Reborn in 08, a heretical cultivator starting a business

Chapter 14 sold out ahead of schedule, group purchase is now open!
"Boss, you go eat first, I'll go sell winter melons!" Lu Chuan was very responsible.

At such a young age, he already has the awareness of being a working person.

"Let's go together!" Wang Junshan and Lu Chuan walked towards the warehouse.

"The boss is finally here!"

The people in line were filled with excitement as they saw the two approaching.

Wang Junshan did not open the warehouse door directly, but looked at everyone:

"Thank you for your support. I believe everyone is aware of the cooling effect of winter melon."

Everyone nodded.

Everyone was too hot to sleep last night.

But my roommate, who was holding a winter melon, was sleeping so soundly that he hadn't even woken up yet!

Is the best proof.

Wang Junshan changed the subject: "However, the warehouse is limited in size, and there are mosquitoes inside. Even if everyone went in, it would be too crowded, and it would be easy to get bitten by mosquitoes!"

"In this way, fifty people go in first to choose melons, then one comes out and another goes in, ensuring maximum efficiency and making it less likely for them to get bitten."

"Okay." Everyone nodded in agreement; this was undoubtedly the best outcome.

If everyone goes in, it'll be a huge crowd, making it a hassle to choose melons, and it'll just be feeding mosquitoes. It's much more efficient to proceed this way.

Wang Junshan opened the door, and the first group of fifty people entered the warehouse to begin selecting melons.

Soon, people came out carrying melons. At the same time, new buyers entered the warehouse to select melons.

Wang Junshan and Lu Chuan sat at the door to settle the accounts, and even with only one electronic scale, the efficiency was greatly increased.

After all, electronic scales are pre-set with unit prices; once the winter melon is placed on the scale, the amount is immediately displayed.

The part that really takes time is the cashier and change-giving process.

Seeing so many people queuing up to buy melons at the warehouse, even those who originally planned to go to the cafeteria or study room couldn't stay calm anymore.

Everyone's afraid of selling out and then being unable to sleep because of the heat at night; that would be awful.

They decided to change their plans and prioritize queuing to buy winter melon.

This caused the queues for buying melons to grow longer and longer, and Wang Junshan's business to get better and better.

At this rate, there are less than 800 winter melons left, and they will be sold out before noon!
Sure enough, more than 200 were sold in just one hour!

Meanwhile, the number of people queuing outside to buy melons is increasing!

Fortunately, the two of them settled the accounts at the same time, otherwise they would have been too busy to handle it.

By 10 a.m., all the winter melons were sold out!
Sixty thousand yuan in hand!

But there were still quite a few people in line behind them.

"Boss, are you sold out of winter melons?"

"What should I do?"

"Will it be too hot to sleep tonight again?"

"Sigh, I should have come to queue up earlier."

"I saw a lot of people this morning and planned to come back to buy when there were fewer people, but I didn't expect them to be sold out! I regret it!"

For a time, those who couldn't get a turn were all very disappointed.

Wang Junshan quickly said, "Don't worry, everyone, the second bus will arrive at noon."

"Many people have been waiting all morning, and we can't let them wait in vain."

"Therefore, we will start the group purchase pre-sale."

"Each person pays a 20 yuan deposit and then joins the group purchase QQ group. As soon as the winter melon arrives, we will notify everyone in the group to come and choose the melon first."

"Of course, the stock shortage is our problem. To express our apologies, we're giving everyone an extra 5 yuan discount."

"When the weight is weighed and the bill is settled, the 20 yuan deposit will be deducted as 25 yuan. If it is not enough, everyone can pay the balance."

Upon hearing this, everyone present became excited:
"That's a great idea! We need to make a reservation; we can't just wait in line for nothing."

"If we don't pre-order and join the group, we don't know when the next shipment will arrive. If we arrive late, we might not be able to get any, and we'll have to stay up all night."

