Taobao based on Alibaba's small and medium-sized sellers, soon brought together a large number of stores, the current Shanghai eBay has felt the crisis, last month eBay has developed a charging strategy for some large sellers, the plan is to implement this month, but the launch of Taobao has some concerns to the management, if the charge will not drive the seller to Taobao. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This made Tan Hai a little hesitant, if the charging company can bring a certain amount of income, if it continues to be free, then the company still does not have any profit points.

Knock knock, knock knock.

Someone was knocking on the door of Tan Hai's office.

"Please come in,"

"Mr. Tan, the company's senior management is already waiting for you in the conference room."

"Okay, I'll be right over."

It turned out that Tan Hai was going to hold a meeting to discuss this matter with collective wisdom.

The conference room was crowded, and the theme assistant of the meeting had already been sent to everyone, and Tan Hai sat down.

"Let's discuss it freely," there is no such thing as collective wisdom at the moment, and nothing good for eBay to say anything about the charges.

"Mr. Tan, Taobao relies on Alibaba's wholesale platform, and if we charge a fee, it may bring disaster to the company. Our sellers may run out. ”

"I object, this sentence is a bit sensational, at present we are planning to charge for large sellers, and we still implement a free strategy for small and medium-sized sellers, and it is impossible for eBay store owners to go to Taobao."

"I also think we should adopt a proper fee strategy, in terms of our company's cash flow, our reserves are insufficient, and if we don't find a profit point, the company's cash reserves may only survive for a year." said the Minister of Finance.

"Any more comments?" Tan Hai asked.

"Mr. Tan ......."

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After discussing for more than ten minutes, Tan Hai said: "First of all, we have a consensus that eBay's fees are only for large sellers, not for small and medium-sized sellers, right?" Then we will now vote on this basis, if we agree to eBay's show of hands for large sellers. ”

"One, two, three, four. Well, fifteen people agreed. ”

Of the 20 people who had taken part in the meeting, 15 had now agreed, and the remaining five were clearly opposed. Since it is a modern company, then the minority obeys the majority.

The meeting passed that eBay implements a charging strategy for large sellers, and small and medium-sized sellers continue to be free. Fees will be implemented from February 1st"

At the same time, Tan Hai added.

At present, the charging mechanism may be immature, so the cake of small and medium-sized sellers should not be moved for the time being, otherwise it may cause the panic withdrawal of the store, at present, eBay should implement small and medium-sized sellers to attract popularity, and then mainly promote the stores of large sellers, so that popularity can gather the confidence of large sellers, as long as our eBay transaction volume remains in the hegemony of Yanguo, then we will have the ability to charge small and medium-sized sellers in the future.

For Tan Hai, who graduated from Harvard, the thinking of higher education tells him that everything must have two sets of plans, and the company is now facing financial pressure, on the one hand, we charge big sellers, and on the other hand, I think we should actively look for investment.

Yanguo is a big cake, and there must be a lot of foreign capital waiting to be shared. Even Alibaba can attract foreign investment, can't we? So now Tan Hai and Hao Yi are preparing to contact foreign capital.

After the meeting, eBay's fee announcement for big sellers came out, according to the previous plan, the stores of large sellers are charged according to the number of goods, 10 pieces are charged 100 yuan a month, and each additional 10 pieces on the Internet is increased by 50 yuan. At present, there are more than 5,000 large sellers on eBay, and the total number of goods from these large sellers is about 500,000, and these sellers can contribute about 4 million to the company every month, which can make up for part of the cost of operating some companies.

"Mr. Ma, the latest news." Mr. Tsai called Mr. Ma's office.

"What's the news?"

"Mr. Ma, just now eBay announced that it will charge big sellers from next month, and the fee for each product is almost 10 yuan, I will send you the website for you to see."

Ma Yun opened the website sent by Cai Xin and clicked on it.

Ma Yun smiled, for retail fees, eBay is really a precedent, 10 pieces charge 100 yuan a month, increase 50 yuan for every 10 pieces added online, if the charge is successful, eBay will really increase income every month, if the charge fails?

That's better, Taobao is still free, I believe someone will settle in our Taobao. Always eBay charging is definitely a good thing for us, success, Taobao can learn from their plan in the future, failure, then Taobao's sellers will definitely increase.

Now the good thing is that Alibaba's charging model is based on annual fees, and we in Alibaba are aimed at wholesalers, and people who do big business will not care about these small money. Therefore, Taobao's free strategy will continue for now.

The cost of operation, structure, expenditure, and resources Taobao can still support about 2 years now, and Taobao is considering refinancing after a year and a half.

"Cai Xin, you come to my office."

Cai Xin received a call from Ma Yun and trotted over non-stop, and now in Alibaba, Cai Xin seems to be used to trotting, and only in this way can he come out with the attitude that every second counts.

"Mr. Ma, what's the important thing?"

"Sit down, I've seen the charges for eBay. This is a good thing, if we succeed we can get the opportunity to learn from, failure is a great thing for us, sellers flock to us. Taobao was established by you, so I want to hand over Taobao to you, and I will coordinate the specific strategies of Alibaba and Taobao for you to implement. ”

This is a great opportunity for Cai Xin, Taobao is like his own child. Cai Xin thought to himself, I will definitely be able to make this infant website grow and grow.

"Mr. Ma, I believe I have this ability."

"I also believe it, so in the future, I will only give opinions on the website, and you will be responsible for the specific implementation. By the way, our partner Li Hui, you also have to contact frequently. ”

"Mr. Li of Fangfang.com?"

"Yes, although he is only 20 years old, but his thinking I have always felt that there is a kind of foreign Internet thinking, you communicate with him more, it should be said that you can accept his command, I believe he will definitely give us good advice on Taobao."

"Okay, Mr. Ma."

Coming out of Ma Yun's office, Cai Xin dialed Li Hui's phone and told Li Hui that eBay had announced that it was ready to start charging big sellers next month, and Cai Xin added that he would be in charge of Taobao in the future, and hoped that Li Hui would have any good suggestions to find him directly.