My Age of Investment

Chapter 93: Skyrocketing sales

  Chapter 93 Sales Soaring

  At the same time as the number of registered users soared, good news came from the Facebook Amazon store.

  Sales have started to rise!

After the first batch of students who received the goods tried on Facebook’s T-shirt, they shared their shopping experience on Facebook for the first time, offsetting the negatives of the previous period, and letting many students let go of their hearts. doubt.

  "Good and cheap T-shirt, support Facebook!"

  "After receiving a round neck T-shirt, I immediately tried it on. It was very comfortable and better than the T-shirt I bought for 30 dollars elsewhere.

  I can’t wait to open Amazon and place an order for a round neck T-shirt. "

   "I ordered three more items and will wear them this summer."

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  The groups established by various universities are filled with a large number of such messages.

  If it hadn’t been for Xia Jingxing to know that Facebook hadn’t hired the navy, I’m afraid they would have doubted whether these students were “collecting money to do business”.

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  "According to the current daily sales of 2,000 pieces, the remaining T-shirt can only support one month."

  After finishing speaking, Yang Niu smiled and asked Xia Jingxing tentatively: "Do we have to make additional orders?"

  Xia Jingxing counted, really.

   After deducting the second batch of T-shirts sent to major colleges and universities, there are only more than 60,000 T-shirts left in the warehouse.

  She asked the babes to bring the ledger, and the two began to calculate the cash flow.

  One hundred thousand T-shirts cost nearly 240,000 U.S. dollars, more than 60,000 U.S. dollars in salary for three months, and less than 200,000 U.S. dollars on Facebook account, which is a little more than 190,000 dollars.

  Amazon, every 14 days is a settlement cycle.

   will calculate the total order price of the goods sold by the seller within 14 days, deduct 15% of the product commission, and send it to the bank account provided by the seller to Amazon, and issue a settlement report to the seller on the website.

  The monthly subscription fee of 39.9 US dollars for corporate sellers is negligible.

  Logistics fees, monthly storage fees, return processing fees, etc., Amazon has not charged them for the time being.

  Because Amazon Logistics has not yet officially launched it to third-party sellers, Facebook’s cooperation is just an example.

  In order to express the sincerity of cooperation, Blackburn directly waived these miscellaneous fees, because there is no standard pricing.

  However, the 15% product commission is still charged as usual.

  As for the advertising cost on the platform, it is also calculated separately.

  This is different from Taobao, which has just launched in the domestic market. Taobao only charges advertising fees, not product commissions and monthly subscription fees.

   Yi Bei is unacceptable, and it is still the old fashioned abroad.

  Every time a seller sells an item, I, as a platform, must divide it into one.

  The profit model is very clear, but it was defeated by Taobao’s free strategy, and a large number of sellers were robbed of it, which also planted the seeds for the subsequent complete failure.

   Facebook does not need to advertise on Amazon, because the goal is to focus on the campus market, and Facebook is diverting its Amazon stores, so no ads are strong.

  Selling to office workers may have higher sales, but it will not achieve the advertising effect that Facebook wants.

  If all the more than 60,000 T-shirts are sold smoothly, after deducting the product commission, it should be able to return more than 500,000 U.S. dollars.

  After deducting taxes and fees, there should be more than 400,000 US dollars in hand.

  In addition to the nearly 200,000 U.S. dollars on the account, it is expected that in more than one or two months, there will be more than 600,000 U.S. dollars on Facebook’s account.

  The foreign girl put the ledger aside, brought paper and pen, and said while writing.

  "Just place an order of 200,000 pieces directly, and the unit price of the order can be reduced from 2 US dollars to 1.5 US dollars."

"It's the end of April, and the additional order will be paid 30% of the deposit, which is 90,000 US dollars, plus the freight forwarding company, insurance, tariffs, etc., and it is 80,000 US dollars, for a total of about 170,000 US dollars. We can afford this money. "

  "The goods are produced and arrived in the U.S. about a month and a half later, in mid-June. We need to pay the final payment of US$210,000."

  "In one and a half months, Amazon should be able to settle at least three installments of accounts to us. If it goes well, T-shirt will be sold out in one month, and more than half a million US dollars can be settled for us."

