Multi-Sessions Mechanism for Decentralized Cash on Delivery System

To date, cash on delivery (COD) is one of the most popular payment methods in developing countries thanks to the blossom of customer-to-customer e-commerce. With the widespread of a very small business model and the Internet, online shopping has become part of people’s daily activity. People browse...

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Published in:International journal of advanced computer science & applications 2019, Vol.10 (9)
Main Authors: Duong-Trung, Nghia, Son, Xuan, Tai, Tan, Nam, Phuong, Nghiep, Quoc, Pham, Duy, Tam, Thai, Trieu, Hai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blockchain
Computer science
Cryptography
Customers
Developing countries
Electronic commerce
Internet
LDCs
Payment systems
Postal & delivery services
Small business
Third party
Tracking systems
Trust
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Summary:To date, cash on delivery (COD) is one of the most popular payment methods in developing countries thanks to the blossom of customer-to-customer e-commerce. With the widespread of a very small business model and the Internet, online shopping has become part of people’s daily activity. People browse for desirable products at the comfort of their homes and ask the online vendor that a shipper can deliver the merchandise at their doorstep. Then, COD allows customers to pay in cash when the product is delivered to their desired location. Since customers receive goods before making a payment, COD is, therefore, considered as a payment system. However, the crucial issue that previous research has not yet addressed is that their models only support single delivering session at a time. More precisely, if the current buyer is not available to receive the goods, the shipper has to wastefully wait for the complete payment and he/she cannot start shipping another merchandise. The tracking system seems to poorly handle this issue. In particular, we propose a multi-session mechanism, which consists of blockchain technology, smart contracts and hyperledger fabric platform to achieve distributed and transparent across delivering sessions in the decentralized markets. Our proposed mechanism ensure the efficiency of delivering process. The authors release our sources codes for further reproducibility and development. We conclude that the integration of multi-session mechanism and blockchain technology will cause significant efficiency across several disciplines.
ISSN:2158-107X
2156-5570
DOI:10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100973