Weight Based Upselling
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMark Joseph Hamzy, Edward Scott Rozmiarek
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Abstract
Weight based upselling, including receiving a purchase request for an item from a customer; determining a weight of the item; identifying, in dependence upon the weight of the item, a shipping weight range and a shipping cost for the item, where the shipping weight range includes a maximum shipping weight; calculating a difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range; selecting an upsell item in dependence upon the difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range; and offering the upsell item to the customer, including offering to ship both the item and the upsell item for only the identified shipping cost.
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A method for weight based upselling, the method comprising:
- receiving a purchase request for an item from a customer;
- determining a weight of the item;
- identifying, in dependence upon the weight of the item, a shipping weight range and a shipping cost for the item, wherein the shipping weight range includes a maximum shipping weight;
- calculating a difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range;
- selecting an upsell item in dependence upon the difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range;
- and
- offering the upsell item to the customer, including offering to ship both the item and the upsell item for only the identified shipping cost.
A system for weight based upselling, the system comprising:
- means for receiving a purchase request for an item from a customer;
- means for determining a weight of the item;
- means for identifying, in dependence upon the weight of the item, a shipping weight range and a shipping cost for the item, wherein the shipping weight range includes a maximum shipping weight;
- means for calculating a difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range;
- means for selecting an upsell item in dependence upon the difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range;
- and
- means for offering the upsell item to the customer, including means for offering to ship both the item and the upsell item for only the identified shipping cost.
A computer program product for weight based upselling, the computer program product comprising:
- a recording medium;
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a purchase request for an item from a customer;
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining a weight of the item;
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying, in dependence upon the weight of the item, a shipping weight range and a shipping cost for the item, wherein the shipping weight range includes a maximum shipping weight;
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for calculating a difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range;
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting an upsell item in dependence upon the difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range;
- and
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for offering the upsell item to the customer, including means, recorded on the recording medium, for offering to ship both the item and the upsell item for only the identified shipping cost.
The computer program product of claim 117 wherein:
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting an upsell item in dependence upon the difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting an upsell item having a weight not greater than the difference between the weight of the item and the maximum shipping weight in the shipping weight range.
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