wavenovel Chapter 147 The co-branded phone cases are selling like hotcakes.
Chapter 147 The co-branded phone cases are selling like hotcakes.
Chapter 147 The co-branded phone cases are selling like hotcakes.
Boss Lü also wanted to change her phone case, as "Meteor Garden" was also a childhood memory for her.
She searched on Taobao, but couldn't find that style of phone case.
She asked curiously, "Xiaohua, where can I buy this phone case? I couldn't find it on Taobao."
"Huh? It's not on Taobao?" Zhang Xiaohua was also a little surprised. In her memory, Taobao had everything.
Then she suddenly remembered what the note from yesterday said: this phone case is sold on Pinduoduo.
What is Pinduoduo? Is it also an e-commerce platform? Is it really okay for a platform to openly promote its competitor like this?
Zhang Xiaohua said, "I remember the shop owner said that this phone case can be bought on Pinduoduo." Just then, the elevator arrived, and the two of them stepped into the elevator together and took it to their office area.
Boss Lü went to her computer, made herself a cup of coffee, sprayed some air freshener on her workstation, and then began processing the client emails she hadn't finished reading yesterday. After all that work, it was still early, and there was still some time before the clients would be at work, so she could take a break from her busy schedule.
Boss Lü couldn't help but think of that phone case again, and a sudden inspiration struck her: many of her customers were women of the same age as her. If she bought such a phone case for them, she could not only maintain customer relationships well, but also use it to start conversations and get closer to them.
Remembering what Zhang Xiaohua had mentioned about Pinduoduo, Boss Lü typed "Pinduoduo" into his browser and successfully found the official website.
After clicking through, a dazzling array of products immediately came into view, and she was quickly shocked by the cheap items on the homepage.
What does it mean to have a folder that costs one dollar?
What does it mean that 500 sheets of A4 printing paper cost 9.9 yuan?
Why are things here so cheap? Are they counterfeit?
However, judging from the phone case Zhang Xiaohua was using earlier, it didn't seem to be a fake; in fact, it seemed to be of quite good quality.
Boss Lü didn't forget his goal. He entered keywords into the search bar and quickly found the "Meteor Garden" version phone case.
The main product image prominently displays "Officially Licensed," and the product details images also feature promotional posts from the actors who played F4 on Weibo, where they are holding phone cases printed with their respective cartoon characters, promoting the product.
The price of this phone case is normal, around 20 yuan.
Boss Lü wasn't short of money, so he waved his hand and wanted to buy two or three of each version. However, he found that the product was in short supply, and in the end, he only managed to grab two: one was the female lead version, and the other was the least popular Simon version.
Popular designs like Daoming Si and Hua Ze Lei were sold out long ago, not to mention the group photo version, and even the Mei Zuo version was snapped up.
When she opened the comments section, she saw that everyone was posting photos and sharing their childhood memories of "Meteor Garden".
Boss Lü thought to himself: I never thought a phone case could become such a hot commodity. But that's even better. Giving customers such a hard-to-get fashionable item shows my sincerity.
She called Zhang Xiaohua over and said, "Xiaohua, do you know how hard it was to get that Hanazawa Rui-themed phone case you have? I just tried to buy it on Pinduoduo, but I couldn't get it at all!"
"Huh? Is that so?" Zhang Xiaohua was a little surprised, but secretly delighted. She had also been greatly tempted by the spring shop and never expected that the shop would give her such a rare item.
Boss Lu said, "Next, I'll give you a task: try to snatch these phone cases. Focus on the three most popular versions: Dao Ming Si, Hua Ze Lei, and the group photo. Snatch five of each version, for a total of 15."
"I'll give you a budget of 600 yuan. If you really can't get it, you can try buying it at a higher price on the second-hand market."
"Huh?" Zhang Xiaohua looked surprised. "Boss, do you like this phone case that much?"
Mr. Lü explained with a smile, "It's not that I like it, but this phone case has become a fashion item. Giving it to customers can help build a closer relationship with them."
"Okay, I understand!"
After receiving the task, Zhang Xiaohua immediately downloaded the Pinduoduo app and proactively inquired with the merchant about the approximate arrival time of the next batch of goods. The merchant replied that they would release a new batch of 500 items every day at noon.
Zhang Xiaohua knew perfectly well that her boss's task was to get the phone cases as soon as possible. If she waited until later, when this fashionable item became ubiquitous, there would be no point in giving them to customers.
She tried asking the seller if she could pre-order at an extra cost, but the seller replied, "I'm sorry, dear, company policy doesn't allow this."
Zhang Xiaohua was somewhat helpless and could only rack her brains for other solutions. She suddenly realized that many fans in the fan group must own these collaborative fashion items.
So she first opened Weibo, where there are many celebrities and fans, and she should be able to find many like-minded people.
As she expected, for example, her childhood crush, Hanazawa Rui, opened a personal account on Weibo.
To Zhang Xiaohua's surprise, Hua Ze Lei posted a photo of himself promoting a phone case with a chibi version of himself on his personal social media feed.
There were over a hundred comments in the comment section of this post. When Zhang Xiaohua scrolled through them, she saw that many people were showing off their orders for the same items.
Someone left a comment.
This phone case is so cute! None of my classmates' phone cases are as nice as mine, and it only costs 25 yuan, which is about the price of a meal. It's a bit hard to get, but I managed to snag one, hehe~
Someone else commented, "[Hanazawa Rui has always been my childhood crush, but unfortunately I couldn't get his version, I only managed to get the Domyouji version. Any sisters want to swap?]"
Some people even offered to buy it directly in the comments section, raising the price to 40 yuan. Then, someone commented: "[The Dao Ming Si version is the rarest besides the group photo version. In QQ fan groups, one is already selling for over 50 yuan, and the price is still rising!]"
Zhang Xiaohua couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement: "How can something like this be hyped up?" However, the word "QQ group" caught his attention. He immediately used his QQ account to join several fan groups for "Meteor Garden," and as soon as he joined, he found that everyone was discussing the phone case enthusiastically.
Someone posted an unboxing video in the group, excitedly saying, "I bought a blind box on Pinduoduo. I was thinking that as long as it wasn't a blank one, I would have made a profit. I didn't expect to get the group photo version. Haha, I'm so lucky."
Immediately, a sister replied: "Sister, you're so lucky! Can you sell me this group photo item? I'll pay 80."
"One dollar!"
Ultimately, this lucky fan listed the phone case on eBay.
eBay has a unique sales model with two pricing schemes: an auction model and a fixed-price model.
This fan set the starting price for the auction at 60 yuan, and the buy-it-now price was set at 1000 yuan.
Surprisingly, despite the high price, quite a few fans participated in the auction, and the phone case was eventually sold for 96 yuan.
Zhang Xiaohua felt a chill run down her spine as she read this, secretly calculating in her mind: It seems that the boss's budget of 600 yuan is simply not enough!