Weight Based Upselling

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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       9 . A system for weight based upselling, the system comprising:
 means for receiving a purchase request for an item from a customer including means for receiving a purchase request in an electronic commerce server through an electronic data communications medium, wherein the purchase request includes an item identifier;   means for determining a weight of the item including means for selecting an item record in dependence upon the item identifier, wherein the item record includes data elements describing the item, including the weight of the item, and means for reading the weight of the item from the item record;   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 including means 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, a type code matching a type code associated with the item, at least one demographic code matching at least one demographic code associated with the customer, and an item type matching an item type associated with the customer through a purchase history; 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 including means for offering the upsell item to the customer from the electronic commerce server through the electronic data communications medium.   
   
   
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       17 . 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 including means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a purchase request in an electronic commerce server through an electronic data communications medium, wherein the purchase request includes an item identifier;   means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining a weight of the item including means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting an item record in dependence upon the item identifier, wherein the item record includes data elements describing the item, including the weight of the item, and means, recorded on the recording medium, for reading the weight of the item from the item record;   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 including 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, a type code matching a type code associated with the item, at least one demographic code matching at least one demographic code associated with the customer, and an item type matching an item type associated with the customer through a purchase history; 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 including means, recorded on the recording medium, for offering the upsell item to the customer firm the electronic commerce server through the electronic data communications medium.   
   
   
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