Chapter 51: Gratifying Growth
First order generated!
"Great, exciting!"
Ji Man couldn't help but exclaim, the website ushered in orders as soon as it was launched, which undoubtedly gave her great confidence and felt that her efforts in the past few days had not been in vain.
At the same time, it also made her more and more excited about the prospects of the twilight network.
"Where did the order come from?"
Shen Dui's focus is different, anyway, those merchants who have settled in are exempt from one-year commissions, and there are no profits if there are orders.
"The guest who placed the order is in the magic capital, and the homestay booked is Lizhuang Ancient Town!"
The customer service girl hurriedly replied.
Shen Du nodded, the answer was as he expected.
Whether it is the "Big Boat Incident" or the [Metro Times], the scope of propaganda is limited to the magic capital, and the current source of customers must be from the magic capital.
And the citizens of the magic capital travel and choose to book a homestay locally, not to mention that there is none, but it must be scarce.
That kind of very small number of people, either to experience the homestay, or it is inconvenient to go to the hotel, can not be regarded as a regular source of guests.
On the other hand, there are nearly 4,000 merchants settled in Dusu.com, of which more than 3,600 are from the magic capital, and only 300 are located in surrounding cities.
After a little groaning, Shen Dui immediately decided:
From today onwards, let Zhou Yuxin and Zheng Yi's team leave the magic capital and run exclusively in the Yangtze River Delta region to attract more merchants to settle in.
As for the magic capital, let the publicity of [Metro Times] slowly ferment to attract merchants.
After the arrangement, Shen Dui sat in the office and began to have a headache again.
If the merchants in the magic capital can't make money for a long time, it is estimated that they will withdraw from the twilight platform by themselves.
However, it is unimaginable to spend financial resources to promote and publicize in other places or across the country.
At least Shen Dui didn't dare to do that.
It seems that the unconventional plan he has prepared must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
By noon, the total number of visits to the website reached a staggering 1.2 million, with the highest number of simultaneous online users exceeding 200,000.
The customer service department reported that 34 orders were received in half a day, and many guests left messages and consultations under the merchant's listing.
Everything is going well, the problem is that the size of the customers and merchants is too small.
It was afternoon.
The situation at Dusk is another change.
It wasn't until the end of the day that the total number of visitors reached 2 million, which means that the number of visitors increased by 800,000 throughout the afternoon.
This is also a normal situation, the enthusiasm will eventually subside, and those who open the website with curiosity will not be able to continue to pay attention.
For the rest, there may be a wave of peaks in the evening.
Another good news is that, affected by the publicity, there are gradually more and more merchants who take the initiative to settle in the Dusk Suzhou network, and more and more, more than 50 in half a day.
Judging from the background data, most of these merchants are personal behaviors, aiming to make money from the spare rooms in the home.
Perhaps, it would be more appropriate to call them short-term rental landlords!
One common feature of such merchants is that the photos they post of rooms are completely unattractive, and it is difficult for customers to make them want to place an order. Hope.
Shen Du understands that homestays are a new thing after all, and how can these small landlords be as professional as the merchants of later generations.
In this case, Shen Du instructed the customer service to reach out to them and teach them how to run their own listing.
Unexpectedly, this move was praised by a group of small merchants, and they felt flattered, saying that they would not disappoint the company.
It's evening.
Shen Du and the beautiful rich woman were having dinner and received a text message from the customer service department: the number of orders exceeded 100, and almost all of them were B&Bs in the surrounding attractions booked by the citizens of Modu.
Shen Du was slightly surprised, this growth rate was beyond his expectations.
It seems that he launched the homestay a few years in advance, but instead of affecting the enthusiasm of business travelers, there is a trend of popularity.
Whether the guests who book the homestay are curious, or because the homestay is cheaper than the same grade hotel, it shows that this new form of accommodation is being accepted by the general public.
Thinking of this, Shen Du couldn't help but smile.
"I see you're so happy that you've found something good?"
Liu Qingli noticed his expression and asked curiously.
"Oh, a friend told me about a new thing in the B&B!"
Shen Du did not panic at all, and replied in an extremely calm tone.
"B&B, are you talking about the twilight Internet café that was only launched today?"
Liu Qingli said with a smile: "I also learned about it from the [Metro Times] brought by my colleague, and I also went to their website to take a look." It turns out that the purpose of the Big Ship Incident is here! ”
"You've seen their website, what do you think?"
Shen Du hurriedly asked, the views of the beautiful and rich woman represent at least part of the public opinion, and he still attaches great importance to it.
"The website is beautifully done!"
This is the first point of view given by Liu Qingli, and then said: "Some of the homestays in it are very distinctive, and they look very novel for people who are used to living in the same hotels."
"If I have the chance, I'd like to experience it.
"It's just that there are too few listings in it, and most of them are local to the magic capital, even if there are a few out-of-town listings, they are all in the surrounding area."
Her opinion was very objective, and Shen Du nodded in agreement.
And, not only is there less housing, fewer customers, at present, in addition to the magic capital, there are more than a billion people outside who do not know the concept of homestays? Even in the Demon Capital, only a few people know it.
Back to the original problem, if you want to make the twilight network grow rapidly, you have to have strong publicity and promotion, but the high cost is too high for Shen Dui to afford.
The data after eight o'clock, Shen Du didn't ask, and waited until tomorrow to look at the company.
As soon as he entered the company on Friday, Ji Man came to the general manager's office to report:
"Mr. Shen, last night, the number of visits to the Dusk Su network increased by 1 million, and 73 merchants settled in the magic capital, with a total order volume of 159, and with the issuance of today's [Metro Times], various data are still growing."
Shen Dui didn't have much of a surprise, these were all expected by him.
On Friday, the total number of visits to the website was close to 5 million, and the number of orders decreased compared to yesterday, but the number of new local merchants increased.
In the past two days, the front-line market development personnel have successfully attracted 362 foreign merchants to settle in.
This is also because there are more people in the team, if only Zhou Yuxin and Zheng Yi are relied on, there can be more than 100 is the limit.
It is to be expected that during the weekend, more orders will inevitably be promoted.
On Saturday, Shen Duan took the time to go back to Yulan Garden, mainly because he was at ease with Geng Yuhang.
But what he didn't expect was that this dog-licking classmate had come out of the psychological shadow, according to Zhao Ran, Geng Yuhang had interviewed several units and was expected to go to work next week.
Shen Du accompanied the two of them to have lunch, and returned to Yipin Garden with confidence.
It's a new week.
On the 16th~18th, it was the last three days of the Dusk Su.com's advertising in the [Metro Times] (the newspaper was not published on weekends), and the number of visits to the website increased by nearly 2 million every day.
The number of merchants and orders settled in is also increasing.
But there are also problems.
Merchants from other places were pleasantly surprised, and they were able to receive orders just after entering the platform, and they were especially grateful to Dusu.com.
The local merchants in Modu found that the orders on the Dusk platform were increasing every day, but they were almost none, and there were already several calls to the customer service department to question.
Shen Du felt that he couldn't wait any longer, and it was urgent to develop foreign tourists.
He immediately recruited Ji Man and activated the unconventional plan!