JP2005196478A - Electronic commerce system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an EC system capable of selling commodities of other stores by agent at an own store, automatically performing commission settlement for consignment sale, accurately collating the settlement by use of the sales history, realizing a mediating store including functions of both a sale consigning side and sale by agent, and discriminating the identical commodity sold from different routes to select it based on a policy. <P>SOLUTION: A means for adding commodities of other stores 804 of an intermediary selling store 801 adds the commodities of other stores to the commodities of an own store as consignment selling commodities by use of a commodity retrieval means 107 of the sale consigning side store 103 and a commission information retrieval means 307. When the order for the added commodities is received, the commission is automatically settled by an order processing means for sales by agent 807 and a commission settlement means 809. The intermediary selling store 801 can consign sale of the commodities of the other stores added by the means for adding commodities of other stores 804 further to the other store 102 by use of the commission information retrieval means 805. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce (EC) system, and more particularly to an electronic commerce system that uses an information processing apparatus such as a computer to cooperate with a plurality of electronic commerce systems to expand the product lineup and promote sales.

  An electronic commerce system (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as an EC system) is a technique for selling products using a computer system. In the EC system, information on products to be sold is accumulated in a database (DB) or the like, and orders are processed in response to purchase requests from buyers.

  In general, the EC system for sales to general buyers (B2C: Business to Consumer) is equipped with a user interface (UI) for selecting the products that the buyer wants, and the personal computer (PC) owned by the buyer. Products can be viewed and ordered using general devices such as Web browsers and mobile phones. This is sometimes called an “EC shop” by comparing it to an actual store.

  As with the B2C system described above, the EC system for business-to-business (B2B: Business to Business) functions directly as an EC shop where buyers can browse and order products, as well as direct order contents without requiring UI operations. Some of the purchasing side and the selling side realize a function of performing automatic processing by a computer system. Such a system is utilized when automating the purchase of parts between companies. This is also one of EC systems, although the format is different from EC shops.

  These EC systems having various forms are all EC systems for selling the products of their own stores. This is called conventional method 1. FIG. 12 shows a system configuration of the conventional method 1 described above. This system is configured such that a purchaser 1201 can access a store 1202 having a product information search function 1204 and a product DB 1205. In this conventional method 1, it is possible to sell only the products handled at the store by the EC system, and it is difficult to enhance the product lineup for each store.

  In order to enhance the assortment of stores, it is common to purchase products from a plurality of stores or make contracts for agency sales. In order to sell merchandise from other stores using the conventional method 1, the merchandise from other stores is registered in the EC system as merchandise at the local store and sold to the buyer as merchandise at the local store. Price and commission calculations had to be post-processed with the source store. In this case, there was no choice but to carry out substitute sales or give up the enhancement of the product lineup.

As a method for solving the problem of the conventional method 1, there is a method of forming a proxy sales function in a client-server type. This is called the conventional method 2.
FIG. 13 shows a system configuration of the conventional method 2. This conventional method 2 includes an agent sales side store 1302 having a product information search function 1304, a product DB 1305 and a specific store product addition function 1306, a sales store side store 1303 having a specific store dedicated product providing function 1307 and a product DB 1308, The person 1301 is configured to be accessible. In other words, the EC system is constructed in advance by dividing into a merchandise agency sales store 1302 and a merchandise sales agency store 1303, and the agency sales store 1302 can enhance the product lineup.

  In the conventional method 2, as described above, the agency sales side store 1302 includes a specific store product addition function 1306 for adding products only for a specific designated store, and the sales consignment side store 1303 is only for a specific designated store. In contrast, a special store-dedicated product providing function 1307 for entrusting the sale of the product is included. In this case, the sales consignment store 1303 is a dedicated system for consigning product sales only to the agent sales store 1302. The sales consignment store 1303 cannot consign sales to a proxy sales store other than the proxy sales store 1302. Further, the sales consignment store 1303 cannot have means for selling to the general buyer 1301.

  The “electronic mall method” exists in a format similar to the conventional method 2. This is called the conventional method 3. FIG. 14 shows a system configuration of the conventional method 3. In the conventional method 3, the sales consignment stores 1420, 1430, and 1440 having the product information 1421, 1431, and 1441 and the settlement functions 1422, 1432, and 1442, respectively, do not have their own EC system, and the product information search function 1411 and the order The EC system (referred to as an electronic mall) of the agency sales side store 1410 having the reception function 1412 includes a mechanism capable of registering products of a plurality of sales commission side stores in advance. The sales consignment stores 1420, 1430, and 1440 directly register the information of products sold by the company in the EC system of the electronic mall 1410, so that the same mechanism as the conventional method 2 can be obtained without having an expensive EC system. It is feasible.

