Alibaba’s platforms have recently started charging fees for various reasons.
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html On July 26, the second-hand trading platform Xianyu issued an announcement announcing that it would charge a basic software service fee of 0.6% to all sellers (the maximum charge for a single transaction is 60 yuan).For sellers with larger transaction volumes, the charges are higher. Within a natural month, for sellers who have more than 10 orders and a cumulative transaction amount of more than 10,000 yuan, the basic software service fee is 1%.
is no different. Alibaba Cloud Disk, which once promised "never speed limit" when it was launched, has recently quietly extended its "charging hand" to users.
html In early July, Alibaba Cloud Disk released a new version update. Some netizens found that when they used players such as infuse, vidhub, filmly, alist, etc. to mount Alibaba Cloud Disk, there was a speed limit. The network was stuck and almost impossible to play, and the download speed dropped. To 0.5 - 1mb/second.
Some users reported that they were svip users who paid for Alibaba cloud disks, but only had 10GB of download permission.
is the same as Baidu Cloud Disk. Users can upload movies to Alibaba Cloud Disk and use third-party video players to directly watch movies in the Cloud Disk. Before the speed limit of Alibaba Cloud Disk, this is a very convenient and good experience. way to enjoy videos.
"Before, due to the speed limit of Baidu Cloud Disk, it was almost impossible to watch it with a third-party video player. Later, I uploaded all the movies to Alibaba Cloud Disk, but I couldn't watch them normally after a few days." A user commented. Finance said.
According to Yijian Finance, Alibaba Cloud Disk has launched a "Third Party Application Rights Package" specifically for users of third-party video players such as vidhub, alist, filmly, nova, and infuse. In October of each month, users can only pay View normally.
In addition, what many users cannot understand is that even if they have spent money to become an Alibaba Cloud Disk svip member, if they now want to smoothly use these third-party apps to play videos online or download, they still need to add money to purchase a "third-party application rights package" ", otherwise the speed will be limited, which made many paid members cry out that they were cut off.
Some netizens said: "When the news first came out, I naively thought that big companies could not be so stupid. The three-party rights package must be included in svip. It turns out that I was too young." , After all, he turned into a dragon...
In March 2021, Alibaba Cloud Disk announced the official launch of public beta. The slogan at the time was "No matter it is free or charged, there will be no speed limit in the future."
Once Alibaba Cloud Disk was launched, it emerged as a challenger to Baidu Cloud Disk and was described by the media as a "disruptor" in the personal cloud business market.
According to data from questmobile, Baidu Cloud Disk had 600 million registered users at that time, accounting for 85% of the domestic cloud disk market. In order to gain market share, Alibaba Cloud Disk launched the slogan "Never limit the speed", hoping to shake Baidu. market position of the market.
However, not long after, Alibaba Cloud Disk began to actively learn from Baidu Netdisk. Various VIP, svip, "third-party rights packages" and other charging methods were launched one after another. If you do not recharge, the speed will be limited or the storage space will be reduced. .
Some netizens said: "Never limit the speed" is just a marketing ploy. When users store enough resources and the cost of replacing network disks becomes very high, they will naturally go back to cutting leeks.
Many users have expressed great disappointment with this series of operations of Alibaba Cloud Disk, believing that Alibaba Cloud Disk has betrayed its original promise of "permanently free and unlimited speed" and has begun to follow the old path of Baidu Netdisk, even better than Baidu. many.
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Why did Alibaba Cloud Disk and Xianyu start charging? The most direct reason for
is to make money. For Internet companies, broadband, storage, and daily maintenance all require costs, and they cannot always "burn money."
On March 27 last year, Jack Ma appeared in Hangzhou.
Just one day later, Zhang Yong, then chairman of Alibaba, issued an all-member letter announcing the launch of the "1+6+n" organizational change. Under Alibaba Group, six major business groups and multiple business companies have been established.
After this reform, although many businesses of Alibaba have gone through divisions and mergers, the core of the adjustment is that each business must improve its operating capabilities and compete in the market alone.
According to reports, at a meeting of Alibaba’s core executives, the Alibaba management team reached a consensus – they must have “business awareness”, focus on strategy, have determination, and know what their strengths and weaknesses are. Behind the so-called "business awareness", there is obviously a consideration of making money. The financial report of
shows that in the first quarter of this year, the revenue of Taotian Group, where Xianyu is located, was 93.216 billion yuan, a nearly 4% increase; the revenue of Cloud Intelligence Group, where Alibaba Cloud Disk is located, was 5.595 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3%.
On the other hand, through the "free strategy", Xianyu has become one of the platforms with the highest market share in the second-hand e-commerce market. According to a report by Shenwan Hongyuan Research Institute, the penetration rate of Xianyu reached 72.9%. Although
Alibaba Cloud Disk failed to surpass Baidu Netdisk, it still has a certain market share. When the number of
users became indispensable to these Internet products, they began to charge generously.
