Combined purchase method for integrating online and offline through combined purchase area

Abstract

The invention, which relates to the technical field of online shopping, discloses a co-purchase method for integrating online and offline in a co-purchase area, comprising the following steps: a co-purchase initiator and co-purchase participants fill in member data in a network platform; the network platform converts the address into latitude and longitude data, and defines a co-purchase area by taking the latitude and longitude data of the co-purchase initiator as a center; the network platform provides a commodity list, a co-purchase initiator selects to establish purchase data, the co-purchase initiator selects to establish co-purchase data, and receiving data is established based on latitude and longitude data of the co-purchase initiator; when the latitude and longitude data of the co-purchase participants are located in the co-purchase area, the co-purchase participants can edit co-purchase data and establish co-purchase participation data; and the network platform establishes goods taking data according to the latitude and longitude data of the co-purchase initiator. According to the method, the co-purchase initiator and the co-purchase participant can quickly complete co-purchase matching in the same area, high efficiency of information transmission can be realized by using a network platform, the distribution process is optimized offline, and the overall co-purchase efficiency is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of online shopping, and in particular to a joint purchasing method for integrating online and offline shopping with a joint purchasing area. Background Art

[0002] In recent years, group purchase business has attracted wide attention from consumers as a new consumption mode. The core of group purchase is to enjoy preferential or discounted prices by having multiple people purchase together to reach a specified quantity. However, the existing group purchase mode has many problems, especially in terms of time and efficiency, which makes it difficult to meet the needs of users.

[0003] Traditional methods of group purchases usually rely on manual coordination or notification and organization with the help of social media and online platforms. Although this method can facilitate group purchases to a certain extent, it has problems of low efficiency and complex operation. For example, the initiator of the group purchase needs to spend a lot of time and energy to coordinate the participants, and often fails because of the failure to gather enough participants within the limited time. In addition, the current common group purchase models are usually limited to one of online (such as online platforms) or offline (such as physical homes or stores). Although the online model is convenient to operate, it is difficult to accurately match the delivery range; although the offline model can solve the problem of delivery within the region, the number of participants is limited and the coverage is insufficient. The problem of the inability to effectively integrate online and offline makes group purchases inefficient, and at the same time greatly increases time, manpower and delivery costs.

[0004] Therefore, there is an urgent need for a solution that can simultaneously integrate online and offline resources, accurately locate joint purchasing areas, improve joint purchasing efficiency and reduce costs to address the above problems. Summary of the invention

[0005] The present invention provides a joint purchase method integrating online and offline joint purchase areas, which can effectively solve the problems of low joint purchase efficiency, large waste of time and high cost existing in the prior art.

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows:

[0007] The present invention provides a method for integrating online and offline joint purchases by using a joint purchase area, which specifically includes the following steps:

[0008] S1, member information is established. The co-purchase initiator and co-purchase participants fill in the member information on the online platform and become consumer members;

[0009] S2, establishing a joint purchase area, the network platform extracts the address from the member information and converts it into longitude and latitude data, and then defines the joint purchase area with the longitude and latitude data of the joint purchase initiator as the center point;

[0010] S3, group purchase initiation, the network platform provides a list of goods, which is selected by the group purchase initiator to establish purchase data, the network platform provides the purchase data, which is selected by the group purchase initiator to establish group purchase data, and the network platform establishes receipt data based on the latitude and longitude data of the group purchase initiator;

[0011] S4, group purchase participation. When the network platform determines that the longitude and latitude data of the group purchase participant is located in the group purchase area, the group purchase participant can edit the group purchase data and establish group purchase participation data; the network platform establishes pickup data with the longitude and latitude data of the group purchase initiator.