  In the electronic mall 1410, UIs for general purchasers to make purchases and orders based on the product information entrusted from the respective sales consignment side stores 1420, 1430, 1440 are provided to the respective sales consignment side stores 1420, 1430, 1440. Some have functions to configure. In this case, unlike the conventional method 2, the sales consignment side stores 1420, 1430, and 1440 can have a UI for the general purchaser 1401. However, the format is limited to a uniform one provided by the electronic mall 1410. Further, similarly to the conventional method 2, there is also a problem that the consignment destinations of the sales consignment side stores 1420, 1430, and 1440 are limited to one electronic mall (agent sales side store) 1410.

  Furthermore, a sales management system is disclosed that realizes a proxy sales mechanism in a different manner in which a general sales system and an auction sales system are linked (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This is called the conventional method 4. FIG. 15 shows a system configuration of the conventional method 4. This system includes a product information search function 1521 accessed by the purchaser 1501, a product information 1522, an order acceptance function 1523, a settlement function 1524, and an auction store 1520 and a product information search function accessed by the purchaser 1511. 1531, merchandise information 1532, an order acceptance function 1533, a settlement function 1534, and an auction store change function 1535. In the conventional method 4, the two EC systems 1520 and 1530 taking an auction sales form are used to exchange products that have not been sold within the time limit at one auction store 1520 (or 1530) and the other auction store 1530 (or 1520). Describes a method for automatically re-listing. Unlike the conventional method, the conventional method 4 has a UI for general buyers at each store. Further, unlike the conventional method 3, each store 1520, 1530 can freely design the UI format for general buyers.

  However, the conventional method 4 has a problem that, as with the conventional methods 2 and 3, the sales can be consigned only to a specific agency sales side store. Further, the conventional method 4 completely shifts the sales place of the product depending on the situation. When a product that has not been sold at the auction store 1520 is automatically re-registered in the auction store 1530, the customer 1501 visiting the auction store 1520 will not be able to see the product from the time of registration in the auction store 1530.

JP 2001-31620 A (Page 5-7, FIG. 1)

  The problem with the above-described conventional method 1 is that it takes time to manually add to the product DB of the own store in order to sell the product of another store. Since this effort is large, it is practically impossible to carry out agency sales, and as a result of being able to sell only the products of the own store, it is difficult to enhance the product lineup.

The first problem of the conventional method 2 is that the store on the sales consignment side becomes a dedicated consignment sales system and does not have a sales channel for general buyers. For this reason, the sales consignment store must give up selling directly from its own store to general buyers and concentrate on wholesale. The second problem of the conventional method 2 is that the system of the sales consignment side store is constructed as a dedicated system for a specific agent sales side store. For this reason, the sales consignment side store cannot select the agency sales side store, and if the sales of the agency sales side store is bad, the sales of the sales consignment side store are also adversely affected.

The first problem of the conventional method 3 is that the UI for general buyers to purchase and order from the agency sales store (electronic mall) to the sales consignment store is displayed in the form of the agency sales store. It is in the point where it is unified. As a result, the sales consignment store cannot provide each store's unique UI to general buyers.
The second problem of the conventional method 3 is the same as the second problem of the conventional method 2.

  The first problem of the conventional method 4 is the same as the second problem of the conventional method 2. Further, the second problem of the conventional method 4 is that the same product cannot be put into a sales state at a plurality of stores at the same time and can always be sold only at one store.

  An object of the present invention is to realize an EC system that can solve or alleviate the above-described various problems and can enhance the product lineup by selling the products of other stores at the store. Another object of the present invention is to realize an EC system that automatically charges and settles commissioned commissions. Another object of the present invention is to realize an EC system that accurately performs settlement verification by separately maintaining sales histories at the agency sales store and the sales consignment store. Another object of the present invention is that the sales consignment store can sell the same product to the general buyer and sales consignment to a plurality of agent sales stores without losing the sales route for the general purchaser. It is to realize an EC system that increases sales opportunities by setting both sales states at the same time. Another object of the present invention is to realize an EC system that correctly distinguishes the same product sold from different routes as the same product when the agency sales route becomes complicated.

