SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURCHASING ARTICLE OF SMALL SUM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for purchasing articles of small sum, by which business at ordering, delivery and inspection can be improved when a purchaser intending to purchase a commodity (article of a small sum) previously consults with a salesperson in a selling company about the purchase of the commodity. SOLUTION: The small-sum article purchase system 10 is used when a contract to purchase a commodity is formed in an advance consultation between the purchaser P and the salesperson R in the selling company 30. In the case of ordering the commodity, an e-mail in which order information is written and a two-dimensional barcode 61 including the order information are transmitted from a small sum article purchase server 11 to a salesperson's terminal 31 installed in the sales company 30 and connected to the small sum article purchase server 11 via the Internet 20. The commodity is delivered together with the two-dimensional barcode 61 enclosed in a package. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI