Express Terminal Service Business Appeared A Big Loss, Relying On Other Businesses "Subsidize"

Less than P and one hundred and ten cities, "express delivery" business has not yet been profitable, but after Santai electronic announced this project plan, the stock immediately stopped trading.

Jiang Xiaobing, chief economist of a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_f.asp" > Logistics < /a > limited, said that the products of self-service express cabinet have no threshold in design, production and sales, but dot size effect, user scale, product user stickiness and value-added services are the core problems that must be faced and solved in operation.

In the future, it is probably the "express real estate" that can make the Santai electronic profit model, and develop value-added business through converging popularity.

It is understood that the main business of Santai electronics is financial electronic equipment and system software. When "express delivery" attracts users through express delivery, it can easily link the ATM with the self-service express cabinet, and link the "express delivery" parts with the bank card, develop the community self-help financial services, then cut into the consumption link, further develop the community a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" > e-business < /a >, value-added services such as property value added services.

Of course, these assumptions need to be tested in practice.

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P, a courier company insider, told reporters directly that they had a series of concerns with the one hundred terminal distribution companies such as the city, such as: if the terminal delivery company controlled the "last mile" market, would the courier company not cooperate with it be passively forced to enter the district because of its inability to enter the area? If the courier company worked with the terminal distribution company, would the latter raise the price arbitrarily? Would the delivery of the express delivery service directly to the third party affect the brand of the company? < /p >

< p > taking into account the concerns of a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" > express > /a >, the city one hundred absorbed several large express companies to form shares of interest when it was founded, but the cooperation in the end delivery was also blocked by the franchisees.

"Express companies see that we also have front-end distribution business, we are very worried about the opportunity.

Fortunately, after two years of running in, many express companies have found business differences between them, and cooperation is relatively smooth.

Chai Lin told reporters.

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Zhao Xiaomin, vice president of business management consulting firm of P (China), analyzed that the "last mile" market in the whole country will expand rapidly and make profits. Only the China Post and Shun Feng will have the most advantage in the express industry.

When several courier companies in the market develop into oligarchs, the network distribution is quite perfect. The terminal distribution and self promotion business can be handled by themselves.

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< p > "if there is no other business for blood pfusion, it is hard to see the profit making day on a single business."

A senior courier in the courier industry told reporters that if the input and output are not directly proportional to the current, those consumers who are free to pick up their own outlets are likely to charge in the future, while Chinese online shopping people are more sensitive to postage. "How many people are willing to pay extra for this?" < /p >

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< p > last January, the MTR mall of Jingdong launched the operation on the line, but it was suspended in July. Because the operating cost of the fixed stalls is too high, the equipment cost of a self-service express cabinet is about 50 thousand yuan, and the regular maintenance cost of the latter is larger.

Self service express cabinets and offline self-service outlets have the characteristics of economies of scale. They need a lot of input and cost pressure.

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< p > those who cooperate with cafes, florists, convenience stores and so on do not appear to pay extra rent. The owner can still earn a service charge, but many potential costs still exist.

For example, some of them are "bursting", or have many days of parcels. They not only need to be guarded by people, but also can not collect the retention money arbitrarily, but also have to call the recipients one by one.

These conditions have led to many self service stops due to shopkeepers' dissatisfaction.

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< p > cat house CEO Wang Ge admitted that the company is still in the "burn money" stage, and the subsidy from Tmall has not yet played the role of "hematopoiesis". "When to make profits depends on the degree of O2O (the degree of interaction between online and offline) and the degree of recognition of consumers."

In China, "wait for the express door" has been deeply rooted.

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< p > there is policy support to solve the problem of express "last mile".

Since last August, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of finance have selected more than 20 cities to develop joint distribution pilot projects in the field of service for residents, and the central finance has allocated funds for this purpose from this year.

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< p > however, more detailed rules of operation are still in the process of brewing.

For example, the issue of standards for self service express cabinets is still under discussion.

In October 9th, the national postal Standardization Technical Committee examined and approved the "intelligent express box industry standard", but when it was announced, the relevant departments had many concerns.

A post office insider disclosed to reporters that the current self-service express cabinet standards are different. Once the standards are issued, it means that a number of products in the sales and operation market will be eliminated.

Besides, who can operate and how to operate self-service express cabinet also involves many interests.

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< p > there are also insiders who point out that the existence of express self promotion has added a link to the paction process between the electricity supplier and the consumer. "For example, there will be a contradiction between the self package service and the inspection of the goods on the spot.

In the event of damage, consumer protection will be more complicated. "

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