  Another object of the present invention is to realize an EC system that selects the same product sold from different routes based on a policy designated by the store when the agency sales route becomes complicated. In addition, another object of the present invention is that each store uses the relationship between the other store and the proxy sales and the sales consignment according to the situation by the EC system including both the functions of the sales consignment side and the functions of the proxy sales side. It is to realize an EC system that can.

  In the first EC system according to the present invention, when the agency sales store searches for product information of the sales consignment store and selects a product to be added to the product of the agency sales store, the product of the agency sales store is automatically selected. As a result, the merchandise of the sales consignment store is registered in the merchandise DB of the agency sales store so that the agency sales can be performed. As a result, the store on the agency sales side can select products that can be freely sold from the store on the sales consignment side and sell them as products on the store on the agency sales side. The side store can be outsourced to a plurality of agent sales side stores by one sales consignment system.

  The second EC system according to the present invention sets commission information in advance in the product DB of the sales consignment store, and automatically settles the sales price and the commission when the agency sales store performs the proxy sales. This makes it possible to automate troublesome settlement processing that occurs during agency sales. In addition, it becomes possible for the agency sales side store to check the agency sales conditions in advance and select the products to be agency sold.

  In the third EC system according to the present invention, the agency sales side store and the sales entrustment side store individually hold the sales history and collate each other's history at the time of settlement. Thereby, it is possible to prevent an amount of money different from the actual sales performance from being charged.

  According to the fourth EC system of the present invention, a general purchaser adds a sales consignment function in which a UI for a general buyer to purchase and order and an EC system having a product DB use the same product DB. Both sales and consignment for consumers. As a result, the sales consignment store can sell the same product to both the general purchaser and multiple consignment sales stores at the same time without losing the sales route for general buyers. It becomes possible to.

  In the fifth EC system according to the present invention, the EC system of each store is configured as an EC system including both the functions of the sales consignment side and the functions of the proxy sales side, so that each store can act as a proxy for other stores depending on the situation. Use different relationships between sales and sales consignment. As a result, each store will diversify sales channels by increasing or decreasing the amount of sales commissioned to other stores according to market conditions, or increase or decrease the amount of sales at other stores to increase product lineup. It becomes possible.

  The sixth EC system according to the present invention assigns a product-specific identifier to the product information of the sales consignment store, and includes the identifier in the information of the product sold by the agent sales store. Thereby, when the agency sales route becomes complicated, it is possible to correctly distinguish the same product sold from different routes as the same product.

  The seventh EC system according to the present invention relates to the policy designated by the agency sales store when the merchandise identifier given in the sixth EC system described above is the same for the merchandise sold via a different route. Based on this, select the products to be sold by proxy. As a result, when the agency sales route becomes complicated, it is possible to select and sell products having conditions more advantageous for the agency sales side store among the same products sold from different routes.

  An eighth EC system according to the present invention is configured by redistributing a single EC system configuration (a combination of hardware and software) from the systems described in the first to seventh EC systems. As a result, it is not necessary for each store to separately implement agency sales means and sales consignment means, and stores using one type of EC system configuration can easily establish a relationship between agency sales and consignment sales with other stores. Is possible.

  The EC system according to the present invention has various practical effects as follows. First, the agency sales store can select products that can be freely sold from the sales entrustment store and sell them as products of the agency sales store. As a result, the agency sales side store can enhance the store assortment. In addition, the sales consignment store can be outsourced to a plurality of agent sales stores. The reason for this is that the other store product adding means in the agency sales store registers the product of the sales consignment store with the store of the sales consignment store stored as an additional product of the agency sales store, It is because it makes it possible to sell as well.

  Second, it is possible to automate troublesome fee settlement processing that occurs at the time of agency sales. Thereby, each store can save the trouble of manually performing troublesome fee settlement processing that occurs at the time of agency sales. The reason for this is that the commission information retrieval means of the sales consignment store stores the information of the commission in advance, and the commission price settlement means of the agency sales side store automatically settles the sales price and commission based on that information. Because.

  Third, it is possible to make an accurate settlement by collating sales histories held separately by the agency sales store and the sales consignment store. Thereby, it is effectively prevented that an amount different from the actual sales performance is charged. The reason is that the agency sales history holding means of the agency sales store sends the sales history recorded at the agency sales to the agency commissioned store at the time of settlement, and the agency sales history verification means of the agency agency store is the agency sales store. This is because the sales consignment history holding means checks the sales consignment history recorded at the time of consignment sales and confirms the validity of the settlement information.

