales server system 10 of the present embodiment.
In this embodiment, the virtual shopping cart used for Internet shopping is simply referred to as a shopping cart or a cart.

The merchandise selling server system 10 includes a shopping server 20 corresponding to the distribution means of the present invention, and a shopping DB 22 connected to the shopping server 20.
(DB is an abbreviation for a database, the same applies hereinafter), a management server 30 and a management DB 32 connected to the management server 30, and each server 20, 30 and each DB 22, 32.
Are communicably connected via a LAN 12.

The shopping server 20 is a Web server that operates a shopping site for selling personal computers. This shopping server 20 is the Internet 1
In response to a request from the client computer 40 connected via 4, the various information necessary for the shopping site is distributed or recorded in the shopping DB 22. The shopping DB 22 is connected to the shopping server 20, and has a member DB 22a and a product DB 22b.
And an order DB 22c. Member DB 22a
Is a database that records information about online shopping members.
D, a password for logging in to the shopping site, a name, an address, an email address, etc. are stored. The product DB 22b is a database that records products handled at shopping sites, and stores product codes, product categories, product names, product description contents, prices, stock status, and the like. The order DB 22c is a database that records the contents of orders received through online shopping.

The management server 30 is a server for collecting and managing various data. The management DB 32 is the management server 3
0, and has a member master 32a and a product master 32b. Member master 32a is shopping D
The basic data of the member DB 22a in B22 is recorded, and the product master 32b records the basic data of the product DB 22b in the shopping DB 22. The management server 30 performs the work of reflecting the contents of the management DB 32 in the shopping DB 22 and vice versa on a regular basis or at an appropriate timing. For example, shopping DB2
2 member DB 22a, member master 32a of management DB 32
The latest product information by reflecting the newly registered member information, the registered member correction information, etc. in the member master 32a by reflecting it in the product DB 32b and the product master 32b in the management DB 32 in the product DB 22b in the shopping DB 22. Is stored in the shopping DB 22. The function of the management server 30 may be included in the shopping server 20.

Next, the operation of online shopping will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the client computer 40 accesses the shopping site provided by the merchandise selling server system 10 via the Internet 14, the shopping server 20 reads the merchandise selling processing program of FIG. 2 from the internal memory and executes it.

The shopping server 20 first distributes the shopping information first screen 51 and the cart contents summary screen 56 to the client computer 40 (step S).
100). Then, the client computer 40 receives this and displays the shopping information first screen 51 and the cart contents summary screen 56 on the screen. As shown in FIG. 3, the shopping information first screen 51 is a frame screen that introduces each line-up product of a plurality of series (“XX series” and “XX series”) with an image, and a cart contents overview The screen 56 is a frame screen that displays the product name, quantity, and price (price including shipping fee and consumption tax) for each product put in the shopping cart in a tabular format, and also displays the total amount including consumption tax. Immediately after accessing, the cart is empty,
The numerical value corresponding to each item on the cart contents overview screen 56 is represented as "-".

Subsequently, the shopping server 20 orders the client computer 40 whether or not the order request is received from the client computer 40, that is, when the user clicks the "order" button 56a in the cart contents summary screen 56. It is determined whether the request has been transmitted to the shopping server 20 (step S11).
0). The operation when the order request is received will be described later. However, when the user clicks the "order" button 56a when the contents of the cart are empty, although not shown, the fact that there is no order content is displayed on the screen of the client computer 40, and then the process proceeds to step S120.

When the order request is not received from the client computer 40 in step S110, the shopping server 20 determines that the client computer 40 has received the order.
Whether or not a request for detailed product information has been received from the client server 40, that is, when the user clicks on one of the personal computer images in the shopping information first screen 51, the client computer 40 sends detailed information about the clicked product to the shopping server 20. It is determined whether the request has been made (step S120).

