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Guan Leiming

Technical Director | Java

Low-cost traffic and e-commerce development: Industry changes behind changes in e-commerce rules

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The Dilemma of Low-Price Traffic Strategy

In the e-commerce industry, many merchants often adopt a low-price strategy in order to obtain a large amount of traffic in the short term. This strategy seems to be able to quickly attract consumers' attention and bring temporary prosperity, but in the long run, it hides many problems. First of all, low prices often mean lower profit margins. In order to maintain a certain profit at a low price, merchants may reduce product quality or service levels. This will not only harm the rights and interests of consumers, but also have a negative impact on the reputation of the merchants themselves. Once consumers find that the quality of the product is not as expected, they are likely to lose trust in the merchant and no longer make a second purchase. Secondly, over-reliance on low-priced traffic can easily lead merchants to neglect brand building and product innovation. In the fierce market competition, brand and innovation are the core competitiveness of the long-term development of enterprises. If merchants only blindly pursue low-priced traffic without paying attention to improving brand image and product uniqueness, they will easily be eliminated when market competition intensifies.

The impact of changes in e-commerce platform rules

With the continuous development of the e-commerce industry, major e-commerce platforms have also realized the drawbacks of the low-price traffic strategy and have revised their operating rules. Taking Taotian Group as an example, the closed-door meeting of merchants held after the 618 promotion was probably to discuss how to guide merchants to a healthier and more sustainable development path. These rule changes have had a profound impact on the way merchants operate. On the one hand, merchants need to pay more attention to improving product quality and service levels to meet the requirements of the platform. On the other hand, merchants also need to increase investment in brand building and product innovation to improve their market competitiveness.

New directions for e-commerce development

In the current e-commerce environment, merchants need to explore new development directions. First, they should focus on improving user experience. By providing high-quality products and services, they can meet the personalized needs of consumers and enhance consumer loyalty. Secondly, they should strengthen brand building. They should create brands with unique value and influence, and improve brand awareness and reputation. In addition, they should continue to innovate products and launch new products that meet market needs and trends to attract consumers' attention. In short, the development of the e-commerce industry has entered a new stage. Merchants need to abandon the past development model that simply relied on low-cost traffic, actively adapt to changes in platform rules, and explore a sustainable development path that suits them. Only in this way can they be invincible in the fierce market competition.
2024-08-03