  Fourth, it is possible to simultaneously sell the same product for both general buyer sales and sales consignment to a plurality of agency sales stores. Thereby, the function of the sales consignment side store can be realized without the sales consignment side store losing the sales route for general buyers. The reason is that the product information search means, order accepting means and settlement means of the sales consignment store are direct product searches sent from the buyer who visited the direct sales consignment store regarding the product search request received from the outside. Regardless of whether or not it is an agency product search sent from the agency sales side store, whether or not it is a direct product search sent from a buyer who sold the product from the same product DB and visited the sales agency side store directly This is because there is a means for distinguishing products that can be sold depending on whether the agent product search is transmitted from the agent sales side store.

  Fifth, it is possible to configure an intermediary sales-type store that uses different relationships between other stores and agency sales and sales consignment. As a result, each store can measure the enhancement of the product lineup by increasing or decreasing the sales commission amount to other stores according to the market situation and diversifying the sales channel or increasing or decreasing the other agent product agency sales amount. Is possible. The reason is that a brokerage-type store is configured as an EC system that includes both means on the sales consignment side and means on the agency sales side, and other store product addition means for the brokerage-type store separate sales consignment products from other stores. This is because it has a means for selling to other stores.

  Sixth, the same product sold from different routes can be correctly identified as the same product. As a result, even when the agency sales route becomes complicated, the same product can be discriminated and it is prevented from being duplicated as different products. The reason is that the product identifier of the same product sold from different routes is given by adding a product-specific identifier to the product information of the store on the sales consignment side, and including the product identifier in the information on the product sold on behalf of the agency sales side store. This is because other store merchandise adding means can determine this.

  Seventh, among the same products sold from different routes, the actually sold products can be selected by policy. As a result, among the same products that are sold from different routes, it is possible to sell products that have advantageous conditions at the agency sales side store. The reason is that the product addition policy processing means refers to the product addition policy information set in advance, determines which one of the same products sold from different routes is selected and sold, and the other store product addition means This is because it is possible to select a product that is actually sold based on the determination.

  Eighth, stores that use one type of EC system configuration can easily establish a relationship of proxy sales / consignment sales with other stores. This eliminates the need for each store to separately implement proxy sales means and sales consignment means, and can be realized by redistributing (reusing) one type of EC system configuration for building a store system. The reason for this is that the same EC system configuration can be obtained by configuring an intermediate sales type store that includes the means of the sales consignment side store, the means of the agency sales side store, and the means of direct sales to general buyers in one EC system. This is because it is possible for each other to establish a relationship of agency sales / consignment.

  Next, the configuration and operation of a preferred embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described herein merely disclose specific examples of the present invention and do not limit the present invention.

  First, a first embodiment of an EC system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a first embodiment of an EC system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration or a specific example of FIG. The EC system of the first embodiment includes a merchandise information search function (means) 104, a merchandise DB 105, and a store sales side store 102 including another store product addition function (means) 106, a merchandise information search function (means) 107, and a product DB 108. And a purchaser 101 who purchases a product from the agency sales side store 102.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the product DBs 105 and 108 are a collection of information necessary for selling products, and are configured as a product table including necessary information such as product ID, product name, category, and price for each product. Is done. The items that are specifically required vary depending on the type of product sold by the store. The other store product addition function 106 configures an additional product table 203 based on products added from the sales consignment store 103.

  Here, it is assumed that the agency sales side store 102 performs agency sales of the products of the sales commission side store 103. The agency sales side store 102 searches for a product of the sales entrustment side store 103, and searches for and decides the product that the agency sales side store 102 wants to perform the agency sale.

  Next, the other store product addition function 106 acquires the information of the designated product using the product information search function 107 of the sales consignment side store 103, and stores the proxy sales product in the product DB 105 of the agency sales side store 102. Add information for. Temporary product IDs are assigned to the added products, and in addition to the product information (product name, price, etc.) held in the normal product DB 105, information for specifying the sales consignment store 103 and the sales consignment store 103 An additional product table 203 that stores the product ID of this product is formed.

  As a result, when the purchaser 101 places an order for this additional product, it is possible to accurately tell the sales consignment store 103 which product has been sold by proxy. The additional product to which the temporary product ID is allocated can be searched in the same manner as the normal product DB 105 from the product search function 104 of the agency sales side store 102. As a result, the purchaser 101 appears as if the product of the sales consignment store 103 is the product of the agency sales store 102, and can place an order in the same manner.

