The richest man

Chapter 223 eBay
Zhang Jun was very surprised. The sales of Hongmeng mobile phones were completely beyond his expectations.He originally thought that the Hongmeng mobile phone was too expensive and few people would buy it, but in fact, after the mobile phone was launched, it attracted countless people to scramble for it, and many specialty stores were sold out.

After investigation, it was discovered that most of the people who bought Hongmeng mobile phones were fans of Legend Technology or Zhang Jun.

It is not difficult to predict that the sales of Hongmeng mobile phones may drop sharply after a while.

However, in just over a week, Hongmeng mobile phones have earned the company more than 2 million US dollars.

The next step is the Honor mobile phone developed following the example of the previous Nokia hit "Nokia 1100".

It's hard to imagine, "Nokia 1100" has sold a total of 2.5 million units, how many mobile phone users are there in the world?How many mobile phone manufacturers were there at that time, "Nokia 1100" created a miracle in business history!
The function of this mobile phone is simple and practical, and the quality is good. This is the secret of winning!
Zhang Jun learned.

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Legend Technology Company launched the PayPal third-party payment software while publishing the Amazon website.

If you want to promote PayPal, the first obstacle you have to face is the bank.

PayPal had to get through the banking link. Fortunately, Zhang Jun acquired Wells Fargo Bank and established branches in major cities in the United States. PayPal directly cooperated with Wells Fargo Bank, saving a lot of work.In addition, Legendary Technology came forward to let PayPal reach cooperation with many banks.

In other words, once PayPal came out, it almost opened up the entire US banking industry.

American netizens can directly bind their bank with PayPal.

"It's really convenient to buy books on the Amazon website. You can buy your favorite books online without leaving home. Although it takes two or three days to get the goods, I'm not in a hurry anyway..."

At this time, in a villa in Los Angeles, housewife Cherie North sat in front of the computer, sighing.

There are more books on the Internet than in bookstores, and the payment method is also convenient. Register a PayPal account, and then bind your own bank card. Every time you pay, the funds will be transferred to the PayPal company's account first, and wait for you to confirm receipt of the goods. PayPal will then send the money to the merchant.If the goods are not right, you can return them, and PayPal will return the money to you.

In addition, PayPal also has a "balance" function, you can recharge the "balance" first, and then use the money in the balance to pay for shopping.

Cherie North sighed slightly, "It would be great if I could buy more products on Amazon!"

After thinking about it, Cherie North wrote an e-mail and sent it to Amazon, hoping that the other party would adopt her opinion.It will be much more convenient to buy things by yourself in the future, and you don’t have to drive to a supermarket far away to shop.

Due to the full drainage of Yahoo's website, the development speed of Amazon's website is far faster than that of its previous life.

Many people have reported to Amazon.com that they want to buy more products on the website.

Zhang Jun felt that he could not follow the old ways and measure this life according to the development speed of Amazon in his previous life.Therefore, Zhang Jun immediately ordered Amazon's executives to start planning to put audio and video, Kunlun game consoles, game CDs, Qiankun handhelds, comics, Walkmans, shoes, clothing, etc...

In the first wave, the fat and water will not flow into the fields of outsiders.

First publish your company's products on the Amazon website first, and when others see the benefits, take the initiative to contact them.

In order to develop Amazon, Legend Technology plans to build six warehouse logistics centers in the United States and acquire a logistics company, FedEx.

Founded in 1971, the company specializes in providing customers with ground express, logistics services, overnight express, and heavy cargo delivery.

BMW under the name of Zhang Jun took advantage of the trend to acquire Kenworth.

Kenworth, a subsidiary of PACCAR Group in the United States, is the best truck and chassis manufacturer in the world.Zhang Jun originally wanted BMW to study it slowly, but in this way, he didn't know when he would see a mature truck.Therefore, it is still faster to acquire.

Moreover, Kenworth's chassis technology is very powerful, which just enhances BMW's chassis technology.

After the acquisition of Kenworth, FedEx added a large-scale fleet and enhanced FedEx's capacity.At the same time, FedEx began to expand its scale, acquiring European logistics companies and deploying global logistics.

One month later, Amazon's global users exceeded 150 million, and as many as 72 users had used PayPal for shopping, and the transaction volume exceeded 5 million US dollars.

When Legend Technology released this data, the world was shocked.