   “If it’s not so ideal and sales are halved, more than 200,000 yuan will be returned, which is just enough to pay the balance.”

   "If the situation is more extreme, then..."

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "The capital chain is broken, the cash is gone, and I'm guarding a warehouse that cannot be sold."

  The foreign girl spreads out, “I’m just making the worst prediction. Judging from the current sales situation, the probability of occurrence is negligible.

  I’m very worried now, and it will be sold out in less than a month.

  It will take another one and a half months for new orders from production to shipment to the United States.

  The time left in the middle is embarrassing. "

   "It's so hot, we will ship the goods directly by air instead of sea freight."

  Xia Jingxing made an understatement, a bit like Jack Ma’s tone, as if money had lost its meaning to him.

  The foreign girl was dumbfounded, and then smiled: "This is really a crazy idea. The cost may be doubled, and the unit price will cost more than $3."

   "There is no way, making money is not the primary purpose. We must get all Facebook posts on campus as soon as possible to add new impetus to our user growth."

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said, “Look, in June, most colleges and universities will have a holiday, and students will no longer be on campus.

  When school starts in September, most areas will have only one or two months to sell T-shirts.

  Time is very tight, and there is not much time window left for us. "

  The foreign girl nodded, "You are right. I should consider selling more T-shirts in the shortest time, instead of worrying about the cost. My vision is too limited."

  Xia Jingxing laughed, and calmly said: "Discuss, speak freely. Naturally, you have to consider all situations. You have done nothing wrong, but I am more radical."

  After finishing speaking, Xia Jingxing picked up the paper and pen, and began to revise the plan written by Yang Niu.

  "The additional 200,000 T-shirts, the total order price is 300,000 US dollars, yes."

   "But the number is wrong!"

  "According to the agreement, Fufu Apparel wants to make up for the price difference of our last batch of orders, but it is not money, but 33,333 pieces of T-shirt, plus 200,000 pieces, the total quantity should be more than 230,000 pieces!"

   "This part of T is included in transportation, insurance, and customs duties. By sea, it is not 80,000 US dollars, but more than 93,000 US dollars."

  "But it’s okay. Even if we don’t count the Amazon settlement after more than a week, the funds on our account are enough to cover the more than 180,000 US dollars."

   "If it is shipped by air, it is estimated to be troublesome. It depends on the sales volume in half a month."

  The foreign girl propped her head with her hand, watching Xia Jingxing write and draw on the table, with a serious look on her face, she felt a little silly for a while.

   "What are you in a daze?"

  The foreign girl quickly recovered, "Yes, you said, I'm listening!"

  "More than two hundred and thirty thousand T-shirts, if all of them are transported by air, it will cost more than two hundred thousand U.S. dollars."

  "The time given to us is only half a month, and after eight or nine days of settlement, Amazon can only settle for us twice during this period."

  "Calculated on the basis of the current daily sales of 2,000 pieces, it may be possible to return more than 230,000 US dollars, and the air freight is probably enough."

   "If it is not enough, I will contact Mr. Blackburn to see if we can settle the sales revenue for a few more days."

   Xia Jingxing sighed, "Okay, so be it, I will contact Boss Wang to discuss additional orders."

  "How to deal with the problem of T-shirt style?"

  The foreign girl remembered this and asked quickly.

  "The round-neck T-shirts are selling better. Add more round-neck T-shirts and reduce the quantity of Polo shirts.

  From the last six to four, change to eight to two. "

  The foreign girl shook her head, "I mean the new style, you can't just buy these two styles. The customer wants to buy a few more, but there is no suitable choice."

  Xia Jingxing patted his head, "Yes, you reminded me, please contact Rebecca and ask her to design some more T-shirts.

  Six thousand dollars is not in vain, this Rebecca still has the strength. "

  The foreign girl smiled slightly, "Maybe it is our T-shirt that is cheap enough to sell well? And there is also the fame of Facebook."

  "This is not easy to evaluate for the time being, so hire her to design a few T-shirts. It's better to have a richer style, so that there are too many shirts and students don’t like to wear them."

  The foreign girl nodded, "Okay, I will contact her now."

  PS: I won’t write about SARS in 2003. I’m afraid of 404, so everyone just ignore it.

  (End of this chapter)

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