  Next, a second embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the following embodiment, it demonstrates centering on difference with a 1st Example. In addition, the same reference numerals are used for the corresponding components or functional blocks for convenience of explanation. 3 and 4 correspond to FIGS. 1 and 2 relating to the first embodiment described above. In the EC system of the second embodiment, in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment described above, the agency sales side store 102 has an order reception function (means) 301, an agency sales order processing function (means) 303, a settlement function 302, and fee settlement. A function (means) 304 is included. The sales consignment side store 103 includes an order receiving function (means) 305, a settlement function (means) 306, and a fee information search function (means) 307.

  The fee information search function 307 includes fee information 401 including information on whether or not sales consignment, fee type information and sales consignment fee information for each product in the product DB 108 of the sales consignment side store 103.

  Here, it is assumed that the agency sales side store 102 performs agency sales of the products of the sales commission side store 103. The part where the agency sales side store 102 searches for the product of the sales commission side store 103 and registers it as an additional product of the agency sales side store 102 is the same as in the first embodiment. However, at that time, the other store product addition function 106 of the agency sales side store 102 is set to the product to be added using the commission information search function 307 in addition to the product information search function 107 of the sales consignment side store 103. Search the fee type and fee that are used.

  In FIG. 4, as a commission type, the “consignment” type in which the sales consignment side store 103 designates the sales price and the commission rate, and the sales consignment side store 103 designates only the wholesale price, and the agency sales side store 102 sets a free fee. Two types of “wholesale” types that are sold on top are listed as examples, but the actual fee type depends on the circumstances of each industry and the circumstances of business, and is not specified here.

  The other store product addition function 106 sets fee type and fee information in the additional product table 203. In the specific example of FIG. 4, information indicating “wholesale” is set for the wholesale-type product, an additional price for the wholesale price is set for the fee, and the total is presented to the purchaser 101 as the actual sales price. For the consignment type product, information indicating “consignment” is placed on the type, and the sales price and fee rate are set by the sales consignment store 103, so the agent sales store 102 does not need to set a fee.

When an order is placed on an additional product from the purchaser 101, the proxy sales order processing function 303 of the proxy sales side store 102 specifies the sales consignment side store 103 and the product ID at the store from the additional product table 203, and the proxy The order information of the sold product is transmitted to the sales consignment store 103. As a result, the order processing is completed and the proxy sales are realized. Finally, the purchaser 101 pays the price through the settlement function 302 of the agency sales store 102. The commission settlement function 304 of the agency sales store 102 is:
With reference to the fee information stored in the additional merchandise table 203, an amount paid as a price for the merchandise to the sales consignment side store 103 and an amount received by the agency sales side store 102 as a fee for agency sales are calculated. The product price is automatically paid through the settlement function 306 of 103.

  Next, a third embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, in the configuration of the third example, in addition to the external configuration of the second embodiment, the proxy sales side store 102 includes a proxy sales history holding function (means) 501, and the sales consignment side store 103. Includes a sales consignment history holding function (means) 502 and a sales history collation function (means) 503.

  Here, it is assumed that the agency sales side store 102 performs agency sales of the products of the sales commission side store 103. The procedure for the agency sales side store 102 to sell the products of the sales consignment side store 103 by proxy is the same as in the second embodiment. However, at that time, the settlement of the merchandise sales price between the agency sales side store 102 and the sales consignment side store 103 is not settled for each product at the time of merchandise sale, but is settled collectively later. For example, a case is considered where sales are settled together every month.

  When the purchaser 101 places an order for a product in the additional product table 203, the agency sales side store 102 transmits the order to the sales consignment side store 103 by the agency sales order processing function 303, and the agency sales history holding function 501. The information of the product sold by proxy is added to the proxy sales history table 601. This content includes information such as order ID, date and time, product ID, number of products sold, price, fee, etc. necessary for the order.

