Star Tycoon

Chapter 22 Express Delivery

Tian Ersan looked at the amounts and various orders.

Not only were more than 100 orders for 400 cans of canned goods placed, but also more than 200 kilograms of sunflower seeds were ordered.

Is this the magic of live-streaming e-commerce?
No wonder manufacturers are hiring livestreamers to promote their products; it really works!
Tian Ersan realized that he needed to restock the canned goods as soon as possible, but now he was facing a very troublesome problem.

money! !

Revenue from live streaming will be delayed for a while.

The livestream revenue will be paid next month, as will the online store revenue...

Tian Ersan suddenly remembered something, quickly checked, and found that some of the money could be withdrawn now!
I've never run a store before, so I didn't know. I thought I'd have to wait a while to earn the same income as a live streamer.

After working for someone for a long time, you forget that you are the boss.

Tian Ersan excitedly looked up the rules and quickly understood the withdrawal rules.

Buyer confirms receipt: After the buyer confirms receipt, the payment will be transferred to the merchant's Alipay account.

You have to wait for the buyer to confirm receipt. Many people don't like to click "confirm receipt" even after they've received their money, and they keep delaying until the system's default date.

Tian Ersan recalled that in his previous life, customer service had indeed subtly asked him to confirm receipt of the goods as soon as possible, but he ignored her and had always been used to the automatic expiration.

Looking back now, I think many businesses are having cash flow problems because the money isn't arriving in their accounts.

Tian Ersan continued to review the platform's withdrawal rules. Merchants can withdraw funds from their Alipay accounts to their linked bank accounts, and withdrawals typically take 1-3 business days.

The funding issue can be resolved within three days.

A series of problems followed, the first of which was the shipping issue!
Canned goods and sunflower seeds can be bought on credit, but not everyone pays money without taking the goods.

If I don't ship the goods myself, my reputation will be ruined.

Whether it's sunflower seeds or canned goods, they cannot be shipped directly; they must be packaged.

With over two hundred orders, can three people handle it?

The order number and packaging alone are problems, and the courier company and the packaging boxes are also challenges. Where can we find foam boxes now?
The only solution is to have the courier company find a way to send someone to pick up the package.

"Hello, I need to send out packages! About two hundred or so!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Hongliang said, "More than two hundred? What are you sending?"

Tian Ersan said, "Snacks and canned goods, do you have packaging materials for these? I'm not kidding, I sent you more than a hundred sets of clothes before."

Wang Hongliang instantly believed the other person and no longer thought it was a joke.

"Oh, it's you! We have some parcel packing bags here. I'll talk to our station manager, you can talk to him too, station manager! The God of Wealth has arrived! Come and answer the phone!"

Su Mingjian was packing packages with the others when he heard this and came over.

"What God of Wealth?"

Wang Hongliang handed over his phone, "The one that sent out a hundred pieces of clothing last time, this time we're sending out two hundred."

Su Mingjian answered the phone quickly, "Hello, are you still mailing clothes and books?"

Tian Ersan said directly, "Hello, this is Lai Cai Small Shop on Linhe Road Old Street, opposite the repair shop. Please send more people over. I need to send about two hundred packages, mainly sunflower seeds and canned goods. I need your help to pack them."

Su Mingjian asked, "Where should I send it?"

"All over the country," Tian Ersan replied. "There are no sensitive areas. They're all from the south and the north. You can arrange for a vehicle to come over first. Two hundred boxes, one tricycle definitely won't be enough."

Su Mingjian: "Okay! I'll go take a look!"

Tian Ersan quickly said, "How do you calculate the price? I chose your company not because it's close by, but because it's cheap. I have so many orders, can you give me a discount?"

Su Mingjian also felt that this was a big client; even in elevator residential areas, there are usually no more than a hundred orders a day.

Large cities in the south and north are definitely more developed, and urban areas in Zhongzhou Province are also likely to be more developed.

Tao County is a small county town, and most of its residents are left-behind children and elderly people.

There are also a few nice residential areas where civil servants and people from the county town live, but they are not in his area.

Good areas have a large population, and therefore a lot of people work in the courier industry. "Are you in e-commerce? Do you get this many orders every day?"

Su Mingjian needs to find out whether it's an occasional occurrence or a continuous occurrence.

"Yes, it's e-commerce, specifically dropshipping. It involves buying things from others and then reselling them, including receiving and sending packages."

Upon hearing that the other party was indeed in the e-commerce business, Su Mingjian knew that this was a long-term business opportunity.

"Then talk to our company about applying for a monthly express delivery package. Right now, it costs you ten yuan to send a package from Taoxian to eastern Guangdong. With a monthly express delivery package, you can save several yuan. You can discuss the details with our company."

"Okay!" Tian Ersan accepted the money-saving suggestion. "I'll talk to you slowly. You come over and help me ship the goods here first. Let's talk about it then. How much cheaper can you be?"

Su Mingjian replied, "I can give you a discount of three yuan."

Tian Ersan was in a hurry to ship the goods, "Okay, come over quickly. I'm shipping canned goods and sunflower seeds. Bring some other things that can be packed along with you."

Upon hearing this, Su Mingjian reminded him, "There's a packaging fee, just one yuan."

"Come on over!" Tian Ersan didn't mind; if you get someone to do the work and produce something, you should definitely pay them.

Not long after, Su Mingjian arrived with two of his men.

They knew each other, and soon started talking about prices.

Su Mingjian took out a price list.

"Look, this is our company's shipping fee schedule. The fees vary depending on the location, ranging from seven or eight yuan to ten or twenty yuan."

Tian Ersan checked and found that it would cost 15 yuan to send it to the capital.

The shipping cost might not even be covered by the 14 yuan can of food.

Tian Ersan felt he was going to lose money, but he also felt there was a lot of room for maneuver.

Tian Ersan thought of those express delivery services that ship for just a few cents.

"Let's pack it up first."

Tian Ersan decided to ship the goods first.

The shipping cost can definitely be reduced; for now, let's focus on stabilizing the brand.

Looking at the orders on his computer, Su Mingjian knew that Tian Ersan was the owner of an online store.

After looking around and seeing a few bags of sunflower seeds and a pile of canned goods in the dilapidated old house, Su Mingjian roughly estimated the price.

"The packaging fee for sunflower seeds can be cheaper, just 50 cents. Canned goods are more troublesome. If you ship them one can at a time, you probably won't even make back the shipping fee."

Tian Ersan explained, "The canned goods are sold in batches of four; if we only sell one batch, we'll definitely lose money."

Su Mingjian said, "I don't run an online store here, but in big cities, even items costing ten or so yuan include shipping, so you can definitely make a profit. Talk to the company and see if you can get a discount. We're just working hard to earn a living."

"it is good."

Tian Ersan obtained the regional company's phone number.

Every industry likes to maximize profits, and the express delivery industry is no exception.

The biggest customers of express delivery companies are not ordinary people, but online store merchants.

They handle anywhere from a few hundred to hundreds of thousands of orders daily, allowing them to obtain lower prices than ordinary people.

In today's era of fierce competition in the express delivery industry, express delivery companies of all sizes are vying for market share and increasing business volume, resulting in very thin profit margins.

As long as they have food to eat, they'll offer discounts to major clients in order to quickly capture the market.

Tian Ersan quickly secured a monthly subscription discount.

The fixed monthly fee is 2000 yuan, which includes 500 orders. For each order exceeding this limit, the fee is 3 yuan.

If the number of orders exceeds 10,000, you will be upgraded to a major customer and given more benefits.

Tian Ersan readily opted for a monthly subscription, but he still had to pay the package fee himself.

(End of this chapter)