"That's right, joining the group to make a reservation is the best option. 20 yuan off 25 yuan is equivalent to a discount of 5 yuan. The boss is very sincere."

"I'll reserve it!"

"I'll pre-order too!" "Pre-ordering means you don't have to worry about it being out of stock!"

Seeing the crowd's enthusiasm, Wang Junshan took out the two-part receipt from yesterday and handed it to Lu Chuan.

This type of two-part receipt comes with a photocopy, providing two copies.

The photocopy is given to the customer as a receipt.

Furthermore, each item is numbered, making it easy to count the number of people and sales!
Then, I took out ten A4 sheets of paper and wrote down the QQ numbers of Binzhou University's group purchase groups one through ten.

He then posted the QQ number of the Binzhou University group buying group on the table.

The other QQ group numbers were given to Lu Chuan, who was instructed to create a second group for the group purchase once the number of reservations exceeded 180.

Wang Junshan looked at everyone:
"Please line up to pay the deposit, and we will issue you a receipt."

"At the same time, please write down the group number on the table and join our group buying group later."

"We will notify everyone in the group as soon as the winter melon arrives."

"Bring the receipt when you come to choose the melons, and the 20 yuan deposit will be deducted from the 25 yuan!"

"Thank you for your support."

"Okay!" Everyone nodded, lined up to pay, and wrote down the group purchase group number to join the group.

In 2008, convenient mobile payment was not yet available.

Although Alipay has also launched mobile payment, it is done by sending text messages, which is very troublesome and not as fast as cash settlement.

This is why cash on delivery remains the mainstream payment method for online shopping today!
This will be true not only this year, but also next year.

Until the first half of 2013, cash on delivery was the mainstream payment method!
Unfortunately, online payments are not convenient enough at present.

QR code payments, QR codes for receiving payments, and QR codes for making payments all appeared several years later.

Currently, whether it's online banking, Alipay, or Tenpay, you not only need to enter a password, but also require U-shield verification or SMS verification.

Similar to small-amount password-free payments that came out many years later, it was only five years later that they started.

Such cumbersome online payment methods are actually less convenient than cash settlement.

Online shopping with cash on delivery or cash settlement are also the mainstream practices.

The convenient chain-reaction function in QQ groups also appeared many years later.

Therefore, Wang Junshan had to use a combination of receipts and cash to promote campus group buying.

People lined up to pay a deposit and reserve winter melons.

They also noted down the QQ group numbers and even joined the group-buying group on the spot.

This not only allows us to calculate how many people buy winter melons, but also how much stock to order later.

You can also lock in potential customers through deposits!

Once a deposit is paid here, even if someone reacts quickly and sells winter melons in Binzhou, they can't steal away these customers who have already paid.

These days, making payments is a hassle, and getting a refund is a hassle too.

College students hate trouble the most, and it's not worth the trouble to go through another trip just to get a deposit back.

This is why many people, even knowing that winter melons cost 1.5 yuan per jin at supermarkets outside of school, still choose to buy winter melons from Wang Junshan for 2 yuan per jin.

After all, the supermarket outside the school is two or three kilometers away from the school, and it takes an hour to go there and back.

A winter melon weighing twenty or thirty pounds, carried back in an hour on a day over thirty degrees Celsius...

Nobody wants to suffer like that; it's better to buy it for two yuan a pound from downstairs in the dormitory.

Moreover, the shipping costs to the school, rent, utilities, etc., all add up to money.

It's normal that fruits and vegetables are more expensive on campus than outside.

Moreover, supermarkets outside have very few winter melons, often only a few, so the selection is limited.

Many of them are sold cut up or are round winter melons, which are not suitable as cushions.

Of course, Wang Junshan also had other plans.

These students have all joined the group-buying group and experienced the group-buying model, which will make them regular customers of campus group-buying!

When other products are launched later, we can simply post them in the group, and interested people will come to pre-order and buy them.

Before group-buying websites were launched, QQ group-buying groups were the best platform!

(End of this chapter)