SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING AN E-COMMERCE PLATFORM WITH POINT-OF- SALE TECHNOLOGY

Presently disclosed are systems and methods for integrating an e-commerce platform with point-of-sale technology. In an embodiment, an e-commerce platform receives fashion-article-registration messages that each include an article identifier and a set of article-characteristic data that correspond to the respective wearable fashion article. The e-commerce platform uses the article-characterization data to determine an appraised quantity of platform credit for the corresponding fashion article, and stores that appraised quantity of platform credit in association with the corresponding article identifier. The e-commerce platform receives consumer-query messages from consumer devices, and responsively uses article identifiers from the consumer-query messages to retrieve the respective stored appraised quantities of platform credit for the corresponding fashion articles, and transmits consumer-reply messages to the consumer devices, conveying the retrieved appraised quantities of platform credit for the fashion articles.