ECOMMERCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PURCHASING GIFTS AND PARTS OF GIFTS USING CROWDFUNDING METHODOLOGIES AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

摘要

A computer-implemented method of purchasing gifts includes under control of one or more configured computing systems, selecting a gift item (703) desired by a gift recipient, maintaining a list for the gift recipient that includes the selected gift item, and assigning a sales price to the selected gift item on the list. On a visual display, a processor is used for dividing the selected gift item into two or more gift parts that are available for individual purchase by gift contributors. The selected gift item is divided into the two or more gift parts on the visual display by showing a boundary (751) on the visual display that defines a bounded area, showing the selected gift item (703) on the visual display, inside the bounded area and surrounded by the boundary (751), and generating at least one dividing line (752, 753) inside the bounded area that divides the bounded area into two or more individual sections (704-731) that are visible on the visual display, whereby each of the gift parts is located inside a different one of the individual sections (704-731). A monetary value is assigned to each of the respective gift parts that is less than the sales price assigned to the selected gift item. Gift contributors can purchase at least one of the gift parts at the monetary value assigned thereto and leave comments that are unique to the gift part.