When the request for detailed product information has not been received from the client computer 40 in step S120, the shopping server 20 returns to step S11.
Return to 0. On the other hand, when the request for the product detailed information is received, the product D in the shopping DB 22 for the product is received.
B22c is searched, detailed information regarding the product is read from the product DB 22c, and the shopping information second screen 52 is displayed.
Then, the second shopping information screen 52 and the cart contents overview screen 56 are distributed to the client computer 40 (step S130). Then, the client computer 40 receives this and displays the shopping information second screen 52 and the cart contents summary screen 56 on the screen. For example, when the user selects “Note PC” in the “XX series” on the shopping information first screen 51, as shown in FIG.
In addition to the product description of "Note PC" in the "XX series", a subtotal (unit price x quantity) of the product according to the quantity,
Shipping, consumption tax and their total are displayed.

Subsequently, the shopping server 20 determines whether or not the request for the quantity change is received from the client computer 40, that is, the user selects the shopping information second screen 5.
It is determined whether the client computer 40 has requested the shopping server 20 to change the quantity by changing the quantity in 2 (step S140). When the shopping server 20 receives the request for changing the quantity, the shopping server 20 adjusts the shopping information second according to the changed quantity.
The subtotal, shipping fee, consumption tax, and their total on the screen 52 are updated, and the updated shopping information second screen 5
2 and the cart contents summary screen 56 are distributed (step S1)
50). In addition, the cart contents summary screen 5 to be delivered at this time
6 has the same contents as when delivered in step S130.

After the distribution in step S150, or when the request for the quantity change is not received in step S140, the shopping server 20 is operated by the client computer 40.
Whether or not the client computer 40 has requested to add the item in the cart from the shopping information second screen 52 by the user clicking the "Add to shopping cart" button 52a in the second shopping information screen 52. It is determined whether or not (step S16)
0). When the user clicks the "Add to Shopping Cart" button 52a in the shopping information second screen 52, the user has made an intention to buy the product displayed in the shopping information second screen 52 in the quantity displayed there. become.

The shopping server 20 proceeds to step S1.
When the request for adding the item in the cart is not received at 60, the process returns to step S140 again. On the other hand, when the request for adding the item in the cart is received, the cart contents summary screen 56 is updated according to the request (step S170). ), The process returns to step S100 again, and the shopping information first screen 51 and the updated cart contents overview screen 56 are distributed to the client computer 40. Then, on the screen of the client computer 40, as shown in FIG. 5, the shopping information first screen 51 and the updated cart contents overview screen 56 are displayed as frame screens. The updated cart contents overview screen 56 displays the product name, quantity, and price (price including shipping and consumption tax) for each product put in the shopping cart by the user in a tabular format, and the total amount including consumption tax. Is also displayed.

After that, when the user desires to purchase another product, he / she clicks one of the personal computer images on the first shopping information screen 51. Then, the client computer 40 requests detailed information about the product from the shopping server 20, and thus the shopping server 20 repeats the processing from step S130.
Then, when a request for adding a product in the cart is received in step S160, the cart contents summary screen 5 is displayed in response to the request.
6 is updated (step S170), and step S10 is performed again.
0, the shopping information first screen 51 and the updated cart contents summary screen 56 are displayed on the client computer 40.
To deliver to. For example, the user clicks "Tower PC" of "XX series" on the shopping information first screen 51, and changes the quantity to "2" set on the shopping information second screen 52 for the product as shown in FIG. Then, "Add to shopping cart" button 52
If a is clicked, a shopping information first screen 51 and an updated cart contents overview screen 56 are displayed on the screen of the client computer 40, as shown in FIG. 7. On the cart contents summary screen 56, the product name, quantity, price and total price are displayed for each product placed in the cart.

