Chapter 380: Cash on delivery
"Brother, have you ever shopped online?"
In order to understand the most real thoughts of online users, Zhang Ning kept asking netizens for several days.
"Nope."
"Why not, online shopping is very fashionable now."
"I don't know much about this, I feel that the things on the Internet are very fake, and I am afraid of being deceived."
Here's a reply from one of the users.
"Brother, are you interested in trying to buy something online?"
"I've thought about it."
"Did you buy it?"
"Nope."
"It's strange, if you're interested, try it, why didn't you buy it?"
"It's inconvenient to pay, and it's too troublesome for me to go to the bank to transfer money."
"No, no, now that China has launched online banking, you can do an online banking payment."
"It's still too much trouble and it's not safe."
Here's another user's answer.
"Handsome guy, have you ever bought something online?"
"Of course, I'm an absolute supporter of e-commerce, and I buy a lot of things online."
"Great, then which website do you usually go to to buy it?"
"Generally go to the 8848 website."
"Then Dangdang, excellence, have you ever been there?"
"Very little, generally not going."
"What about Penguin Mall, that's the website of Penguin QQ."
"Haven't been."
"Why, I feel that the penguin mall is good, why don't you go there, and you can log in there with a QQ number."
"It's also troublesome, maybe I'm not used to it, and besides, Penguin Mall is no better than 8848, everyone is buying things in 8848, so I went along."
Here's another user's answer.
With continuous user surveys, Zhang Ning gradually has some bottom in his heart.
The number of jΓΉ shows that the online shopping users of other websites are temporarily unable to come.
Whether they are accustomed to other websites, or they are too lazy to register an account, in short, it is very difficult to get them to transfer from 8848 to Penguin Mall.
The key is the development of new users.
In Zhang Ning's survey, there are actually many users who are interested in online shopping. However, due to various reasons, in the end, there was no online shopping. Among them, the most people's reaction is still the payment problem.
Whether it's bank transfers or online banking now, users feel that it's troublesome. Although Zhang Ning has always felt that it is not troublesome to use online banking, in the era when e-commerce has just been developed, and it is still the era of Internet development, people will feel that it is very troublesome whether it is handling or operating a computer, and it is still a very complicated matter.
Such a problem made Zhang Ning think of a good solution.
"Cash on delivery."
That's right.
Since online payment is a hassle, bank transfer is also a hassle.
Well, there is a simpler payment method than online payment and bank transfer, and that is cash on delivery.
Hence the name. Cash on delivery, that is, after the goods are delivered to the user's home, the payment is made to receive the goods.
It's safe, convenient, and hassle-free.
This solution solves the problem that many people cannot shop online because of payment reasons.
Of course, cash on delivery also has a problem.
The cash on delivery method seems to be good and brings convenience to the user, however, it brings risks to the website.
If someone takes a picture of the product and ends up delivering it and doesn't want to pay for it, that's a very tangled thing.
Therefore, in later generations, this method of cash on delivery has been quietly banned by many merchants.
However, even if such a payment method is risky, Zhang Ning still wants to launch it.
For the current situation that China's payment system is not perfect, cash on delivery has too many advantages.
Even if it brings some personal damage, Zhang Ning has to get this piece up.
Simply damage personal interests, it is better to regard it as a publicity expense.
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8848γ
In January 1999, Wang Juntao founded the 8848 e-commerce website.
In May 1999, the number of products on the 8848 e-commerce website had increased to more than 15,000.
In November 1999, 8848 became the largest e-commerce website in China.
In May 2000, 8848 was financed successively and further expanded.
In January 2001, 8848 officially launched its listing plan.
From 1999 to 2001, in less than two years, 8848 set one record after another for China's Internet.
Similarly, 8848 officially launched its listing plan in the United States in less than two years, which is also another miracle of China's Internet.
However, 8848 has recently undergone high-level changes, and the founder Wang Juntao suddenly announced his resignation.
Wang Juntao was succeeded by Tan Zhi, who previously worked as an assistant sales manager at Microsoft.
However, for Tan Zhi, the outside media is generally not optimistic.
Many media have always believed that although Tan Zhi has excellent ability, he is not as good as Wang Juntao, the father of China's e-commerce.
At the same time, some media believe that with the departure of Wang Juntao, 8848 will go into recession.
Tan Zhi was very annoyed by these remarks.
He has always believed that his ability is not lower than that of Wang Juntao. Moreover, in order to prove himself, Tan Zhi frantically launched the 8848 listing plan with the United States. And, so far, it's working pretty well. Many investors in the United States have always regarded 8848 as China's version of Amazon, and they also have a lot of expectations.
"Xiao Dong, how is Penguin Mall's recent table?"
