Online shopping system, information processing apparatus and method, and information processing program recording medium

摘要

An online shopping system is provided for: minimizing transportation costs by using a plurality of prestandardized delivery containers so as to eliminate waste in product delivery; and enhancing the convenience of the users by automatically selecting a delivery container in accordance with the size of a selected product and clearly denoting information about an order closing time, a delivery source location, etc. When the user inputs the type and the quantity of a product, (the type of) a delivery container 61 which is optimal for storing the ordered product is automatically selected based on the volume of the product and an internal capacity of the delivery container. At this point, a price 62 of the selected delivery container 61 is displayed. Thereafter, each time an additional product is ordered, (the type of) a new delivery container 59 which is optimal for storing all of ordered products including the additional product is selected. Also in this case, a price 60 of the new delivery container 59 is calculated. Information related to a price difference between a previously selected delivery container and the new delivery container selected anew is obtained and is presented to the user in accordance with prescribed display methods 59 to 64.