When the shopping server 20 receives the order request from the client computer 40 in step S110, that is, when the user clicks the "order" button 56a on the cart contents summary screen 56, the client computer 40 requests the order. Is sent, a payment method determination routine (step S180) and a delivery destination determination routine (step S19)
0), the order content confirmation routine (step S200) is executed, and this program ends. Here, the payment method determination routine is a processing routine in which a screen allowing the user to select one payment method from a plurality of payment methods is distributed to the client computer 40, and the selection result is received from the client computer 40.
In addition, the delivery destination determination routine provides the user with a delivery destination (name,
A processing routine of distributing a screen for inputting an address, etc., and receiving the input result from the client computer 40. In this delivery destination determination routine, the user who has already registered as a member of this shopping site is required to enter only the ID and password, and the member DB 22a is searched based on the ID and password to read out the delivery destination to notify the member. It may be possible to save the trouble of inputting. For users who have not registered as members, membership registration may be performed at the same time when they are asked to input their name, address, etc. Further, the order content confirmation routine delivers a confirmation screen of the order content to the client computer 40, and when the confirmation completion is received from the client computer 40, records the order content in the order DB 22c and displays a screen showing the acknowledgment to the client computer 40. It means a processing routine of delivering.

When the user presses a "return" button (not shown) on each screen, the screen of the client computer 40 returns to the previous screen. Further, in the present embodiment, a “cart contents details” button 56b is provided below the cart contents overview screen 56, and when the user clicks this button 56b, the client computer 40 requests the shopping server 20 for the cart contents details. Then, the shopping server 20 having received this delivers to the client computer 40 a cart contents detailed screen displaying a product code, a product category, product description contents, a price, an inventory status, etc. for each product name in the cart contents. The user can know the details of the cart contents by looking at this cart contents detail screen.

According to the product selling server system 10 of the present embodiment described in detail above, the client computer 40 has a shopping information screen (shopping information first screen 51 or second shopping screen 52) and a cart contents summary screen 56.
In the middle of shopping on the shopping information screens 51 and 52, the user can see the cart contents summary screen 56 displayed on the same screen and put it in the cart. You can easily check the information useful for shopping such as the product name, quantity, price and total price of the product. Therefore, the user can continue shopping while grasping the contents of the cart, and can surely avoid wasting unnecessary products or forgetting to purchase necessary products.

Further, since the product names and the like are displayed in a table format for each product on the cart contents overview screen 56, the user can easily grasp these information for each product. Further, since the shopping server 20 distributes the shopping information screens 51 and 52 and the cart contents overview screen 56 as frame screens, there is no possibility that one screen is hidden by the other screen on the screen of the client computer 40. Furthermore, when a desired product for purchase is added on the second shopping information screen 52, the cart contents overview screen 56 is rewritten accordingly, so that the latest contents are constantly displayed on the cart contents overview screen 56.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be implemented in various forms. For example, the product selling server system 10 described above.
May be configured by only one server, may be configured by a plurality of servers, or may be configured by including other devices (database, scanner, printer, etc.).

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the cart contents detailed screen is the shopping information third screen (a kind of shopping information screen), and the user can select the desired product or the product to be discontinued on this screen. Of course, the selection result may be reflected on the cart contents overview screen 56.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, a delete button 56c (purchase stop button) and a change button 56d may be provided for each product on the cart contents summary screen 56. When the user clicks the delete button 56c, the shopping server 20 deletes the corresponding product from the contents of the cart and deletes the contents of the cart contents screen 5
6 may be delivered to the client computer 40, and when the user clicks the change button 56d, the shopping server 20 may allow the user to change the quantity of the corresponding item on the cart contents summary screen 56. By doing so, it is possible to easily cancel or change the quantity of the product displayed as the desired product for purchase on the cart contents overview screen 56, which is convenient for the user.

Furthermore, the cart contents summary screen 56 is always displayed on the same screen as the shopping information screen on the client computer 40, but temporarily (for example, the shopping contents screen, the cart contents overview screen 5).
The call button 6 may be provided and displayed on the same screen (when the user clicks the call button).

