Merchant-Affiliated Direct Wholesale Marketing and Fulfillment System
First Claim
1. A system for merchant-affiliated direct marketing, comprising:
- a server maintaining an identification of products potentially for sale,a remote computer system under control of a remote user at a place of business of a retail merchant, permitting the user to obtain information regarding products for retail sale from said server,said server responding to the remote user'"'"'s request to purchase a product by consummating a sale transaction for the product between two or more of a wholesale organization, the retail merchant, and the user.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A merchant-affiliated direct wholesale marketing and fulfillment system. A computer server receives information from a consumer and from this information assigns the consumer to one of a plurality of independent retail merchants. The server then provides the consumer'"'"'s remote computer with identifying information for the assigned retail merchant, to be displayed along with information regarding products for sale. Consumers may then purchase products directly from the organization operating the server, with a partial profit from the transaction delivered to the assigned retail merchant. Consumers may also purchase products at merchants'"'"' retail locations, in which case a transaction is consummated between the organization operating the server and the merchant, permitting the merchant to resell the purchased item to the consumer. The system may also be used for fulfillment by merchants.
-
Citations
9 Claims
-
1. A system for merchant-affiliated direct marketing, comprising:
-
a server maintaining an identification of products potentially for sale, a remote computer system under control of a remote user at a place of business of a retail merchant, permitting the user to obtain information regarding products for retail sale from said server, said server responding to the remote user'"'"'s request to purchase a product by consummating a sale transaction for the product between two or more of a wholesale organization, the retail merchant, and the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
Specification