[0012] As a further description of the above technical solution, in step S1, the network platform is provided by a server-side information device, and the server-side information device is a cloud server; the co-purchase initiator needs to use an initiator-side information device, and the co-purchase participant needs to use a participant-side information device, and the initiator-side information device and the participant-side information device are respectively connected to the network platform; the initiator-side information device and the participant-side information device are each one of a desktop computer, an all-in-one computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a smart watch, a smart glasses, a smart TV, and a point-of-sale terminal system;

[0013] The network platform generates a joint purchase data link based on the joint purchase data, the initiating-end information device and the participating-end information device are respectively configured with processors to run the same application, and the initiating-end information device forwards the joint purchase data link to the participating-end information device via the application.

[0014] As a further description of the above technical solution, in step S4, if the network platform determines that the latitude and longitude data of the group purchase participant is not located in the group purchase area, the group purchase participant cannot edit the group purchase data; if there are multiple group purchase initiators, the network platform provides the latitude and longitude data of multiple group purchase initiators for the group purchase participants to select and establish pickup data.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0016] 1) By building a precise joint purchase area, joint purchase initiators and joint purchase participants can quickly complete joint purchase matching in the same area, shortening the joint purchase time.

[0017] 2) Integrate online and offline resources, which can not only utilize the network platform to achieve efficient information transmission, but also optimize the offline distribution process, thereby improving the overall joint purchasing efficiency.

[0018] 3) The online part reduces the time for manual coordination and notification, and the offline part reduces logistics costs and time consumption through regional distribution.

[0019] 4) Based on the accuracy of joint purchasing area positioning, it can provide more convenient participation methods and more efficient delivery services, thereby improving user satisfaction.

[0020] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the embodiments of the present invention are specifically cited below and described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for use in the embodiments are briefly introduced below. It should be understood that the following drawings only show certain embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be regarded as limiting the scope. For ordinary technicians in this field, other related drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0022] Figure 1 is a flow chart of a method for integrating online and offline joint purchases with joint purchase areas as described in an embodiment;

[0023] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the joint purchase area described in the embodiment;

[0024] Explanation of the reference numerals in the figure: 10, server-side information device; 10A, network platform; 20, initiator-side information device; 20A, joint purchase initiator; 30, participant-side information device; 30A, joint purchase participant; J, joint purchase area; L1, joint purchase data; L2, joint purchase participation data. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments.

[0026] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for integrating online and offline joint purchases with a joint purchase area J, which specifically includes the following steps:

[0027] Step S1: Member information creation

[0028] The co-purchase initiator 20A and the co-purchase participant 30A both fill in their membership information on the network platform 10A and become consumer members.

[0029] The network platform 10A is provided by a server-side information device 10 . In this embodiment, the server-side information device 10 is a cloud server.

[0030] The initiator 20A of the joint purchase uses the initiator information device 20, and the participant 30A of the joint purchase uses the participant information device 30. The initiator information device 20 and the participant information device 30 are respectively connected to the network platform 10A. The information connection can be wired or wireless (such as Figure 2 as shown) means to receive or transmit data.

[0031] The initiating end information device 20 and the participating end information device 30 are both desktop computers, all-in-one computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, smart phones (such as Figure 2 As shown in the figure), smart watches, smart glasses, smart TVs and point of sale terminal systems (Point of Sale), but not limited thereto, and can also be selected from information devices with equivalent functions or effects.

[0032] Step S2: Joint purchase area J is established

[0033] The network platform 10A extracts the address from the member data and converts it into longitude and latitude data, and then defines the joint purchase area J (such as Figure 2 In this embodiment, the network platform 10A extracts a number of characters from the member information, searches for location data that matches the address format, and then converts the location data into latitude and longitude data.

[0034] In addition, the joint purchase area J can be a five-kilometer radius, that is, five kilometers from the center point, but is not limited to five kilometers.

[0035] Step S3: Joint purchase initiated

[0036] The joint purchase initiator 20A links the network platform 10A with information via the initiating end information device 20 to establish purchase data, payment data, receipt data, joint purchase data L1 and a joint purchase data L1 link, as follows:

[0037] The network platform 10A provides a list of goods, which are selected by the joint purchase initiator 20A to create purchase data. The purchase data includes, but is not limited to, the name of the goods, the unit price of the goods, and the quantity of the goods. The network platform 10A provides the supply quantity of the supplier, and the quantity of the goods in the purchase data is not less than the supply quantity. In other words, the supplier has a minimum supply quantity requirement, and the goods will be shipped to the joint purchase initiator 20A only when the supplier's requirements are met.

