Chapter 230: How to Make a Profit
The focus of the debate between Xiao Jie and Huang Dapeng is whether eYaotong needs to add a new function.
"Mr. Xiao, I think eYaotong should increase the customer point system, and these points can be used to exchange for gifts or something in the future, so as to increase the adhesion and loyalty of customers." Huang Dapeng said as he drew something on the whiteboard.
"Dapeng, I understand your thoughts, but now that time is limited, we don't have time to develop this customer points system. You should know that time, quality and functional scope are the three key factors in the development of a system, and we can't do it all. ”
"But if there is no customer points system, our customers will be lost in large quantities, and now the mobile APP is actually a customer base that fights, and if there are no customers, we will lose everything."
"But, Dapeng, reality doesn't allow us to add new features." Xiao Jie scratched his head vigorously, he also had a headache for this stubborn subordinate.
At this moment, as soon as he looked up and saw Lu Tianyu on the side, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and secretly said: "Senior brother, you came just in time, and Dapeng will rely on you to settle it." ”
"Mr. Lu, are you here? I haven't seen you for a few days, how are you doing? I've been so busy these days that I don't have time to call you to report to work. Xiao Jie walked to Lu Tianyu's side with a smile.
"I'm fine, but I had a minor illness and was hospitalized for a few days, but now everything has recovered, so you don't have to worry." Lu Tianyu hurriedly responded.
"Mr. Lu, you pay attention to your body and rest well." At this time, Huang Dapeng also came over and said hello to Lu Tianyu.
"Mr. Lu, the recent research and development of eYaotong has been quite smooth, and it is expected that the trial version will be released tomorrow, so I will give you a detailed report first." Xiao Jie said.
"No need, no need, I don't understand what you said, you can be responsible for APP research and development." Lu Tianyu said busily. He doesn't want to hear a bunch of IT jargon, Java language, olacle database, and get a big head when he hears it.
Let's be honest. Lu Tianyu is not good at the specific operation mode of an IT company like Flying Bird, so in addition to the company's strategic direction, personnel and finance and other major matters, he will personally inquire about other specific matters. He gave carte blanche to Xiao Jie, and he believed in his senior brother.
"By the way, I'm very interested in the customer points system you just discussed." Lu Tianyu brought the topic back to what Xiao Jie and Huang Dapeng discussed.
"Mr. Lu, this customer points system is good, but we don't have time to develop it now!" Xiao Jie poured bitter water.
"I have an idea, I don't know if it's appropriate, can the two experts give some advice?" Lu Tianyu smiled slightly.
"We're listening!" Xiao Jie and Huang Dapeng said in unison.
"We won't do this customer points function first, but we must record all the customer's transaction data for later big data analysis and the establishment of the points system."
"Boss. You can rest assured, this is a must, the system will record all the operation data of all customers, including login, inquiry, transaction and so on. Huang Dapeng said.
"That's good, although we don't do the function of customer points for the time being, we want our customers to know that every time he uses eYaotong, he will generate corresponding points, and this point can be of great use in the future." Speaking of this, Lu Tianyu smiled mysteriously.
"What's going on?" Xiao Jie and Huang Dapeng are a little inexplicable.
"We've added a questionnaire function to eYaotong. You can set up a few questions, such as: Are you satisfied with the current function of eYaotong? What new features do you want eYaoTong to have? In this case, you can use the customer points feature as the first option. Then, you can also look into it by the way. How customers want their points to be spent. ”
"All of this will give our customers a hint that it's not that we've forgotten about customer points, but that we're ready to make it better and better......"
Lu Tianyu spoke energetically. Xiao Jie and Huang Dapeng listened very attentively and nodded frequently.
After Lu Tianyu finished speaking, Huang Dapeng first spoke: "Mr. Lu, I think what you said is feasible, the questionnaire function is easy to do, we have done it before, there is ready-made code to use, I can do it tonight, and I can catch up with the trial version online tomorrow." ”
Xiao Jie gave a thumbs up to Lu Tianyu, "Okay, you can come up with this bad idea, you really deserve to be a top student of Donghai Medical College, high, really high." ”
"Cut, Mr. Xiao, don't laugh at me, I'm just a whim." Lu Tianyu smiled. He likes the working atmosphere of the bird company very much, people are very equal, there is no obvious identity difference between the leader and the subordinates, everyone can joke with each other, the subordinates see the leader, and they don't have to nod their heads, shouting "Hello so-and-so", and the stomach is actually scolding the mother.
This is the working environment that Lu Tianyu expects, relaxed and harmonious, and everyone has a world to give full play to their strengths; In contrast, he really can't adapt to the atmosphere of the hospital where seniority is ranked and everything is based on leadership orders.
Next, Huang Dapeng went to write code, while Lu Tianyu and Xiao Jie sat together and discussed what to do next.
"Senior brother, what do you think of the trial version that eYaotong will launch tomorrow?" To be honest, Lu Tianyu really doesn't have much confidence.
"Compared with the previous old version, we have beautified the interface again, and the function menu has also been adjusted, which should be a pretty good mobile APP, especially the newly added appointment registration function, comic serialization function, I think it will be a highlight."
"That's good. By the way, brother, do you know how mobile apps generally make money? ”
"Of course I know this, the APP profit model of the Android system and the Apple IOS system is slightly different."
"Our eYaotong is currently only available in Android version, so let's first introduce the profit model of the Android APP." Lu Tianyu said.
"The main profit model of the Android app is built-in advertising, and then there are paid downloads, virtual currency, and embedded online shopping platforms in the APP. Among them, the paid download mode is basically impossible in China, and the Chinese people are used to using the free APP, and they will not pay for it at all. ”
"Virtual currency is generally used more in mobile games, and the embedded online shopping platform in the APP is more complicated, involving upstream and downstream suppliers and payment platforms, etc., and only some large APPs will adopt this model." Xiao Jie introduced them one by one.
"In this way, if e-Yaotong wants to make a profit, there is only one model of built-in advertising?" Lu Tianyu pondered.
This is a fatal problem, if the profit model is too simple, then the market prospect of e-Yaotong is really worrying. (To be continued.) )