Provided is a self-service shopping method and a
system. The method includes: a shopping terminal receives and responds to an external starting instruction, and automatically-obtained current position information of the shopping terminal is sent to a
cloud server; the
cloud server checks commodity supply information corresponding to the the current position information of the shopping terminal and sends the commodity supply information to the shopping terminal; the shopping terminal receives and displays the commodity supply information sent by the
cloud server; the shopping terminal receives a purchase instruction for
purchasing commodities inputted by a user, and a commodity
list purchased by the user is displayed; after the shopping terminal receives a confirmation instruction for confirming the purchase inputted by the user, specific shopping information inputted by the user is further received, and the specific shopping information is sent to the cloud
server; the shopping terminal receives a shopping order generated by the cloud
server, the shopping order is printed out, and the shopping order is pushed to a
smart phone of the user via the manner of short messages. According to the method and the
system, commodity information can be accurately pushed to the users, and the users can conveniently select the required commodities by themselves.