[0038] The network platform 10A provides electronic payment for the joint purchase initiator 20A to choose to establish payment data. The electronic payment includes credit cards, debit cards, electronic wallets (such as Line Pay), contactless payment or scan code payment (such as WeChat Pay, Alipay Payment, Jiekou Payment), but is not limited to these.

[0039] The network platform 10A establishes delivery data based on the longitude and latitude data of the joint purchase initiator 20A, and delivers the goods to the joint purchase area J, which is then received by the joint purchase initiator 20A.

[0040] The network platform 10A provides purchase data to be selected by the group purchase initiator 20A to establish the group purchase data L1. The group purchase data L1 has released goods, released unit prices and released quantities, but is not limited thereto. The group purchase data L1 can be established by one group purchase initiator 20A for one transaction or more, or multiple group purchase initiators 20A for multiple transactions. The released quantity of the group purchase data L1 is not greater than the quantity of goods in the purchase data, and the released quantity is changed according to the needs of the group purchase initiator 20A.

[0041] The network platform 10A generates a joint purchase data L1 link for the joint purchase data L1. The initiating end information device 20 and the participating end information device 30 are respectively configured with a processor to run the same application (Application, APP), which can be LINE, Facebook, Instagram or X. The joint purchase initiator 20A can forward the joint purchase data L1 link to the joint purchase participant 30A through the application, so that more joint purchase participants 30A can obtain the joint purchase data L1 to improve the efficiency of joint purchase.

[0042] Step S4: Participation in joint purchase

[0043] The network platform 10A determines whether the longitude and latitude data of the joint purchase participant 30A is located in the joint purchase area J.

[0044] When the network platform 10A determines that the longitude and latitude data of the group purchase participant 30A is located in the group purchase area J, the network platform 10A releases the group purchase data L1 to the participating terminal information device 30 located in the group purchase area J, and the group purchase participant 30A edits the group purchase data L1 through the participating terminal information device 30 to create the group purchase participation data L2. The group purchase participation data L2 includes group purchase commodities, group purchase unit prices, and group purchase quantities, but is not limited thereto. The group purchase quantity of the group purchase participation data L2 is not greater than the released quantity of the group purchase data L1.

[0045] When the network platform 10A determines that the longitude and latitude data of the co-purchase participant 30A is not located in the co-purchase area J, the network platform 10A will not release the co-purchase data L1 to the participating terminal information device 30 that is not located in the co-purchase area J, and the co-purchase participant 30A cannot edit the co-purchase data L1 through the participating terminal information device 30. In other words, if the participant is not located in the co-purchase area J, the co-purchase data L1 cannot be seen, and the co-purchase data L1 cannot be edited. It should be noted that after the co-purchase participant 30A clicks the co-purchase data L1 link, the network platform 10A also needs to determine whether the co-purchase participant 30A is located in the co-purchase area J. Once the participant is not located in the co-purchase area J, the participant cannot see the co-purchase data L1.

[0046] The joint purchase participant 30A links to the network platform 10A via the participating information device 30, and establishes payment data and pickup data. The network platform 10A provides electronic payment for the joint purchase participant 30A to select to establish payment data.

[0047] The network platform 10A establishes the pickup data with the longitude and latitude data of the joint purchase initiator 20A. When there are multiple joint purchase initiators 20A, the network platform 10A provides the longitude and latitude data of multiple joint purchase initiators 20A for the joint purchase participant 30A to select and establish the pickup data.

[0048] For example, if different group purchase data L1 created by two group purchase initiators 20A appear in the group purchase area J, the group purchase participant 30A can select the longitude and latitude data of one or both group purchase initiators 20A as the pickup data. The group purchase participant 30A is allowed to pick up the goods in the group purchase area J, and the longitude and latitude data of the delivery and pickup are both located in the group purchase area J. The group purchase initiator 20A purchases the inventory first, and the group purchase participant 30A can pick up the goods nearby.

