Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 545 I Hope You Stay

The current Internet circle~ is still at the stage based on visits.

A website ~ if its traffic is high ~ then the valuation of this website will become very large.

Compared with the number of visits~the number of registered users is also very important, but relatively speaking, the degree of attention is not so high.

It's not that registered users are not important~ but that the Internet market at this stage is not yet mature, and most Internet companies have not found a profitable way at all.

And compared to registered users, the data of website visits ~ is much larger than the data of registered users.

For example, those top portal websites in China can even reach tens of millions of daily visits, and in a few years~ this number will even exceed [-] million or more.

But by that time, the number of visits alone is not very meaningful, and can only be used as a criterion for judging the website itself.

On the contrary, registered users, who are not taken seriously at present, will become the sweet pastry in the future.

Because the Internet companies at that time~ already had a profitable way to realize the registered users and traffic, and the pure traffic volume was no longer the data that major Internet companies deliberately pursued.

Of course~ this is not to say that the two are not important at different times, but the degree of importance is different.

It's just that most Internet companies are still in the stage of feeling the stones and crossing the river at the moment~ how to make a profit?This is where Internet companies value the most.

In fact, the company that acquired OICQ~ has already found a way to make a profit, but they think things are a bit simple.

When OICQ has not completely occupied a considerable market in the social software market, they planned to commercialize OICQ as soon as they got started.

Originally, the commercial operation of OICQ was planned to start on March [-]st.

The result~ Perhaps during the Spring Festival, the operator of OICQ found that the number of online users of the software had broken through a new climax, so OICQ shamelessly announced that OICQ would enter commercial operation in advance.

So ~ on the first day of the Lunar New Year, OICQ directly opened the charging mode, and they will charge each user ten yuan a month.

If you don't pay the fee, you can't continue to use OICQ, the chat software.

Once the news was announced, Chen Li's jaw dropped in shock.

He really didn't expect the operating company of OICQ to be so stupid.

It's nothing more than a commercial operation, and now it's even going to be commercialized in advance. This picture is simply too ugly.

After the commercialization, those users who did not pay the fee were suspended from using OICQ, and then the registered users of OICQ ushered in a new wave of climax.

Because~perhaps sensing something was wrong, the operator of OICQ came up with a new trick.

Newly registered users can enjoy three days of free usage time, so registered users of .OICQ ushered in a new wave of small climax.

But it is obvious that this is not a long-term solution, because OICQ's fees have caused a large number of users to choose other instant messaging software when they are unwilling to pay.

Some of them chose ICQ, and some chose MSN launched by Microsoft.

Of course, the largest group of users chose the more familiar chat room before.

For example~ Chen Li used to visit the Bihaiyinsha chat room before.

There were many netizens who chose to go back because of OICQ's fees. For a while, Chen Li could see a lot of people scolding OICQ's operating company in the chat room every day.

The reason is also very simple. Although OICQ is essentially a copy of ICQ, when it comes to user experience, neither ICQ nor MSN can compare to OICQ.

It is also based on this reason, coupled with the reason of free operation, that OICQ in the previous life could successfully defeat the two competitors of ICQ and MSN.

After many people get used to OICQ, they may feel unaccustomed to using ICQ and MSN again, so it is better to go back and play chat rooms!

This stuff. It was later called user viscosity.Of course, there are not many people who know this now, and the operator of OICQ doesn't understand it.

Reasonable~ If the operating company of OICQ is smarter, more patient, and guarantees the rapid development of OICQ, and waits until the user viscosity is greatly improved in a year before commercialization, then the situation they face will be much better.

Even if they are smarter, they can directly provide value-added services like Setoxun did, instead of charging all users directly and forcefully.

In this way, not only can ordinary user groups continue to use OICQ for free, but also make those paying users feel that money is worth it.

That's right~ In his previous life, Chen Li was very envious of those users who were willing to spend money to open QQ memberships and all kinds of diamonds.

Especially for QQ members, after all, the QQ level has risen rapidly after becoming a member. During a certain period of time when everyone cares about the QQ level~ that is a very enviable thing.

It's a pity that Chen Li at that time was reluctant to spend that money on those value-added services.

