Systems and methods of locating and selling items at attended delivery/pickup locations

A computer-implemented method, by at least one processor, comprising:

• (A) receiving, from a client device, an item notification associated with a user, wherein the item notification comprises:
• i) an indication that the user desires to purchase a particular item;
• and
• ii) a location associated with the user;
• (B) receiving delivery/pickup location information associated with each of a plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations, wherein:
• i) the delivery/pickup location information comprises a geographic location associated with each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations;
• and
• ii) each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations comprise:
• 1) a business other than receiving and storing one or more parcels;
• and
• 2) a capacity for storing one or more parcels;
• (C) receiving inventory information associated with each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations;
• (D) searching the inventory information associated with each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations for the particular item;
• (E) at least partially based on searching the inventory associated with each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations, determining that at least one attended delivery/pickup location of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations has the particular item in stock;
• (F) transmitting, to the client device, an inventory notification, wherein the inventory notification comprises:
• i) an indication of the location of the at least one attended delivery/pickup location;
• and
• ii) an indication that the at least one attended delivery/pickup location has the particular item in stock;
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• (G) enabling the user to purchase the particular item.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer readable instructions for:

• (A) receiving a notification associated with a user, wherein the notification comprises an indication that the user wishes to purchase a particular item;
• (B) receiving a location associated with the user;
• (C) receiving delivery/pickup location information associated with each of a plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations, wherein:
• i) the delivery/pickup location information comprises a geographic location associated with each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations;
• and
• ii) each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations comprises:
• 1) a primary form of business other than receiving and storing one or more parcels;
• and
• 2) a capacity for storing one or more parcels;
• (D) determining that a subset of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations are located near the user, based at least in part on:
• i) the location associated with the user;
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• ii) the location information associated with each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations;
• (E) receiving inventory information associated with each of the subset of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations;
• (F) searching the inventory information associated with each of the subset of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations for the particular item;
• (G) at least partially based on searching the inventory associated with each of the subset of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations, determining that at least one attended delivery/pickup location of the subset of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations has the particular item in stock;
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• (H) transmitting a notification to the particular user, wherein the notification comprises:
• i) an indication of the location of the at least one attended delivery/pickup location;
• and
• ii) an indication that the at least one attended delivery/pickup location has the particular item in stock.
• (I) receiving notice that the user has purchased the particular item;
• (J) at least partially in response to receiving the notice that the user has purchased the particular item, transmitting an electronic receipt to the user, wherein the electronic receipt enables the user to pick up the particular item at the at least one attended delivery/pickup location.