If Chen Jiaxin didn’t say this, Yang Xueyu might not think so, but if you really think about it carefully, it is really the case.
After the group buying market became popular, there were as many as 6,000 group buying websites registered and operating, but so far only a handful of them have truly established themselves in first-tier cities.
In addition to Suixin Tuan, which died at the front, there are also four companies: Lashou.com, Nuomi.com, Dianping, and Wowo Tuan.
At that time, group buying was still unknown, and it was not even considered to be in the second or third echelon. It could only be classified into the category of “College Student Group Buying Network”.
As a result, for half a year, they worked step by step, not in a hurry, and forced Nuomi and Lashou to flee.
The remaining two companies, Dianping in Kyoto and Wowo Tuan in Guangdong City, have been pushed to the edge of the cliff step by step by group shopping.
“It seems that in half a year, group shopping will even be able to unify the first-tier markets across the country.”
“Really? But I always feel that La Shou’s secret retreat this time is a bit weird. It doesn’t seem like their style.”
Chen Jiaxin stood up and paced back and forth, and then spoke: “Lashou is good at fighting quickly, and he also likes to poach people everywhere. His style is very aggressive. The city gate has not yet been lost, and they actually ran away?”
Yang Xueyu thought for a moment: “Maybe he has learned the lessons from Shanghai and Shenzhen? Don’t want to be defeated by Jiang Qin too much?”
“No, I always feel like there’s something else going on here.”
Yang Xueyu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly recalled some details: “When I was on the phone with Robin just now, I didn’t feel that he was depressed. Instead, he was a little proud. This is quite strange.”
Chen Jiaxin looked at her: “Could it be related to Ali? Didn’t they go to Hangzhou some time ago?”
“…”
Three minutes later, Chen Jiaxin and Yang Xueyu’s eyes were fixed on the computer screen.
They didn’t do much research. They just searched Alibaba and saw a lot of news about Alipay.
Alipay, UnionPay Business, Tenpay… A total of 27 companies obtained payment licenses issued by the central bank at the end of May, allowing third-party non-bank companies to carry out payment services for the first time.
Alipay CEO Ms. Pang Rui said in an interview that she was grateful for the trust and recognition of the central bank. Alipay will establish a safe, open, orderly and convenient mobile payment platform under the guidance of the central bank.
Seeing this news, the two fell into silence for an instant.
“No wonder Lashou dared to abandon Kyoto to grab the second and third tier markets in the south…”
“It turns out that they wanted to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the group, preserve their strength, sink into the market, and then wait for Alipay’s business to go online before quickly coming back.”
“This is not a technical barrier, this is a policy barrier.”
“The trouble for joining a group is huge.”
Chen Jiaxin let go of the mouse, leaned on her chair and was silent for a long time. Only then did she realize the coming storm, so she immediately called the boss of Dianping.