In the above-described embodiment, the cart contents summary screen 56 and the shopping information first screen 51 (or the second screen 52) are distributed to the client computer 40 even when the cart contents are empty. When the contents are empty, the cart contents summary screen 56 is not delivered, and the shopping information first screen 51 or the shopping information second screen 51 is not delivered.
Only the screen 52 may be delivered.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a product sales server system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a product sales processing program.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram in which a shopping first information screen and a cart contents overview screen are displayed on the same screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram in which a second shopping information screen and a cart contents overview screen are displayed on the same screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram in which a shopping first information screen and a cart contents overview screen are displayed on the same screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram in which a second shopping information screen and a cart contents overview screen are displayed on the same screen.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram in which a shopping first information screen and a cart contents overview screen are displayed on the same screen.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a cart contents overview screen of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Server system for selling goods, 12 ... LAN, 14
... Internet, 20 ... Shopping server, 22 ...
Shopping DB, 22a ... Member DB, 22b ... Product D
B, 22c ... Order DB, 30 ... Management server, 32 ... Management DB, 32a ... Member master, 32b ... Merchandise master, 40
... Client computer, 51 ... Shopping information first screen, 52 ... Shopping information second screen, 56 ... Cart contents summary screen.

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A commodity sales server system for providing a site where a user can use a client computer to put a commodity in a virtual shopping cart while shopping, and a shopping information screen for displaying information on shopping, and a user Distributing means for delivering screen information to the client computer such that a cart contents overview screen that displays at least the product name of a product placed in the virtual shopping cart as a cart contents overview is displayed on the same screen on the client computer. A server system for merchandise sales. 2. The product sale server system according to claim 1, wherein the cart contents overview screen displays at least a product name, a quantity, a price, and a total price of the products put into the virtual shopping cart by the user. 3. The merchandise selling server system according to claim 1, wherein the cart contents overview screen displays at least the merchandise name, the quantity, and the price in a tabular form for each merchandise that the user put in the virtual shopping cart. 4. The product sales server system according to claim 1, wherein the distribution unit distributes the shopping information screen and the cart contents overview screen as frame screens. 5. The shopping information screen is a screen on which a user can select a product that the user desires to purchase (referred to as a purchase desired product) or a product to stop purchasing (referred to as a purchase discontinued product). The server system for selling goods according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cart contents summary screen updated in accordance with a purchase desired product or a purchase canceled product selected by the user on the shopping information screen is distributed to the client computer. . 6. The cart contents overview screen is a screen on which a user can select a product whose purchase is to be canceled (referred to as a purchase canceled product) or a product whose purchase content is to be changed (referred to as a purchase content change product). The product according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the cart contents overview screen updated according to a purchase canceled product or a purchase content changed product selected by the user on the cart contents overview screen is delivered to the client computer. Server system for sale. 7. The product sales server system according to claim 1, wherein the distribution unit distributes screen information to the client computer via the Internet. 8. A program for causing a computer to function as the distribution unit according to claim 1. 9. A method for providing a site for selling goods, wherein a user uses a client computer to put a product into a virtual shopping cart while providing a shopping site, wherein information about shopping and a user puts the product in the virtual shopping cart. And a cart contents summary information including at least the product name of the product, which is displayed on the same screen on the client computer. 10. The method for providing a product sales site according to claim 9, wherein the cart contents summary information includes at least a product name, a quantity, a price, and a total price of the products put into the virtual shopping cart by the user. 11. The product for sale according to claim 9, wherein the cart contents summary information represents at least a product name, a quantity, and a price in a table format for each product that the user put in the virtual shopping cart. Site provision method. 12. The shopping information and the cart contents summary information are distributed as a frame screen.
11. The method for providing a site for selling a product according to any one of 11. 13. On the screen where the shopping information is displayed on the client computer, the user can select a product desired to be purchased (referred to as desired product) or a product to be discontinued (referred to as discontinued product). 13. When the user selects a purchase desired product or a purchase discontinued product on the screen, the cart content summary information is updated accordingly, and the updated cart content summary information is distributed to the client computer. The method for providing a site for selling goods according to any one of 1. 14. On the screen where the cart contents summary information is displayed on the client computer, the user selects a product whose purchase is to be canceled (called a purchase canceled product) or a product whose purchase contents are to be changed (called a purchase contents changed product). It is possible, and when the user selects a product to be discontinued on the screen, the cart content summary information is updated accordingly, and the updated cart content summary information is distributed to the client computer. The method for providing a site for selling goods according to any one of 1. 15. The product sales site providing method according to claim 9, wherein the information about the shopping and the cart contents summary information are distributed to the client computer via the Internet.