A method and device for determining available inventory

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and device for determining available inventory, and relates to the technical field of computers. One specific embodiment of the method comprises the following steps: determining the payment probability of a user according to the payment time of historical orders and the number of historical submitted orders; for any article in the current order, determining a virtual pre-occupied inventory of the article according to the payment probability and the number of the articles in the current order; and determining the available inventory of the article according to the virtual pre-occupied inventory and the current available inventory of the article. According to the embodiment of the invention, the concept of the virtual pre-occupied inventory is provided, the available inventory in the order locking period can be more reasonably determined according to the payment habit of the user, the order conversion rate and the goods spot rate are improved to the greatest extent, the delivered order quantity is improved, and the inventory is prevented from being maliciously pre-occupied.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of computer technology, in particular to a method and device for determining available inventory. Background technique [0002] Regarding online shopping, the current payment methods are generally divided into goods in advance and payment in advance, and some of them have mixed payments. For prepayment orders, the subsequent order process must be completed after the user's payment is completed. For unpaid orders, the items in the order will occupy the available inventory according to the number of items in the order after the order is submitted. If the prepayment order is not paid within the order lock period, the system will automatically cancel the order. [0003] In the course of realizing the present invention, the inventor finds that there are at least the following problems in the prior art: [0004] 1. The existing available inventory determination method for orders that end in cancellation, the available in...

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[0004] 1. The existing available inventory determination method for orders that end in cancellation, the available inventory occupied during the period from order submission to cancellation affects the spot rate and order conversion rate, etc.;

[0005] 2. The available inventory occupied during the period from the submission of the order to the cancellation may appear maliciously occupying the inventory, resulting in no stock when the user purchases, which reduces the user experience and the image of the website

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