Patent ID: 6847936

Claim:
An on-line sales and profit or discount sharing method, for execution by a sales center having a web site, said method comprising: a plan launching step, in which the sales center puts up a sales plan in the form of digital promotional literature on the web site, the digital promotional literature including goods description, prices, specific time limit for placement of orders, quantity supplied, payment deadlines, discount sharing rules, methods of delivery, and/or fields for filling in customer's data; the promotional literature is advertised through conventional media; an order managing step, in which after the sales center has received orders in the form of web pages or e-mail, encoding is performed according to a sequentially assigned order serial number and identity data of the customer and a code is assigned to the customer for the customer to follow and to respond within a stipulated time limit so as to confirm the validity of the order; a notice of the next sales plan is made simultaneously; an order confirming step, in which valid orders for which payments are made within the stipulated time limit are arranged according to the sequence of the orders, and e-mail are sent to advise the customer of the validity of the order and to announce relevant information, the customer makes inquiries at the web site, a notice of the next sales plan is made at the same time as the announced relevant information; according to the sequence of the valid orders, the customer is individually asked to validate the order via web site inquiry or e-mail so as to confirm the validity of the order; a profit or discount sharing step, in which after confirming the validity of the order in the order confirming step, according to the sharing rules in the promotional literature, a profit or discount sharing amount or percentage and/or special share amount are determined according to the order serial number of the customer; a notification and/or announcement step, in which the customer is advised individually of the information relating to the profit or discount sharing amount, the goods are delivered, and announcements for future sales are distributed via e-mail and/or announcement.