A small website with less than 30 people in the company has achieved a terrifying sales volume of up to 5 million US dollars in a month, which is shocking and stronger than many retail giants!
"Sure enough, my guess finally came true. The emergence of the Amazon website has brought about a huge change in the entire retail industry. The website has 150 million users within one month of its launch, and the transaction volume has exceeded 5 million US dollars! Just imagine that a few years later, When everyone gets used to buying goods through Amazon, how much revenue can Amazon generate in a month?" An American economist excitedly said, and he decided to take e-commerce as his key research topic.

He infers that in the future, the largest retail company in the world will not be Wal-Mart or Target, but Amazon.

The success of Amazon's website has made countless people eager to move, and they also want to enter this industry to get a share of the pie.

At the same time, many traditional retail giants are worried when they see this.

"I want to know, is this data real or fake?" The owner of a department store in the United States looked at the newspaper and frowned.

"Boss, this data should be true."

"Are you saying Amazon is going to hit our company?"

"Boss, you are worrying unnecessarily. Amazon is still small, and it will not affect us for the time being. As far as I know, it takes several days to get the goods when shopping on Amazon, and some even need to wait for more than a week. I believe , more consumers are unwilling to wait so long.”

"Well, it makes sense. Online shopping is a bit of a novelty. When everyone gets tired of it, they won't be interested in it anymore!"

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The traditional retail industry is often stubborn and proud, and few people reflect on how the existence of e-commerce will affect them.

When e-commerce was just starting to develop, almost no retail giants really got involved in e-commerce.

Otherwise, the Amazon website in the previous life might not have risen so fast.

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Zhang Jun came to Legend Technology Company at this time.

The popularity of Amazon's website made Zhang Jun think of eBay again.

Amazon and eBay are the two largest e-commerce companies in the United States. In the early days, eBay had a higher market value and was more sought after by investors.

The business model of eBay is similar to that of Taobao. Merchants put their products on the shelves and sell them to consumers. eBay is only used as a monitoring platform.

Amazon’s retail is self-operated products, more like a supermarket, and JD.com learned from the business model of Amazon’s website.

Zhang Jun thought to himself, since he has created the Amazon website, why not simply create eBay as well.

However, eBay started as an online auction for buying and selling items, and gradually evolved into a shopping website.

Of course, Zhang Jun developed both functions together.

At that time, after the drainage of the Yahoo portal, the eBay website should also develop soon.

"Shangguan, this is a new e-commerce plan, to create an online auction and shopping website called eBay!"

Zhang Jun handed a document to Shangguan Muye, and then introduced eBay in detail.

After listening to Shangguan Muye, he immediately understood the difference between Amazon and eBay.

In his opinion, eBay's business model is more innovative. It gathers merchants from all over the world to open stores on eBay. He only needs to provide a platform, which is easy to manage, low in cost, and logistics and transportation. Responsible.

Amazon.com, on the other hand, needs to invest in the establishment of a warehousing and logistics center by itself. The cost of self-operated products is very high, but it can guarantee the quality and logistics speed of the products and provide users with a better shopping experience.

All in all, both Amazon and eBay have pros and cons.

Winning both will undoubtedly monopolize the market.

The more Shangguan Muye thought about it, the more shocked he felt.

"Boss, this eBay website is full of creativity. I'm sure that it will be very popular once it's launched!" As he said, Shangguan Muye put away the documents and studied them carefully later.

"Hmm!" Zhang Jun smiled lightly.

Immediately, he said: "EBay's online auction function, we can do an interesting marketing."

"What marketing?" Shangguan Muye asked.

"Hehe, for example, someone used a paperclip to go through continuous auctions, bartering things, and finally got a villa!!!"

Shangguan Muye was stunned when he heard this.

"Boss, this is impossible!"

It is simply a fantasy to use a small paper clip to exchange for a villa.

Shangguan Muye couldn't believe it.

Zhang Jun smiled, and seeing Shangguan Muye's expression, he knew that he didn't believe it.

In fact, if Zhang Jun hadn't experienced this kind of news in his previous life, he wouldn't have believed it. This is really too exaggerated and outrageous.

A small paper clip is only a few cents, and a villa, let alone hundreds of thousands of dollars.

How can it be equal.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! !

