Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for facilitating e-commerce product returns using an online marketplace
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Application No.: US16449719Application Date: 2019-06-24
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Publication No.: US11783284B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Anthony Nicholas Kentris
- Applicant: SHOPIFY INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Ottawa
- Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.
- Current Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ottawa
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/0837 ; G06Q30/0207 ; G06Q10/0834

Abstract:
A merchant can use an e-commerce platform to sell products to customers, and customers can use the e-commerce platform to return items that they are unsatisfied with back to the merchant. These product returns have an associated cost. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to computer-implemented systems and methods to enable customer-to-customer product returns in an e-commerce platform. In a customer-to-customer return, a first customer that wants to return an item of a particular product is connected with a second customer that wants to purchase that product. The e-commerce platform then facilitates a shipment of the item from the first customer directly to the second customer. Embodiments of the present disclosure include online store implementations of customer-to-customer returns, and online marketplace implementations of customer-to-customer returns.
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