It's not that I don't want to drive~ but that I really have no money!
But now the operating company of OICQ is obviously a little too anxious.

The peaches haven't even matured yet~ The other party wants to pick them and eat them, which is naturally not good.

As it turned out, only half a year later, the other company actually had the idea of ​​re-transferring OICQ, and Chen Li didn't know what the other party's previous purchase of OICQ was for.

But~ the answer to this question was revealed after Chen Li and Lao Zhang got in touch.

"Our boss~ hey!"

One of the Five Tigers of the original Vine News ~ Lao Zhang, the current technical director of OICQ, sighed, took a big sip from his wine glass, and then continued:
"He used to be in business~!"

"You also know that the industry and the Internet are actually different."

"In particular, our domestic Internet industry is still in the development stage, and many aspects, including the operation and profit model, are actually still in the groping stage."

"In our opinion ~ in fact, now is not the best time for commercialization at all."

"But our boss sees it differently!"

"He feels that OICQ has been developed for a year, and the number of users has also grown to a considerable number, so."

"He believes that OICQ is already a mature product at this time, so the commercial operation of OICQ is already time."

"Just during the Spring Festival~ the number of online users of OICQ broke through the 6W5 mark, and this boss couldn't sit still for a moment."

"He thinks that during the Spring Festival ~ everyone has more money in their pockets, and more people may pay for commercial operations at this time."

"So this fucking commercial operation...was brought forward!"

"But~ I understand everything!"

"With the current Internet environment, if commercialization is so easy, almost all Internet companies will not be losing money."

"But people don't think so!"

"Let's put it bluntly~ The reason why the boss ran across the Internet circle to spend money is because he heard that the Internet is very profitable now."

"People are here to make money, but now you tell people that the boss not only can't make money now, but even has to invest money in it, the boss must not be happy!"

"Speaking of it~ it's all your Pony's fault, and Lao Zeng~ If you didn't keep bragging to others in order to sell OICQ at a good price, people wouldn't really believe your nonsense."

When talking about this, Lao Zhang glared at Brother Xiao Ma who just flew over from Yanjing today.

At this moment, Brother Xiaoma looked embarrassed~ In the end, he had to offer Lao Zhang a glass of wine with a compensatory smile.

Indeed~ Brother Xiaoma has something to do with this matter, to be precise~ Brother Xiaoma and Lao Zeng even created this matter alone.

Back then, in order to sell Fujixun for a good price, the two bragged at others.

In particular, the development momentum of OICQ is there, and it seems to be gratifying enough.

And for the industrial boss, OICQ has millions of registered users. It sounds really interesting.

In addition, the [-] online users during the Spring Festival stimulated the boss, so there is the current situation of OICQ.

After all, if you simply use numbers to calculate, if 5 people pay 50 yuan a month, the income for that month is 600 yuan, and [-] million yuan a year.

Although after commercialization, the number of OICQ users will definitely drop significantly, but OICQ is still developing after all~!

Losing part of the users ~ replenishing some users, one in and one out, as long as the level of 5 people can be maintained. The operator of OICQ feels that it will make a lot of money.

It’s just that they still think the Internet is too simple. During the period of time when the user viscosity is not enough to guide users to consume, those Internet companies that conduct commercial operations rashly, even after 20 years, dare not do so.

But the operator of OICQ is doing this now, and even shamelessly commercialized it in advance.

This even made many users who originally planned to continue using OICQ finally decide to give up this idea.

And in the end ~ the result of OICQ's early commercial operation is.
OICQ's paying users, so far, are even less than 1.

This made the operator of OICQ a little anxious for a moment.

In fact, after arriving here, it can be seen that the companies currently operating OICQ really don't know much about the Internet industry, let alone OICQ, the product they operate.

In 2000, the Internet in China was really just getting started.

At the end of June last year, a survey report by the National Computer Internet Network Information Center showed that the number of Internet users in China was around 400 million.

However, the figures given by IDC, another consulting agency, are different. The result of their investigation is that the number of Internet users in China at the end of 1999 was 240 million.