Zhang Jun paused, and said to Shangguan Muye: "Haha, don't believe it, maybe someone will do it in the future. Come to think of it, eBay's auction function supports bartering. For things that are higher, every time you 'exchange things', you will exchange things that are more valuable than your own items, and finally increase the value of the items you exchanged step by step until the value is about the same as that of the villa..."

"Of course, in reality, it's really difficult and a little exaggerated, but we need such a gimmick. Do you think that if this news spreads across the United States, will it attract countless people who are curious to log on to eBay, and then become eBay? User."

"Everyone wants to use eBay to exchange things they don't need for valuable things, so eBay will be popular all over the world!"

After Zhang Jun finished speaking in one breath, Shangguan Muye couldn't help being convinced, and nodded repeatedly.

"I see. Boss, you are really clever. You can even imagine such a hype!" Shangguan Muye said with admiration.

Zhang Jun waved his hand and smiled slightly: "It's not a big deal. You have to get someone to develop eBay now. Time doesn't wait. I'm worried that similar websites will appear on the Internet, and our first-mover advantage will be lost!"

After hearing this, Shangguan Muye quickly responded, "Okay, boss, then I'll do it now!"

"Well, let's go!" Zhang Jun smiled and watched Shangguan Muye leave the office.

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Zhang Jun also left the office, and he walked towards the company's mobile phone department.

It has been a month, and Linghu Jinyu informed him that this mobile phone similar to the "Nokia 1100" has been developed according to the style designed by Zhang Jun.

"Boss, you're here!" Seeing Zhang Jun approaching, Linghu Jinyu immediately stood up from the seat and walked towards him.

"Well, I heard that the Honor mobile phone has been successfully developed, so bring me the prototype and show me!" Zhang Jun said as he walked.

"Okay, boss, I'll take it now." After Linghu Jinyu finished speaking, she walked to her desk, opened a large drawer, and took out a small and exquisite straight cell phone.

"Boss, this is the prototype!" Linghu Jinyu walked beside Zhang Jun and handed over the phone.

Zhang Jun took the phone and inquired carefully.

Good guy, if it wasn't for the different logo of the phone, Zhang Jun even thought this phone was a Nokia 1100, it was exactly the same.

There is nothing wrong with the appearance, Zhang Jun turned on the phone, and then tried various functions in the phone.

After a few minutes, Zhang Jun showed a smile and said with great admiration to Linghu Jinyu: "Yes, this prototype basically meets the design I mentioned."

After a pause, he asked, "If this mobile phone is mass-produced, what is the approximate production cost?"

Linghu Jinyu replied without thinking: "Around 600 dollars!"

Zhang Jun frowned and said, "The production cost is not low..."

"Boss, this is just the current production cost. After the scale increases and the workers' technical proficiency improves in the future, the cost will decrease." Linghu Jinyu explained.

"Well. Then what do you think the retail price of this mobile phone is more appropriate?" Zhang Jun put the prototype on the table, then sat on the sofa, and asked casually.

Linghu Jinyu heard the words, thought for a while, and said, "Since it's a low-end phone, it pays attention to small profits but quick turnover. I think $999 is more appropriate!"

If you spend $999, you only earn about $400. If you subtract all kinds of expenses, you don’t actually earn too much.

But small profits but quick turnover.The global sales of Nokia 1100 reached 2.5 million.

As long as this Honor mobile phone sells hundreds of millions of units, it will make a lot of money.

"Okay! According to what you said, the retail price is set at $999!" Zhang Jun said with a final word.

"Yes!"

"Test it first, and start mass production if there are no problems, and try to release it before Christmas!"

"understand!"

"Well, keep busy, I'll take a sip of water and leave."

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At this time, the sales of Hongmeng mobile phones have plummeted.

It's an expensive phone that lacks stamina.

Monthly sales were less than 10 units, surpassed by Motorola and Nokia.

"Legendary Technology's mobile phone is obviously not good enough. In the past month, its market share has dropped from No.1 to No.3. It has fallen sharply!"

"Although the technology of Hongmeng mobile phone is the most advanced, the price is also the most expensive. How many people can afford it? Legend Technology has always liked to cut leeks, but no one is stupid. Can you keep cutting them?"

"In my opinion, the mobile phone industry of Legend Technology will lag behind other companies sooner or later."

"..."

Seeing the decline in sales of Hongmeng mobile phones, for a while, many people gloated and ridiculed that the mobile phone business of Legendary Technology Company was going to die.

Hehe, is it really not working?

(End of this chapter)