[0049] In summary, the method of integrating online and offline joint purchases with joint purchase area J adopted by the present invention can enable the joint purchase of the joint purchase initiator 20A and the joint purchase participant 30A to occur in the joint purchase area J, integrating online (such as the network platform 10A) and offline (such as a physical home or store). In this way, joint purchases can be quickly matched and the efficiency of joint purchases can be improved. Online, it can also reduce time waste and reduce labor costs, and offline, it can also improve delivery efficiency and reduce delivery costs.

[0050] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention may have various modifications and variations. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for integrating online and offline joint purchases based on joint purchase areas, characterized in that: The specific steps include: S1, member information is established, the co-purchase initiator (20A) and the co-purchase participant (30A) both fill in the member information on the network platform (10A) and become consumer members; S2, the joint purchase area (J) is established, the network platform (10A) extracts the address from the member information and converts it into longitude and latitude data, and then defines the joint purchase area (J) with the longitude and latitude data of the joint purchase initiator (20A) as the center point; S3, group purchase is initiated, the network platform (10A) provides a list of goods, which is selected by the group purchase initiator (20A) to establish purchase data, the network platform (10A) provides the purchase data, which is selected by the group purchase initiator (20A) to establish group purchase data (L1), and the network platform (10A) establishes receipt data based on the longitude and latitude data of the group purchase initiator (20A); S4, joint purchase participation. When the network platform (10A) determines that the longitude and latitude data of the joint purchase participant (30A) is located in the joint purchase area (J), the joint purchase participant (30A) can edit the joint purchase data (L1) and establish joint purchase participation data (L2); the network platform (10A) establishes pickup data using the longitude and latitude data of the joint purchase initiator (20A).

2. The joint purchase method according to claim 1, characterized in that: In step S1, the network platform (10A) is provided by a server-side information device (10), and the server-side information device (10) is a cloud server.

3. The joint purchase method according to claim 2, characterized in that: In step S1, the co-purchase initiator (20A) needs to use an initiating-end information device (20), and the co-purchase participant (30A) needs to use a participating-end information device (30). The initiating-end information device (20) and the participating-end information device (30) are respectively connected to the network platform (10A); the initiating-end information device (20) and the participating-end information device (30) are each one of a desktop computer, an all-in-one computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a smart watch, smart glasses, a smart TV, and a point-of-sale terminal system.

4. The joint purchase method according to claim 1, characterized in that: In step S2, the network platform (10A) extracts a number of characters from the member information, searches for location data that conforms to the address format, and then converts the location data into the latitude and longitude data.

5. The joint purchase method according to claim 3, characterized in that: In step S3, the network platform (10A) generates a joint purchase data (L1) link based on the joint purchase data (L1), the initiating end information device (20) and the participating end information device (30) are respectively configured with processors to run the same application, and the initiating end information device (20) forwards the joint purchase data (L1) link to the participating end information device (30) via the application.

6. The joint purchase method according to claim 1, characterized in that: Step S3 also includes: the network platform (10A) provides electronic payment, which is selected by the joint purchase initiator (20A) to establish initiator payment data.

7. The joint purchase method according to claim 1, characterized in that: In step S4, if the network platform (10A) determines that the longitude and latitude data of the joint purchase participant (30A) is not located in the joint purchase area (J), the joint purchase participant (30A) cannot edit the joint purchase data (L1).

8. The joint purchase method according to claim 1, characterized in that: Step S4 also includes: the network platform (10A) provides electronic payment, which is selected by the co-purchasing participant (30A) to establish participant payment data.

9. The joint purchase method according to claim 1, characterized in that: In step S4, if there are multiple co-purchase initiators (20A), the network platform (10A) provides the latitude and longitude data of multiple co-purchase initiators (20A) for the co-purchase participants (30A) to select and establish pickup data.

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