Having just arrived in Yiwu, Xu Cong took a taxi and headed to Yiwu's Commodity City for investigation.

As a gathering place for small commodity production, Yiwu has a lot of small merchants. These small merchants will definitely become the mainstay of the e-commerce platform in the future. If Xu Cong wants to engage in the current e-commerce industry, he must break into this group.

Among merchants.

Yiwu's commodity city is very large, and it is close to the port and has very advantageous transportation conditions.

After arriving at Yiwu Commodity City, Xu Cong went non-stop to visit several large merchants in Yiwu Commodity City.

Through visits to these merchants, we can learn about the entire business district in Yiwu and their views on the e-commerce industry.

In the current Yiwu area, some merchants are actually engaged in e-commerce, but the e-commerce industry of these merchants is only included in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

After all, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, the logistics field is the best in the industry, which naturally drives the development of e-commerce in the entire region.

The logistics cost of a few cents gives these merchants a new option to transport goods to Internet users who place orders online through express logistics.

Of course, current basic e-commerce is limited to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and the orders from these merchants are not as many as expected.

Although the current logistics has a certain pattern, the number of vehicles and goods shipped by most logistics companies is far less than that of later generations.

In addition, the number of orders obtained by these merchants is too rare, making the current e-commerce still in its infancy.

Xu Cong's arrival also attracted many merchants to watch, which also saved Xu Cong from visiting each household.

Xu Cong also wanted to sit on a chair in a store and communicate with the business owners surrounding him.

"I plan to build a new platform. This new e-commerce platform will be able to sell goods to all parts of the country in the future, so that users across the country can enjoy the new products produced in Yiwu!"

After Xu Cong had detailed conversations with these merchants, he also discovered that these merchants still have some expectations for e-commerce.

In the face of these e-commerce companies, Xu Cong also expressed his thoughts.

When the merchants present heard what Xu Cong said, they also had a look of astonishment in their eyes, obviously they were still skeptical about what Xu Cong said.

After all, you can imagine how difficult it is to build a nationwide e-commerce.

Now in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, although there are rudiments of e-commerce, the development of e-commerce is basically in a relatively dead state.

Nowadays, merchants in Yiwu generally provide small commodities through designated logistics to some stores or shop owners in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, but sales to individuals through e-commerce channels are very rare.

The current Xu Cong's words, in the eyes of this merchant's boss, are very difficult to achieve.

"It is already extremely difficult for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai to realize e-commerce. I remember that the person in charge of eBay came to us a few years ago and wanted us to settle on eBay..."

The owner of this merchant also slowly told the current Xu Cong about the past few years with a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

In fact, in the early years, many companies responsible for operating e-commerce platforms found these Yiwu merchants and hoped that these Yiwu merchants could join the e-commerce platform.

Moreover, the occupancy fees charged by these platform merchants are very small, basically only more than 100 yuan a year.

The person in charge of the website that was responsible for lobbying these merchants at that time boasted about the development of e-commerce, and even gave these small bosses of Yiwu Mall a deep understanding of e-commerce.

Under the temptation of the other party's words, almost 1/3 of this group of Yiwu small commodity shop owners paid money to stay on the e-commerce platform.

But one year after joining the e-commerce platform, this group of people already began to regret agreeing to join eBay.

Although eBay is very prosperous and some merchants place orders on the website, the number of eBay users is too small, and there are so many merchants now settled in it, which makes most merchants not make any money at all.

With the money, the number of orders that can be obtained in a year is only a few.

Basically, most of the merchants who joined eBay lost money, which also made some merchants in Yiwu doubt the development of the e-commerce platform.

So much so that just after Xu Cong put forward his idea, he received strange looks from many merchants who were watching.

After listening to what the other party said, Xu Cong did not give up at all.

"Actually, I plan to build an e-commerce platform. This e-commerce platform does not require any accommodation fees, and there is no need to pay any fees to open a store on the e-commerce platform!"

Xu Cong looked at everyone with a look of hostility in their eyes and said to them in a calm tone.

The e-commerce industry can fully develop, which is related to the strategy used in the early days of the e-commerce industry to attract merchants.

Early merchants basically didn’t need much cost to open a store on an e-commerce platform, and they didn’t even need to pay store fees.