On the other hand, the sales consignment side store 103 that has received an order notification from the proxy sales order processing function 303 also adds information on the products that have been sold by the sales consignment history holding function 502 to the sales consignment history table 602. In this way, the sales history 601 and 602 are held at the agency sales side store 102 and the sales entrustment side store 103, and settlement is performed collectively after a specific period. At that time, the agency sales side store 102 searches the agency sales history table 601 for information on products that have been agency sold during a specific period, and collectively reports the information to the sales consignment side store 103 as agency sales history information. The sales history collation function 503 of the sales consignment side store 103 compares the proxy sales history information received from the agency sales side store 102 and the information in the sales consignment history table 602, and the settlement request from the agency sales side store 102 is correct. Check if it is a thing. After confirming that the payment request is correct, based on the information, the payment for the merchandise is paid from the agency sales store 102 to the sales consignment store 103.

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 shows the external configuration of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The configuration of the fourth embodiment includes a purchaser 701 for the sales consignment side store 103 in addition to the configuration of the second embodiment described above. Here, regarding the products sold by the sales consignment side store 103, when the sales consignment side store 103 entrusts the sales to the agent sales side store 102, and the sales consignment side store 103 directly to the purchaser 701. Consider selling with one system.

Whether the product information search function 107 of the sales consignment store 103 is a direct product search transmitted from the purchaser 701 who has visited the sales consignment store 103 directly with respect to a product search request received from the outside,
It is determined whether or not it is the agency product search transmitted from the agency sales side store 102.

  In the case of direct product search, the product information search function 107 sets all products in the product DB 108 as search targets. If it is a proxy sales order, the merchandise information search function 107 refers to the information on whether or not sales consignment is possible by using the fee information search function 307, and searches only information on merchandise that can be commissioned out of the merchandise DB 108. The order acceptance function 305 and the settlement function 306 of the sales consignment side store 103 relate to the order request received from the outside, whether it is a direct order transmitted directly from the purchaser 701 who has visited the sales consignment side store 103 or is a proxy sale. It is determined whether it is a proxy sales order transmitted from the side store 102.

  If it is a direct order, the order / settlement process is performed between the sales consignment side store 103 and the purchaser 701 regardless of the agency sales side store 102. If it is a proxy sales order, a proxy order / fee settlement process is performed with the proxy sales store 102 according to the second embodiment.

  Next, a fifth embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 shows the system configuration of the fifth embodiment of the present invention. The system configuration of the fifth embodiment includes an intermediary sales type store 801 in addition to the configuration of the second embodiment described above.

  The brokerage-type store 801 includes a product information search function (means) 802, a product DB 803, an order reception function (means) 806, and a settlement function (means) 808, which are functions necessary for a store. Further, the brokerage-type store 801 includes other store product addition function (means) 804, proxy sales order processing function (means) 807, and fee settlement function (means) 809, which are functions necessary for the agency sales side store. Yes. Furthermore, the brokerage-type store 801 includes a fee information search function (means) 805 which is a function necessary as a sales consignment store.

  Here, it is considered that the sales consignment side store 103 consigns the sales of the product to the agency sales type store 801 and the mediation sales type store 801 consigns the sales of the product to the agency sales side store 102. The part where the sales consignment side store 103 consigns the sales of the product to the brokerage type store 801 is the same as in the second embodiment. In this case, the brokerage sales type store 801 plays the role of the agency sales side store 102 in the second embodiment. The part where the agency sales type store 801 entrusts the sales of the product to the agency sales side store 102 is the same as in the second embodiment. In this case, the brokerage type store 801 serves as the sales consignment side store 103 in the second embodiment.

  Here, the intermediary sales type store 801 relates to an additional product that has been consigned from the sales consignment side store 103 by the other store product addition function 804, and is handled by the commission sales type store 801 by the fee information search function 805. Similar to the products in the DB 803, sales can be outsourced to other stores. That is, the intermediary sales type store 801 can entrust sales to the agency sales side store 102 by adding a unique fee to the products entrusted to the sales commission side store 103.

  Next, a sixth embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 shows the system configuration of the sixth embodiment of the present invention. The configuration of the sixth embodiment includes a second brokerage-type store 901 in addition to the configuration of the fifth embodiment described above.

  Here, the sales consignment side store 103 consigns the sale of the product to the brokerage sales type store 801, the mediation sales type store 801 consigns the sale of the product to the agency sales side store 102, and the sales consignment side store 103 is the mediation sales type. It is considered that the sales of the product is entrusted to the store 901 and that the agency sales type store 901 entrusts the sale of the product to the agency sales side store 102.

  In this case, the agency sales side store 102 may undertake consignment sales of the same product from two locations of the mediation sales type store 801 and the mediation sales type store 901 with respect to a specific product of the sales commissioning side store 103. The configuration diagram of the sixth embodiment is merely an example, and the intermediary sales type store realized by the fifth embodiment may be consigned to the same product from a plurality of routes by complexly concatenating the consignment sales relationship. Occurs.