The appearance of Penguin Mall, as the CEO of 8848, Tan Zhi, has paid attention to it for the first time.
"Mr. Tan, Penguin Technology seems to have a strong determination to enter the e-commerce site, not only renting several large warehouses in Yanjing, but also reaching cooperation with a number of logistics companies. At the same time, they also leave no stone unturned in their online advertising promotion. However, from the current point of view, they have not made substantial progress, and the orders of the entire website have only exceeded 1,000 orders recently. β
"Yo, it seems that this Zhang Ning, who is called a genius by the outside world, is not playing with everything."
Getting such a number, Tan Zhi seemed very happy.
"Yes, Mr. Tan, e-commerce is business, and it is involved in a wide range of industries, not just the Internet. I think they still have some time to figure it out. β
"Hmm. You continue to observe Penguin Mall, and I need to leave more time to deal with the listing on my side. β
Tan Zhi was still worried about Penguin Mall at first, but now that he looks at it, he is worried that there is some redundancy.
Or is it important to go public, as long as you go public and the funds are available, are you still afraid of these competitors?
It's just that Tan Zhi is immersed in dealing with the listing of 8848 on the one hand, but the Penguin Mall that he underestimated on the other side suddenly broke out.
Cash on delivery, the latest payment method of Penguin Mall.
Are you still struggling with payment issues and can't shop online?
Are you still troubled by payment issues and don't want to go to online banking?
Still feeling insecure about your payments and worried about having your cash stolen?
Now, all your worries are gone.
Penguin Mall creates the fastest and most convenient online shopping service for you.
You only need to place an order, and the payment problem will be solved.
You just need to buy it and we will deliver it directly to your door.
One hand to pay, one hand to deliver, perfect payment system, online shopping, what are you waiting for?
A passionate text that brings about the launch of the latest payment system.
The cash on delivery method, as soon as he came out, has been crazy to attract countless users.
They've been thinking about shopping online for a long time.
They have long taken a fancy to the cheap goods on the Internet.
They have long wanted to be online shoppers.
It's just that a series of complicated problems turned out to be a series of problems before that they could only stop.
However, under the new introduction of cash on delivery, many netizens began to have his first time.
Shopping for clothes online for the first time.
Shopping for cosmetics online for the first time.
The first time you buy electronics online.
Penguin Mall, also in a series of countless network names for the first time, the number of orders exploded instantly.
1000 orders.
It turned out that the number of 1,000 orders that broke through in more than ten days was broken through on the same day under the influence of cash on delivery.
And this breakthrough has not stopped.
This completely innovative payment system has a very strong stamina.
2000 orders.
3000 orders.
4000 orders.
Until Penguin Mall announced that it had exceeded 5,000 orders that day, the major e-commerce websites had already seemed a little flustered.
The first to be anxious is 8848, the leader in the industry.
Tan Zhi, who has only been attached to the United States for two days, has been shocked by the number of orders from Penguin Mall and returned to China.
Seeing that in less than a few days, when Penguin Mall reached the order volume of second-tier e-commerce websites, Tan Zhi urgently convened a high-level meeting of the company to study specific coping strategies.
"Ladies and gentlemen, how do we respond to the latest payment method launched by Penguin Mall, cash on delivery?"
"Mr. Tan, I think we should immediately follow the introduction of cash on delivery payment methods, so as not to make Penguin Mall bigger and threaten our 8848."
One of the product managers, the first to stand up, said.
However, as soon as the product manager said this, another department head objected.
"Mr. Tan, I am against the introduction of cash on delivery. This is a payment model, in fact, we have studied it before. However, such a payment system will once again increase our time to withdraw funds, and this is only secondary. The most important thing is that cash on delivery is a credit issue. Domestic netizens generally have poor credit ability, and I think that there are many people who choose to refuse to pay even if they take pictures of goods. Moreover, according to the number of orders received so far, one out of ten orders in Penguin Mall has a problem. The prices of the products on our website are already low, and the profits cannot be compared with those of physical stores. Even if there is a problem with one out of ten orders, the money we made in the previous nine orders will be lost. β
The opinion of the head of the department was quickly supported by one of the directors.
Although this director is not responsible for the specific affairs of the company, he is an investor in 8848.
Moreover, the director is also a venture capital firm.
Venture capital firms generally don't want to control the companies they invest in, and they want the companies they invest in to go public. As soon as the company goes public, they sell the shares they have previously invested in, and then make a tenfold or even hundredfold difference.
Therefore, the director quickly said, "Mr. Tan, 8848 is currently a critical moment for the listing of the United States, and our current financial report is perfect, and Wall Street investors are also very satisfied." I don't want anything to go wrong, perhaps, at other times we could try cash on delivery, but for now, I hope not to let this small payment system affect our website's listing plans. β
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