58 announced the launch of the "Consumer Protection Service" scheme

October 22, 58 with the city announced the official launch of the "Consumer Protection Services" program. 58 with the city CEO Yiu Jingbo in the media interview, said the company will transform to create a life service platform in the "Taobao", and do not consider to do the electricity business.

Do not consider to do the electricity business will transform to create a service version of "Taobao"

Data show that so far, 58 of the city has had hundreds of millions of registered users, an independent user 10 million per day, new users to 300,000 daily growth rate, daily PV more than hundreds of millions of, daily posting volume 2 million, mobile end of the daily view of more than 50 million.

Based on the huge user base, as well as 58 of mobile phones, ticketing and other categories of online trading functions, the industry generally believe that 58 of the city will enter the electric business industry. But Yiu Jingbo stressed, "58 of the same city will not do the electricity quotient, we have to do is to protect the user security, can not do the electrical business as far as possible not to do." The ultimate goal of the company is still to do the Life service platform, the electrical business is only a way to achieve this process, a tool. ”

Although the 58 city has been playing down the concept of electricity quotient, but it has already had "online communication", "online payment", "Logistics and distribution" and other trading links. such as online communication, 58 with the city launched an Instant messaging tool--58 Help, features similar to Taobao Wang Wang, mainly for business promotion; online payment, 58 with the city has been used in second-hand channels, at the same time has been on the online payment link and Alipay to discuss cooperation; logistics and distribution, 58 with the city and the third party logistics companies, If the user transactions online listed in this service goods, 58 will bear the delivery, return logistics costs.

In response to all these changes, Yiu Jingbo explained, "58 with the city want to create a service version of Taobao, from the simple release of information display platform, and gradually develop into a simple, secure information platform for trading."

"and in order to eliminate the risk of online transactions, 58 of the city officially launched a ' Consumer security Service '," Yiu Jingbo, "to ensure that online information authentic and transaction security is 58 of the city's a huge challenge to solve the difficulty is no less than Taobao." Because Taobao all things are goods, goods are to go logistics, after the confirmation of the security of funds, the funds to the seller. and 58 rental is not online, recruitment is not online, so we face the challenge is more than Taobao.

Yiu Jingbo finally said, "the company will put some of the cost of the market into the consumer protection plan." And the future, no matter how difficult, no matter how much money, we will do this thing, it will be 58 with the city to become a great company.

Temporarily do not consider the listing "Wireless + Platform Upgrade" is the focus of the future

"In the past 7 years, the classified information industry has been pursuing visits and user volume, and the next 7 years, the industry will be from the pursuit of quality change," Yiu Jingbo said, "for 58 with the city, the next strategic plan mainly includes two aspects, one is the development of mobile clients, the second is the platform upgrade.

On the mobile side of the client side, Yiu Jingbo frankly, "58 with the city is still in the business translation phase, only launched an application." In the future, 58 of the city will increase investment in this area, the mobile end of another 58 to achieve the same city, the new product is expected before and after the 2013 Spring Festival.

It is understood that at present, 58 of the same city mobile internet sector has more than 50 people, from mobile client clicks have accounted for 58 of the total flow of 40%, and the growth rate over the PC end.

"And for platform upgrades, consumer protection plan is an important step," Yiu Jingbo also stressed, "58 with the city has Taobao trading model, but also Alibaba's information model, will learn from different operating models to build their own products and brands."

For the previous rumors of the 58 city listing, Yiu Jingbo said, "Up to now, 58 of the city has been four rounds of financing, but there is still no plan to go public." Next, the company will focus on the business model to actively explore, enhance their profitability.