Here, the sales consignment store 103 sets a product identifier for uniquely identifying the product in each product information of the product table 108. When the brokerage sales type store 801 and the brokerage sales type store 901 entrust sales of products from the sales consignment side store 103 by the other store product addition function (means) 804 and 904,
The same product identifier is set as it is in the additional product table. The agency sales side store 102 sets the same product identifier in the additional product table 203 as it is when the other store product addition function 106 entrusts sales of the product from the mediation sales type store 801 and the mediation sales type store 901. Here, the other store product addition function 106 can determine whether or not a product having the same product identifier has already been added with reference to the additional product table 203.

  Next, a seventh embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 shows a system configuration of a seventh embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention. The configuration of the seventh embodiment includes a product addition policy processing function (means) 1001 in addition to the configuration of the sixth embodiment described above.

  The sales consignment side store 103 outsources the sale of the product to the brokerage sales type store 801, the brokerage sales type store 801 consigns the sale of the product to the agency sales side store 102, and the sales consignment side store 103 becomes the brokerage sales type store 901. Considering the outsourcing of products, the intermediary sales type store 901 outsourcing products to the agency sales side store 102, and the possibility of the same product being outsourced from multiple channels, other store products at each store The additional functions 804 and 904 transmit the product identifier as in the sixth embodiment described above.

  Here, when a product having the same product identifier is outsourced from a plurality of routes, it is assumed that processing is performed based on policy information set in the product addition policy processing function 1001. The agency sales side store 102 sets a processing policy when the other store product addition function 106 tries to add a product having the same product identifier to the product addition policy processing function 1001. Examples of policy setting methods include a method of simply rejecting products that were added later, or a method that gives priority to products with favorable conditions by comparing fee information, The actual fee type depends on the circumstances of each industry and business, and is not specified here.

  The other store product addition function 106 requests the product addition policy processing function 1001 to make a determination when the product with the same product identifier is added. The product addition policy processing function 1001 returns a determination result based on the policy information. Based on this determination result, the other store product addition function 106 selects an additional product.

  Next, an eighth embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 shows a system configuration of an eighth embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention. The configuration of the eighth embodiment includes a plurality of brokerage sales stores 801 in addition to the configurations of the fifth to seventh embodiments described above.

  Following the relationship between the second and fourth embodiments, the intermediary sales type store 801 includes not only the functions of the sales consignment side store 103 and the functions of the agency sales side store 102, but also the direct sales function to the general purchaser 101. Can be included. Thereby, the brokerage sales type store 801 includes the function of the sales consignment side store 102, the function of the agency sales side store 103, and the function of direct sales to the general buyer 101 in one EC system.

  Here, it is considered that a plurality of store systems are constructed using the same EC system configuration that constitutes the brokerage-type store 801. Since each brokerage-type store 801 has a function of direct sales to the general purchaser 101, it functions as an EC system that sells products of its own store. In addition, each intermediary sales type store 801 has the function of the sales consignment side store 103, and thus functions as an EC system for consigning sales of the product of its own store to another store. In addition, each intermediary sales type store 801 has the function of the agency sales side store 102, and therefore functions as an EC system that sells products of other stores to the store itself. Accordingly, a plurality of stores constructed with the same EC system configuration can freely establish a relationship of proxy sales / sales contract with each other.

  An EC system for realizing a store system is generally embodied as package software, and the same package software is often applied to the construction of a plurality of store systems. This package software configuration is a brokerage-type store in which the function of the sales consignment side store 103, the function of the agency sales side store 102 and the function of direct sales to the general buyer 101 described above are included in one EC system. By adopting the configuration as 801, the above-described free proxy sales / sales commission relationship can be realized without requiring any other special processing.

