METHOD FOR SELLING BUNDLE DISCOUNT PRODUCTS IN THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM WHICH IS RECORDING A PROGRAM OF EXECUTING THE METHOD

• US 20090327064A1
• Filed: 06/22/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Korea Co., Ltd. (E-Mart, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Gmarket Inc. (eBay Inc.)
• Inventors: KU, Young Bae
• Application Number:
  US12/488,623
• Publication Number:
  US 20090327064A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.23
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method for selling bundle discount products in the electronic commerce and computer-readable record medium which is recording a program of executing the method are provided. For a plurality of bundle discount products registered by a seller or a shopping mall operator, a certain discount rate or discount price is applied and it is reflected on the final product selling price, so that a purchaser can buy a plurality of cheaper goods and a seller induces a buyer to buy large products.

Claims

1. An electronic commerce method of mediating an on-line transaction between a seller and a purchaser in an on-line shopping mall through a seller terminal and a purchaser terminal which are connected to a shopping mall server via the Internet, comprising:

(a) registering a plurality of selling products selected by a corresponding seller among from selling products which are previously registered in the shopping mall server in the shopping mall server as bundle discount products through the seller terminal;

(b) by a corresponding purchaser, determining to purchase the bundle discount products through the purchaser terminal; and

(c) by the shopping mall server, computing a discount price for the bundle discount products which are determined to purchase in step (b) based on a previously set bundle discount condition, and reflecting the discount price in a final product selling price.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (a), a certain bundle discount number is imparted to each bundle discount product when registering the bundle discount products as a bundle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (a), as the bundle discount condition, a certain discount rate or discount price is applied to all of the bundle discount products purchased or a previously designated bundle discount product when for all of the bundle discount products to be registered as a bundle, each bundle discount product is purchased at least one by one.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (a), as the bundle discount condition, a certain discount rate or discount price is applied to all of the bundle discount products purchased or a previously designated bundle discount product when for a certain bundle discount product among the bundle discount products to be registered as a bundle, a predetermined number or more is purchased.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (a), as the bundle discount condition, a certain discount rate or discount price is applied to all of the bundle discount products purchased or a previously designated bundle discount product when for a certain bundle discount product among the bundle discount products to be registered as a bundle, a predetermined price of money or more is purchased.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (a), an expense share ratio between a corresponding seller and a shopping mall side for a final discount price is set when registering the bundle discount products as a bundle.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (a), the shopping mall server displays the bundle discount products registered as a bundle at a certain position of a certain web page, or displays the other bundle discount products on a detailed description of a selected bundle discount product or in the form of a pup-up window at a certain position when any of the bundle discount products registered as a bundle is selected by the purchaser terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (c), the shopping mall server displays the details of the computed discount price of money of each bundle discount product which is determined to purchase in step (b) or (b′

) in the form of a pup-up window on a certain web page.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after step (c), at the shopping mall server, constructing, storing and managing a present selling situation of the bundle discount products which are determined to purchase through the purchaser terminal as a database.

10. An electronic commerce method of mediating an on-line transaction between a seller and a purchaser in an on-line shopping mall through a seller terminal and a purchaser terminal which are connected to a shopping mall server via the Internet, comprising:

(a′

) registering a plurality of selling products selected by a corresponding shopping mall operator among from selling products which are previously registered by at least one seller in the shopping mall server as bundle discount products through the shopping mall server;

(b′

) by a corresponding purchaser, determining to purchase the bundle discount products through the purchaser terminal; and

(c′

) by the shopping mall server, computing a discount price for the bundle discount products which are determined to purchase in step (b′

) based on a previously set bundle discount condition, and reflecting the discount price in a final product selling price.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (a′

), a certain bundle discount number is imparted to each bundle discount product when registering the bundle discount products as a bundle.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (a′

), as the bundle discount condition, a certain discount rate or discount price is applied to all of the bundle discount products purchased or a previously designated bundle discount product when for all of the bundle discount products to be registered as a bundle, each bundle discount product is purchased at least one by one.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (a′

), as the bundle discount condition, a certain discount rate or discount price is applied to all of the bundle discount products purchased or a previously designated bundle discount product when for a certain bundle discount product among the bundle discount products to be registered as a bundle, a predetermined number or more is purchased.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (a′

), as the bundle discount condition, a certain discount rate or discount price is applied to all of the bundle discount products purchased or a previously designated bundle discount product when for a certain bundle discount product among the bundle discount products to be registered as a bundle, a predetermined price of money or more is purchased.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (a′

), an expense share ratio between a corresponding seller and a shopping mall side for a final discount price is set when registering the bundle discount products as a bundle.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein after step (a′

), the shopping mall server displays the bundle discount products registered as a bundle at a certain position of a certain web page, or displays the other bundle discount products on a detailed description of a selected bundle discount product or in the form of a pup-up window at a certain position when any of the bundle discount products registered as a bundle is selected by the purchaser terminal.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (c′

), the shopping mall server displays the details of the computed discount price of money of each bundle discount product which is determined to purchase in step (b) or (b′

) in the form of a pup-up window on a certain web page.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising, after step (c′

), at the shopping mall server, constructing, storing and managing a present selling situation of the bundle discount products which are determined to purchase through the purchaser terminal as a database.