Ginger came to see me, and he said, chubby brother, are you here to be Alibaba?
I said, 1688, I don't operate it myself, but some services of Alibaba's 1688 are done here.
He said, what service do you do, selling honesty?
I said, there is no such thing as Cheng Xintong. What I do here is some services such as licensing agency, trademark authorization and quality inspection. If you want to do this, you can call me 1688.
He said, Little Brother Pang, I wonder if 1688 is a pit, and the purchase price is more expensive than that of Taobao at night. It's hard to do.
I said, first of all, 1688 is also a wholesale platform owned by Alibaba, and its business model is different from that of Taobao and Pinduoduo.
He said, what's the difference?
I said, 1688 has many business models. For example, many people will think that it is wholesale in Alibaba. Actually, it's not. Some for the brand, some for attracting investment, similar to opening a flagship store. 1688 has many wholesale outlets, both online and offline, and some foreign trade outlets. Have you seen many Amazon people go to 1688 wholesale?
He said, yes, chubby brother, I did see a lot of people doing 1688, that is, doing Amazon and getting goods from 1688.
I said, yes. 1688 There are some more, just shops.
He said, does Brother Xiaopang 1688 also have a store group?
I said, yes, 1688, its achievement is that it doesn't need a deposit, and it has integrity and the like, that is, as long as you buy integrity, you don't need to pay a deposit, and integrity and communication can be discounted. If you can get a better credit card. Then you can still save a lot of money and earn a lot of money every year.
He said, I see, little brother. I thought 1688 also needed a deposit.
I said, 1688 only needs an annual fee and no deposit. Then many things on 1688 will be more expensive than those on Taobao. In fact, sometimes you get the pattern wrong.
He said, little brother, am I wrong?
I said, 1688 has a ladder price. Did you find it? For example, how much does he pay for one? How much does it cost him to buy ten pieces and one hundred pieces? Have you seen this?
He said, yes. Brother Xiao Pang, this should be that the more you buy, the more cost-effective.
I said, this thing is because he is not specialized in retail. 1688 positioning of human platform.
It's wholesale, so if you just buy one or two, it will be more expensive than Taobao.
There is a second way to do 1688. In the past, many manufacturers put samples, and some Taobao merchants bought a lot at a time. It is used for drainage, such as some mobile phone cases and mobile phone membranes. Many of these manufacturers will do drainage on it. Then many people buy it back, and they will buy it back in bulk, that is, put it on Taobao for cross-border sale. So if you buy less, it must be relatively expensive. This is relatively a price ladder, model 1688.
He said, chubby brother, how about this? I think I get it. Are there many people buying on 1688 now?
I said that each platform has its own loyal users, so on 1688, I told you that there are many sellers reselling them as shops, and many of them are manufacturers. I can't distinguish this thing clearly myself, and it's hard to distinguish it. But each channel has its own loyal users, so I won't say this.
He said, I see, chubby brother, the unit price of each platform is different, and so is customer orientation.
I said, yes, there are different customer groups. A commodity, for example, you can sell it in Pinxi Evening News 10 yuan, Taobao 12 yuan, 1688 18 yuan, Tmall sells 20 yuan and JD.COM sells 30 yuan. Every platform exists to some extent. 1688, some big names who do e-commerce do not rule out what they do. That's great. There are dozens of W's every year.
Well, if you are looking for a source, I still think Alibaba will be a more reliable source website. As for whether the price is expensive, we have to compare it again. You can also do e-commerce 1688.
He said, chubby brother, besides Alibaba, do you have any other reliable purchasing websites?
I said, what about reliable sourcing websites? You can Baidu this. Then see what you want to do. Now there are more websites from these sources.
For example, Yiwu Shopping is also the Yiwu commodity market of the website.
Like clothing search, this is also a website.
Hangzhou Source Wholesale Network: Four Seasons Constellation Network, these are some websites.
For example, cross-border products, such as Niu Niu, global Chinese products. And so on.
Now there are many Internet websites, not only 1688, but also supply websites above Pinduoduo, and Taobao Special Edition is also a supply website. What I said above, these are some purchasing websites. Well, if you are a novice and don't want to stock up on your own, these sourcing websites are all.
Just look more and do it wherever it's cheap.
He said, ok, I know, little brother.