Train ticket purchasing website votes by card dealers to join the regular army short-term hopeless

Although in the gray area, but over the years the Internet to purchase railway ticket industry has been relatively calm, the relevant parties peacefully. But now, this calm situation is broken, April 4, the Ministry of Transport Bureau suddenly issued an important announcement, said the railway department does not authorize or entrust any other website to carry out train ticket sale or purchase business, 12306.cn is the only professional website to sell train tickets directly.

If it is only a piece of paper without legal effect of the announcement, this matter will not stir up much waves. "It Times" reporters from the industry learned that in fact, the Ministry of Railways has adopted a ruthless approach, prohibit the sale of outlets in any form to open online ticketing business. In general, the train ticket purchasing site is with the qualified offline sales point of cooperation to obtain votes to carry out business, the Ministry of Railways as is stuck to the purchase site's "neck", so that they can not get votes. This lets the purchasing website sigh, "Tiero can't afford", at the same time they want to be like the third party pays the enterprise, have the opportunity to legalize.

Beijing East provoked "Tiero" anger

At the end of March, Jingdong Mall launched the purchase of train ticket business, for each train ticket charge 5 yuan service fee and 20-35 yuan per piece of courier fees. A few days later, the Ministry of Railways issued a notice, in addition to the 12306.cn, not authorized or commissioned by any other website to carry out train ticket sales and purchasing business, but also said that the ticketing in addition to 5 yuan service charge, can not add any other fees.

Although this announcement is not "roll call", but the coincidence of time, have to let people guess the Ministry of Railway door meaning, aiming at is Jingdong Mall. "Train ticket network purchasing business In fact, there is a long time, now the Ministry of Railways suddenly issued a bulletin, apparently with the Beijing-East push train ticket purchasing business has a close relationship." "Catch the train network CEO Deng Wenrong to reporters. Cool News Travel Network train ticket business director Chen that, "Jingdong is too big, regardless of influence, or website traffic, the Ministry of Railways if not now notice, such as Jingdong really do the user scale is very large, then want to say what is already late." ”

2012 Spring Festival Ministry of Railways officially launched 12306 online ticketing services, due to the tight train tickets, so that 12306 sites suddenly become popular, access to a large number of even caused the system paralysis. According to the internet rankings of Alexa rankings, peak period of 12306.cn even squeezed into the world within 100. "For the internet industry, a huge amount of traffic means huge business value," Deng Wenrong said. According to media reports, a senior executive at the Ministry of Railways, who declined to be named, said that if the 12306 platform were listed, it would be valued at more than 10 billion yuan.

"Before everyone peaceful, is because of the strength of purchasing a website is not big." Now Beijing east to do, this matter is not the same, the Ministry of Railways may feel the threat, so the play. Another industry official told reporters.

Purchasing votes Limited

After the Ministry of Railways issued a notice, April 7 afternoon Jingdong Mall issued the "train ticket purchasing business Moratorium Bulletin", said that "train ticket purchasing during the test ticket success rate is lower, affect some customer experience, decided to temporarily stop purchasing business." "Jing Dong suspended train ticket purchasing business of the real reason may not be as they say, but the railway department behind the ruthless recruit, jammed the purchase site votes."

According to the information provided by an industry personage to the reporter, Chengdu Railway Bureau, Guangzhou railway station, such as the network of various outlets issued a notice, said the Ministry of Railways recently found that some unauthorized units, privately in the Internet to open ticketing business, and charge other than the purchase of tickets, the strict requirements of "each consignment point must not be in any way (including cooperation, Joint venture) to set up their own online ticketing business, "bureau, the station immediately organized inspection through the investigations, once verified will be seriously dealt with." ”

Deng Wenrong confirmed the message, "The railway department has been under the official documents, prohibit the sale of the site to engage in online ticketing business, whether self-employed or cooperation." This is the death of our votes, we can not get out of the ticket, only to cooperate with the consignment point. He said that, especially in the Beijing area, the supervision of the consignment point more stringent, "basically all the cooperation of the drawer suspended the cooperation with us." ”

Train ticket network head also said to the reporter, "Now bureau tube of Consignment Point can not and website cooperation, was caught is to suspend business reorganization." ”

The Ministry of Railways has no way to directly control the commercial web site, but can strictly regulate the ticket point, this "GE beat cattle" tricks to make the commercial website can not afford, there is no votes, purchasing natural can not talk about.

More Slim Distribution Qualifications

The Ministry of Railways to move the door to make commercial website people feel helpless, in Deng Wenrong view, ticket purchasing has its existence rationality, "popular, we are running errands, users are busy, no time to buy tickets or grab tickets, can entrust us to do, is to pay a little express fee." "Deng Wenrong is now on the sidelines, but he has made it clear that it will not cancel the purchasing business, because this is their core business," The ticket is also a professional job, especially the popular line of tickets, we pass 12306 to book for users, and then let users to fetch themselves. Although we do not make money, but can accumulate users. The number of user visits, our way out is more. ”

Even more worrying for business-site people is the prospect of getting train-ticket distribution credentials. Online ticket distribution giant Ctrip CEO fan previously said on Weibo, "weak and weak expectations can be directly linked with the Ministry of Railways, to ensure the ticket rate, better for the benefit of the people." "But now, in terms of the measures taken by the railway sector, that hope is slim."

"Want to be able to get the distribution of qualifications, but not now, there is no word out," The train ticket network Director said. Deng Wenrong also said that access to the distribution of the qualification is now certainly not. They hope that the railway ticket purchasing industry can, like the third party payment industry, after the grey period, the final qualified enterprises can legalize.

"Now this thing is getting more and more attention, the Ministry of Railways is under increasing pressure and there is a unanimous call for deregulation," in Chen's view, the incident is not entirely a bad thing for a commercial website, since all progress and reform have come after constant friction and collision. "