"Free lunch" era will be taken off by the electric trader

Washington (Reporter Changyan Intern 袁婧) following Taobao mall annual fee increase caused a stir, the beginning of this month, QQ Mall also took the pace of fees, at present, Jingdong Mall, when the domestic well-known electric dealer platform also for the settled merchant charges. However, at the same time as the domestic platform to pick up the free signboard, Amazon China "I want to open a shop" project before the "0 deposit, 0-year fee, 0 platform fee" ads to attract businesses to settle in.

Earlier this month, Tencent's QQ Mall launched a charging initiative to the merchants to collect "platform service fee", each shop 6000 yuan per year.

Although the self-proclaimed is "the lowest in the industry", but still let the merchant misgivings, in recent days, there are many businessmen expressed their willingness to turn to the new free E-commerce network platform.

Last October, Taobao Mall to adjust the relevant rules for renewal of investment, technical services annual fees and default margin of the overall rise. The annual fee from 6000 yuan per year to increase to 30,000 yuan and 60,000 yuan two grades, margin according to the type of shops rose to 10,000 yuan to 150,000 yuan, the rise of up to 5 to 15 times times. Announcement, many small and medium-sized shop sellers complain.

At present, the domestic large-scale platform for the cat, Jingdong Mall, when all is no longer free. This means that the domestic platform for the whole is picking up free signboards.

Yesterday, the reporter log in to Amazon China, in "I want to open a shop" project to see "0 deposit, 0 annual fee, 0 platform fee" advertising to attract businesses to enter.

In this regard, the industry believes that the field of electric power competition is fierce, fees can be understood, no charge can also be understood. QQ Mall may be to raise the threshold to eliminate profitability of the merchant. Without charge, is to attract more merchants to settle in, by this increase the website merchandise, bring more traffic.