Ma Yun built Taobao.com earlier than in his previous life. This was due to Feng Yu's suggestion. There was also another main reason. At this time, there was already a large C2C Internet company in China. Ma Yun was worried that it would develop too quickly. If you are late, the other party will develop and fall into the dilemma of catching up.
This C2C Internet company is called eBay. It was founded by two Chinese who returned from Harvard and was later invested and developed by eBay.
Last month, eBay just spent a large amount of money again to acquire the vast majority of the shares held by the two founders of eBay, thus becoming the controlling shareholder.
In addition to the two founders who still retain a small amount of shares, the other shareholder is Xinlang. As early as the millennium, Xinlang and eBay formed a strategic alliance. To put it bluntly, they promoted and promoted each other.
But Wang Zhixi was very smart. He invested in eBay but rejected eBay's share exchange proposal. He doesn't want his shares in Xinlang to be diluted anymore. This will be his most important career in the future.
After eBay completely took control of eBay, Ma Yun was worried about the market being occupied, so he quickly launched his own C2C online mall.
Of course, Ma Yun firmly believes that with their better services, commitment to free entry, and the company's financial strength, they can definitely surpass eBay.
He also knew that eBay, the controlling party of eBay, was Feng Yu’s good friend Kirilenko.
When eBay acquired eBay, Feng Yu didn't know about it, but even if he knew, he wouldn't stop it. One is that this is Kirilenko's business after all, and there is no need to rob it. On the other hand, Feng Yu also firmly believes that the model of collecting treasures is the one that will have the last laugh. eBay's model is too ordinary.
Their current fees are not low, and the main payment software they recommend is Beibao. Of course, it also comes with a payment package, and Beibao also charges a fee.
Moreover, the main businesses of both parties are actually not in conflict. eBay is mainly about auctions, while Dibao.com is mainly about sales. But in the future, of course, they will try all models.
Now no one dares to say which model is better. eBay and eBay have been successful abroad, while the model of Dibao.com has not been successful yet and is too expensive.
The most competitive advantage of eBay is that they can connect with eBay overseas. In this way, eBay users can conduct transactions with overseas users. eBay has more than one overseas There are 100 million registered users.
In China, the number of registered users of eBay has exceeded 3 million, which is a number that is far ahead.
It is precisely because of the huge number of eBay users that Ma Yun made the commitment to enter Taobao.com for free. Feng Yu even remembered that in his previous life, it was not until Tianmao Mall appeared that Taobao.com started charging fees. Of course, it was also to clean up those selling A-grade goods.
Anyway, Diabao.com does not plan to rely on rent charges, unless you choose the Diabaowang store business. The cost of this business is not low, and ordinary shops are completely free.
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"Mr. Ma, you have the courage to fight to the bitter end." Wang Zhixi joked.
"It's not just to deal with eBay. I can't tell you this. Xinlang seems to be a shareholder of eBay, right?" Ma Yun said deliberately.
"Hahaha, how much money can we earn in a year with that share of shares? Now our salary is different and we have become a strategic alliance with your Alibaba." Wang Zhixi said nonchalantly.
At first, it was just to give Xinlang more income channels, but I didn’t expect eBay to really develop. If he had agreed to eBay's acquisition conditions last month, he would have made a lot of money.
But after thinking about it, he still retained his shares. At least he felt that eBay would be very promising if it could trade with overseas users.
"Mr. Ma, you are planning to burn money for three years. Do you really not charge a penny?" Ding Lei asked curiously.
"Deposits still have to be collected to prevent them from committing fraud. As for rent, we really don't charge them. But in the future, when they want to do advertising and promotion and choose value-added services such as Wangpu, they will still have to charge, but I guarantee that, Good value for money.”
Zong Qingxian nodded to Ma Yun and said with a smile: "This move of yours has given eBay a disincentive. I think in the future, most self-employed people who want to do online e-commerce will choose the platform of Taobao.com."
For self-employed individuals, generally the initial capital is not too large, otherwise they can just open a store. On the other hand, Taobao.com only takes a deposit, and you can apply for a refund after the store is no longer open. eBay still charges rent, and the Beibao payment software they promote also charges a fee, which is not good at all.
Dibao.com has lowered the entry barrier for sellers, which is its biggest advantage.
"Actually, I don't think you need to compete. How about just finding a way to merge? Isn't the major shareholder of eBay the Russian tycoon? His relationship with Mr. Feng is not very good. They jointly developed this payment package. Right?" Zhang Chaoyang said with a smile.
"Merger? After the merger, who is the leader and who is the deputy? In terms of assets, eBay is definitely stronger, but our Alibaba Group has more potential than eBay." Ma Yun insisted.
"Potential? They now have more than three million users, and they are still increasing rapidly. Your users are still zero. Besides, their website has been built and put into use long ago. Your website has just been completed. , is it still in the trial operation stage?”
"Another thing is that you have no users at all. When a new store opens, no matter how good you say it is, it is still useless if no consumers come. You have an advantage in attracting stores, but in terms of attracting consumers, you must be better than eBay. Okay?" Ma Huateng asked.
"We have also considered this aspect, so we invite you to come. Since you have become strategic partners with our Alibaba Group, the promotion of Dabao.com will also depend on you. I believe that with your help, we Dabao The Internet will definitely develop faster."
"And we are developing an instant messaging software to be installed on our website, initially named Alibaba Wangwang. This will make communication between buyers and sellers more convenient and faster, and also allow sellers to better provide services to buyers."
Hearing Ma Yun's words, Ma Huateng frowned: "Why, can't Alibaba use our OQ?"
Ding Lei also said beside him: "Maybe you can use our bubbles."
Ma Yun smiled and shook his head: "You two, there is no need to say more. We have to keep the customer's chat content confidential, so it is best to develop it ourselves. Ours is not for making friends and chatting, it is purely for business communication. , so there is not much competition with Erdu’s products, and those who use our products can also use your products.”
"Mr. Ma, you are so confident, then how long do you think it will be before the registered users of Dibao.com can surpass eBay?" Ding Lei asked with a smile.
Ma Yun showed strong confidence: "One month is enough!"
(End of chapter)