Of course~ These survey data are not comprehensive in Chen Li's opinion, but one thing must be admitted, that is, before 2000, the number of netizens in China was actually not many.

Even if the figures in these survey and statistical reports are doubled or even several times, based on the number of domestic Internet users of 1000 million, how big is the number of registered users of OICQ?

As a user of OICQ in the previous life~ Chen Li is actually very aware of the tricks.

Not to mention anything else~ When Chen Li first started in his previous life, every time he went to an Internet cafe, he would re-register an OICQ account.

I can't help it~ mainly because I can't remember the account number and password I registered before~ so I have to re-register every time I go to an Internet cafe.

The QQ number that Chen Li registered in the early days~he couldn't remember exactly how many digits it was, anyway, it was either five or six digits, but that was the earliest time.

If you really want to count, there must be at least a dozen QQ numbers registered by Chen Li alone.

As for Chen Li's situation~ in the early days, it was not a minority, even the vast majority of people almost did it.

Later, when everyone gradually got used to using fixed QQ numbers, the situation improved, but even so~ it was very common for a person to have multiple QQ numbers at that time.

This means that the number of registered users of OICQ has shrunk by at least ten times, and may even be more than that.

A large number of OICQ numbers ~ may only log in once after being registered, and then never log in again.

So ~ at this early stage, it is meaningless to simply look at the number of registered users.

Even the number of concurrent users who are currently the most representative of the actual situation actually has a certain amount of moisture.

There are many people who talk about OICQ these days, and open two or even more OICQ numbers at the same time.

So~ Don't look at the number of simultaneous online users of OICQ breaking through 6, but in fact, it's hard to say whether half of the number of users who are actually online behind the scenes.

Of course ~ even with these factors, the development of OICQ is still very rapid.

It's just that the other party is too anxious to make money from OICQ.

And the secret behind this anxiety~ Chen Li also learned the truth from Lao Zhang.

"However~ the reason is actually more than that!"

"He can't help it either!"

"I heard that the boss lost a lot of money on Australia Island last year."

"Then the money went to the company's account, and it turned out that before the Spring Festival~ the proprietress checked the account and found it out."

"The boss started his business with the financial resources of his in-laws."

"Now that something has happened, our boss and his wife are getting divorced!"

"Investing in the Internet is a decision made by our boss, so he can't wait to see whether OICQ can become the hen that lays eggs."

"The result. It became what it is now."

"Hey~ Brother Aotian, if you are really interested in OICQ, this should be a good opportunity."

Lao Zhang raised his neck and downed the white wine in the glass in one gulp.

It can be seen that he is somewhat disappointed with the current fate of OICQ.

But this is also normal. After all, OICQ was created by him alone, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is his own child.

Now that OICQ has become what it is now, it is absolutely nonsense to say that Lao Zhang is not heartbroken.

As for Brother Aotian that Lao Zhang said, of course it is Chen Li.

When he was in contact with Xiao Ma and the others, the OICQ nickname he used was Long Aotian.

Of course~ Now this nickname has actually been changed by him, and replaced with a name that is closer to Liu Qingqing's nickname.

It's just that Lao Zhang is still more accustomed to calling him by Chen Li's previous online name, which makes Chen Li somewhat embarrassed.

But this bit of embarrassment is basically nothing to Chen Li today.

Compared with embarrassment, Chen Li naturally values ​​OICQ more.

Chen Li picked up the wine bottle, poured Lao Zhang another glass, looked at him and said:

"Hmm~ I'm really interested in OICQ."

"As you all know, I am one of the earliest users of OICQ."

"It is somewhat surprising that OICQ has come to this point."

When talking about this, Chen Li and Lao Zhang looked at Brother Xiao Ma next to him at the same time.

And Pony Ma, who was used to killing all directions at the wine table, smiled awkwardly in the eyes of the two, then took the wine bottle that Chen Li had just put down, and filled it up.
"It's all my fault!"

"I punish myself three cups!"

Brother Xiao Ma drank three glasses of white wine here, and Chen Li withdrew his eyes from the other party, and turned to look at Lao Zhang.

"I can buy OICQ, but I have one condition."

"I hope"

"You stay!"

(End of this chapter)