Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining item availability are provided. A computer implemented method for determining item availability in a shopping space comprising: receiving a request for an item for purchase from a customer, querying an inventory database to determine whether the item for purchase is in stock, in an event that the item for purchase is not in stock according to the inventory database: determining an out of stock response to present to the customer, in an event that the item for purchase is in stock according the inventory database: instructing a motorized transport unit to travel to a display space in the shopping space corresponding to the item for the purchase, determining whether the item is available in the display space based on information captured by one or more sensors of the motorized transport unit, and in an event that the item for purchase is not available in the display space: determining an item unavailable response to present to the customer.

A method of accepting a bid for an item offered for sale through an internet web portal comprising the following steps: listing with an internet web portal bid program by an item being sold by a merchant; accessing the internet web portal bid program by a user to obtain of bid information of the item; placing with the internet web portal bid program by the registered user of a bid for the item, the bid containing a price that the registered user will pay for the item; presenting by the internet web portal bid program to the registered merchant of one or more economic factors to assist the registered merchant in selecting at least one bid from the one or more bids as a winning bid, one or more economic factors being based on item information and being other than the bid price.

Systems and methods for selling virtual items on multiple online sales platforms simultaneously are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a sales request that indicates the selling user will be offering for sale a particular virtual item through at least two online sales platforms simultaneously; assign ownership of the particular virtual item temporarily to a holding account; generate sales listings of the particular virtual item for publications on the at least two online sales platforms; effectuate the publications of the sales listings; receive indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; determine an accepted offer that is accepted; notify the at least two online sales platforms of whether the offers have been accepted or denied; identify a buyer's account of the buying user; effectuate assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buyer's account.

Sales management and video chat systems and methods use website listings that correspond to vehicles for sale at a place of business. A remote visitor clicks a “live video” button beside a desired consumer good, and schedules a time for a video chat, using their web browser. A salesperson receives an alert, via a sales application running on on the salesperson's mobile device. At the scheduled time, a video chat window opens in the visitor's web browser with live audio/video of the desired consumer good from the place of business in real-time. The website visitor uses their web browser for live communication, in real-time, to the salesperson on their sales application. After the video chat, the website visitor can use their browser to download and save a recording of the video chat session.

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to: acquire a position of a terminal that includes a sound collector and that is connected online to the own apparatus; acquire first information related to the acquired position; and present the acquired first information to a user who operates the own apparatus, as second information for supporting a conversation with a person who exists in front of the terminal.

A method for addressing a shopper's eligibility for frictionless checkout may include identifying at least one shopper in a retail store designated as not eligible for frictionless checkout; in response to the identification of the at least one shopper designated as not eligible for frictionless checkout, automatically identifying an ineligibility condition associated with the at least one shopper's designation as not eligible for frictionless checkout; determining one or more actions for resolving the ineligibility condition; causing implementation of the one or more actions for resolving the ineligibility condition; receiving an indication of successful completion of the one or more actions; and in response to receipt of the indication of successful completion of the one more actions, generating a status indicator indicating that the at least one shopper is eligible for frictionless checkout and storing the generated status indicator in a memory.

A method for using an electronic shopping list to resolve ambiguity associated with a selected product may include accessing an electronic shopping list associated with a customer of a retail store; receiving image data captured using one or more image sensors in the retail store; analyzing the image data to detect a product selection event involving a shopper; identifying a product associated with the detected product selection event based on analysis of the image data and further based on the electronic shopping list; and in response to identification of the product, updating a virtual shopping cart associated with the shopper.

A method for automatically updating electronic shopping lists of customers of retail stores may include accessing an electronic shopping list of a customer of a retail store, the electronic shopping list including at least one product associated with a shopping order; receiving image data from a plurality of image sensors mounted in the retail store; analyzing the image data to predict an inventory shortage of the at least one product included on the electronic shopping list, wherein the predicted inventory shortage is expected to occur prior to fulfillment of the shopping order; and automatically updating the electronic shopping list based on the predicted inventory shortage of the at least one product.

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for controlling a detail level of shopping data provided to frictionless shoppers. In one implementation, a method may comprise: receiving image data captured using one or more image sensors in a retail store; analyzing the image data to identify a plurality of product interaction events for at least one shopper in the retail store; determining shopping data associated with the plurality of product interaction events; determining a likelihood that the at least one shopper will be involved in shoplifting; based on the determined likelihood, determining an update rate for updating the at least one shopper with the shopping data; and delivering the shopping data to the at least one shopper at the determined update rate.

A system for determining whether shoppers are eligible for frictionless checkout is disclosed. The system has a processor that obtains image data captured using image sensors positioned in a retail store. The processor analyzes the image data to identify at least one shopper at one or more locations of the retail store. The processor detects, based on the analysis of the image data, at least one product interaction event associated with an action of the at least one shopper at the one or more locations of the retail store. Further, based on the detected at least one product interaction event, the processor determines whether the at least one shopper is eligible for frictionless checkout. In response to a determination that the at least one shopper is ineligible for frictionless checkout, the processor causes delivery of an indicator that the at least one shopper is ineligible for frictionless checkout.