  The preferred embodiment of the EC system according to the present invention has been described in detail above. However, it should be noted that such examples are merely illustrative of the invention and do not limit the invention in any way. Those skilled in the art will readily understand that various modifications and changes can be made according to a specific application without departing from the gist of the present invention.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a first embodiment of an EC system according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a detailed system configuration diagram of a first embodiment of an EC system according to the present invention. FIG. It is a system configuration | structure figure of 2nd Example of EC system by this invention. It is a detailed system block diagram of 2nd Example of EC system by this invention. It is a system configuration | structure figure of 3rd Example of EC system by this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the log | history table used with EC system shown in FIG. It is a system configuration | structure figure of 4th Example of EC system by this invention. It is a system configuration | structure figure of 5th Example of EC system by this invention. It is a system configuration | structure figure of 6th Example of EC system by this invention. It is a system block diagram of 7th Example of EC system by this invention. It is a system configuration | structure figure of 8th Example of EC system by this invention. It is a system configuration figure of the 1st prior art. It is a system block diagram of the 2nd prior art. It is a system block diagram of the 3rd prior art. It is a system configuration figure of the 4th conventional technology.

Explanation of symbols

101 Purchaser 102 Proxy Sales Store 103 Sales Consignment Store 104, 107 Product Information Search Function (Means)
105, 108 Product DB (database)
106,804 Other store product addition function (means)
107 Product search function (means)
302, 306 Settlement function (means)
303, 807 Proxy sales order processing function (means)
304,809 Fee settlement function (means)
307, 805 Fee information search function (means)

Claims (8)

In an electronic commerce system that sells or purchases goods using a computer system,
The first product database (product DB) in which the sales consignment store stores the first product information, and the first product that enables the proxy sales store to search the first product information of the sales consignment store. Information retrieval means,
A second merchandise DB in which the agency sales store stores second merchandise information; a second merchandise information search means that enables a purchaser to search for second merchandise information in the agency sales store; The agency sales side store includes other store product addition means that allows the first product information of the designated sales commission side store to be added / sold as second product information of the agency sales side store. A featured electronic commerce system. A first commission information search means for allowing the sales consignment store to search the first commission information of the product of the sales consignment store; and a proxy sales order from the proxy sales store. Order receiving means for receiving, and payment means for receiving a payment request from the agency sales side store,
When the agency sales side store receives an order for a proxy sales order from a purchaser, a payment means for receiving a payment request from a buyer, and an order for a proxy sales product from a buyer Proxy sales order processing means for notifying the sales consignment side store, and first fee settlement for automatically settlement of the product price and fee based on the first fee information when proxy sales are performed The electronic commerce system according to claim 1, further comprising: means. When the sales consignment store receives a proxy sales order from the proxy sales store, the sales consignment history holding means for holding the sales consignment history and a settlement request from the proxy sales store are received. Sales history collating means for collating the agency sales history and the sales consignment history received at the time,
When the agency sales side store receives an order for an agency sales product from a purchaser, the agency sales history is held, and when the settlement request is sent to the sales consignment side store, the agency sales history is sent together. 3. The electronic commerce system according to claim 2, further comprising proxy sales history holding means.   3. The sales consignment store sells the same product to the agent sales store and the purchaser using the same product DB, product information search means, order reception means and settlement means. Or the electronic commerce system of 3.   The third merchandise DB storing the third merchandise information by the broker sales type store, and the third merchandise information enabling the agency sales side store to search the third merchandise information of the broker sales type store. Retrieval means, third commission information retrieval means for allowing the agency sales side store to retrieve third commission information of products of the broker sales type store, and receiving a proxy sales order from the agency sales side store Order accepting means, settlement means for receiving a settlement request from the agency sales side store, and the agency sales type store sends the first product information of the designated sales consignment side store to the agency sales type store Other store product addition means for enabling addition / sale as a product of the agent, and a proxy sales order processing means for notifying the sales consignment store when an order for the proxy sales product is received from the agency sales side store, Previous 5. The third fee settlement function for automatically paying a commodity price and a fee based on the third fee information when performing agency sales. E-commerce system.   The product DB of the sales consignment store includes a product unique product identifier, and the other store product addition means of the brokerage sales type store includes the product identifier in the information of the additional product for consignment sales, and the agent sales side 6. The electronic commerce system according to claim 5, wherein the other store merchandise adding means determines the merchandise consigned and sold from a plurality of routes as the same merchandise based on the merchandise identifier.   The agency sales side store includes a product addition policy processing means for setting a policy necessary for selection of a product having the same identifier, and the agency sales side store other product addition means is the same from a plurality of routes. 7. The electronic commerce system according to claim 6, wherein when a product having a product identifier is entrusted, processing is selected based on a policy set by the product addition policy processing means.   8. A plurality of brokerage-type stores capable of performing proxy sales and sales consignment with each other are constructed by redistributing a system configuration that realizes the brokerage-type stores. Electronic commerce system as described in.

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