Because Sun Jiatong has opened online stores on both eBay and Taobao, she can better understand how different the atmospheres of the two platforms are.

eBay is lifeless, with not many people alive at all. On Taobao's side, on the other hand, the chat reminder in the background will sound from time to time, and many people come to inquire and bargain.

After a while, Sun Jiatong invited Lu Yiming to her home for dinner and asked about some store opening tips. During the dinner, she talked to Lin Yuzhen and Lu Yiming about this matter. Lin Yuzhen felt very incredible and said, "Yibei lost now?

After all, it is also a US-listed company with a market value of over 200 billion, right? Before, I vowed to trample Taobao to death like ants, but this is the result?"

Lu Yiming said confidently: "Ebay actually loses on 'free'. Taobao is free, eBay is not free, who loses if it doesn't lose?"

Later, Lu Yiming explained: "For the Xiaguo online shopping market, which is still developing, online products must be cheaper than offline products before they can be sold. Although eBay opens a store for free and gives away money, other services are not free.

. Their charging model increases the burden on sellers, making it difficult to compete with the offline market with cost-effectiveness. However, Taobao’s all-free policy, supplemented by marketing, can quickly attract a large number of small and medium-sized sellers to settle in, thereby counterattacking."

Lin Yuzhen seemed even more curious: "Since it's a problem that can be solved for free, why doesn't eBay do it?"

Lu Yiming smiled and said; "This is the trade-off between long-term interests and short-term interests, and it is also the difference in business thinking. eBay is obviously too focused on short-term profits. In fact, Xia Guo's e-commerce market is still in its infancy, and it will be difficult to achieve success in two or three years."

become mainstream. So we must set our sights on ten years

Later, when adopting business strategies, we must deeply understand that user growth is far more important than short-term profits. Unfortunately, eBay's shareholders don't think so, and Meg Whitman herself is just an excellent traditional professional.

Manager, her understanding of the Internet is not thorough enough."

Lin Yuzhen rolled her eyes at Lu Yiming and said, "So, are you better than this Whitman?"

Lu Yiming said without humility: "That's natural. After all, I have defeated her twice, and she has not been able to get any advantage from me once."

The battle between eBay and Taobao has not yet come to an end. It may take several more years, but the final result has actually come out.

There is no doubt that Taobao's "free model" won, while the "charged model" insisted on by Meg Whitman lost completely.

The humble "ant" Taobao not only survived, but also defeated eBay, the giant elephant that came across the ocean, and climbed to the top to become the overlord of Xia's C2C market.

This battle can be regarded as a turning point for Xia Guo’s e-commerce awakening.

The outside world also regarded Lu Yiming as the key figure in turning the tide of the battle.

Because judging from the results, it was precisely because of Lu Yiming's participation that eBay's goal of quickly defeating Taobao was defeated.

Another half month later, Lu Yiming suddenly received a call.

What surprised him was that the call was from Meg Whitman.

Meg Whitman invited Lu Yiming to have coffee together.

Lu Yiming readily agreed.

Two people met at a coffee shop.

This is the second meeting between the two. Although Taobao had a fierce fight with eBay before, Lu Yiming himself did not directly confront Meg Whitman.

Looking at Lu Yi's young but calm face, Meg Whitman felt a little complicated.

Although she really didn't want to admit it, she did fall into the hands of Lu Yiming again, and this time she lost even more completely. She was directly defeated by her opponent on the frontal battlefield, in eBay's strongest area.

As the winner, Lu Yiming behaved quite generously. After seeing Meg Whitman, he smiled and said hello directly: "Beautiful Ms. Whitman, we meet again."

Meg Whitman also forced a smile on her face, but her words were not polite at all: "Yes, we meet again. I don't know why, every time I meet you, I seem to have some bad luck.

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Lu Yiming asked: "Then you want me to come over for coffee?"

Meg Whitman said: "I'm going back to my beautiful country. I have a flight tomorrow morning."

Obviously, she no longer has any expectations for Xia Guo's market. Even though eBay has all the advantages, it cannot defeat Taobao. Instead, it has made itself so embarrassed that the situation will only get worse in the future.

Meg Whitman looked at Lu Yiming and said, "I lost this time, but eBay can afford to lose. Sooner or later, I will win back."

Lu Yiming said unceremoniously: "You have no chance. eBay has lost the Xia country's market, and in the beautiful country, you are no match for Amazon. You will only be reduced to a supporting role in the future."

"impossible!"

Meg Whitman is obviously unwilling to fail. She is still the iron lady in the business world, gearing up and ready to wash away the shame of failure at any time.

"Then let's wait and see."

The two drank coffee while chatting. After drinking the coffee, Meg Whitman got up and left.

Looking at the back of Meg Whitman leaving, Lu Yiming was in a good mood. After all, the heavy bet he made on Ali had finally come to fruition.

Taobao, which defeated eBay, has firmly established itself as the e-commerce giant in Xia State. The original five million US dollars will be earned back thousands of times in the future.
Chapter completed!