Product management apparatus, product management system, product management method, and terminal apparatus

A product management method comprising:

• applying a purchased tag to a product, based on a purchase request from a user, the purchased tag identifying that the product is a purchased product of the user;
• providing the product to which the purchased tag is applied to the user, based on a receipt request from the user;
• and
• removing the purchased tag, based on a return request from the user.

A terminal apparatus comprising

• a controller configured to:
• receive, from a user, a purchase request for a product and output the purchase request to a product management apparatus;
• when a receipt request for the product to which a purchased tag is applied based on the purchase request for the product is received from the user, output the receipt request for the product to the product management apparatus, and receive an input confirming that the user has received the product to produce an output to the product management apparatus;
• and
• when a return request for the product to which the purchased tag is applied is received from the user, output the return request for the product to the product management apparatus.