This also allowed many merchants to see the opportunity to make money and finally joined the e-commerce platform, promoting the rapid development of the domestic e-commerce field.

However, this method can promote the development of the entire e-commerce field, but it will also cause some limitations in the development of e-commerce.

A large number of black shops and some shops that only do one-time transactions have opened, causing many users who are greedy for petty gains to suffer big losses.

This also made the early development of the e-commerce industry, although it was in full swing, still criticized by some users.

In order to allow the entire e-commerce industry to develop healthily, all stores that open stores on e-commerce are required to pay a certain deposit, and the emergence of these deposits has also made the e-commerce field gradually formalized.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!

Of course, the emergence of e-commerce margins has gradually formalized the e-commerce field, and it has also given e-commerce platforms another way to earn income.

In fact, for most e-commerce platforms in the future, the main way to make profits is to rely on time differences to make enough profits.

This includes the deposit paid by the merchant and the seven days to confirm receipt.

The general amount of deposit is basically several thousand. A merchant opening a store online needs to pay this amount of deposit, and the number of stores on an e-commerce platform is at least tens of thousands.

After the e-commerce platform has so much margin, it can rely on this margin to invest and obtain more profits.

At the same time, confirming receipt of goods within seven days is also a way to rely on time forks to obtain profits.

Most users purchase product knowledge on e-commerce platforms, and the money they pay is basically in the accounts of the e-commerce platform, and the money paid will not be immediately handed over to the merchants.

Most users who have purchased products will not choose to take the initiative or receive the goods directly after receiving the products. Instead, they will wait for a period of time and the system will receive the goods.

All the funds during this period have been accumulated in the hands of the e-commerce platform, and this also allows the e-commerce platform to rely on these funds to significantly increase its capital pool.

With the continuous expansion of the capital pool, the e-commerce platform can completely rely on it. Now there are enough funds to make short-term investments, thereby obtaining more financial profits.

Of course, there is another way to make money, but this way of making money was eventually banned by some capitalists through leveraging.

However, there is nothing wrong with this way of making money, but users use leverage to obtain funds for profit in a relatively risky way, which is very risky.

In Xu Cong's view, this method is a good way to make money, but the funds provided by the company must be provided by the company itself, and he cannot learn from Teacher Ma's approach in the future.

"That's okay!"

When the surrounding merchants heard that Xu Cong planned to build an e-commerce platform that would allow merchants to settle in for free, they became completely interested.

Free things are indeed very attractive to these people, and even some people who are biased against e-commerce are also interested at this time.

"Although the method you mentioned is indeed good, there are really very few people who can choose to purchase our products online. I think this kind of thing is time-consuming and labor-intensive..."<

/p>

These merchants are very interested in Xu Cong's proposal this time, but while they are interested, they also have some worries.

These merchants have all settled on e-commerce platforms before and know that the current development of e-commerce platforms is in a difficult situation.

The number of users is small and there are many merchants, which makes it difficult for many merchants to get orders.

Even if Xu Cong said that it will be free to enter the e-commerce platform, these merchants will give more consideration and thought when choosing to stay.

After all, running an e-commerce store takes time and is not just about opening an online store.

First of all, it takes time to pack and ship the goods. At the same time, the e-commerce platform also requires the bosses to be in front of the computer at all times and act as customer service to answer buyers who come to ask questions.

This means that many merchant owners need to take time to manage the entire online store after settling on the e-commerce platform, which requires a certain amount of time and energy.

After all, there are not many orders in total, and you still need to spend time staring at your online stores. This is a very uncomfortable thing for these merchant owners.

"I believe that the future development of e-commerce will have unlimited potential. When the time comes, I will find ways to make all goods circulate quickly, and domestic consumers across the country will also be able to quickly accept online shopping.

Way!"

"I hope that by then, when online shopping has truly become mainstream, you can bring your products to the e-commerce platform I created!"

Xu Cong did not choose to directly recruit these merchants to the e-commerce platform this time. After all, Xu Cong's company has not yet been established. Now he came to Yiwu Commodity City just for research.

Through this survey, we will determine the future development direction of establishing an e-commerce platform.

At the same time, he also established relationships among the bosses of these merchants. After Xu Cong established the e-commerce platform, it would be convenient for him to invite these voluntary merchants to join his e-commerce platform.
Chapter completed!