The Queen They Buried

Chapter 289

“Exactly. It’s basically a referral–based price–slashing model. If one invites enough people to help, one could even score the item for free. And new users get even bigger discounts.”

“But isn’t this approach too risky?” Birgitte voiced her concern. She thought, ‘An e–commerce platform thrives on building a mutually beneficial relationship between merchants and customers. To put it simply, we’re an intermediary platform. Our job is to balance both parties‘ interests and incentivize both sides to participate.

‘If merchants can’t make a profit, why would they ever join us? But if the platform has to burn through cash on subsidies, when we’re already positioning ourselves as high–quality yet affordable, where’s the profit margin in that?‘

Even Birgitte thought Aubree was being a bit naive. “Sure, this model might attract a wave of users,” she mused, “but what then?”

Birgitte didn’t hold back, voicing all her concerns.

Aubree smiled at her. “Of course, but don’t we control how much gets slashed and what discounts are given?”

“Go ahead, you explain,” Aubree said, turning her gaze to a programmer she’d brought from Bree Technology.

programmer Aubree had brought over from Bree Technology handled

development. Whether it’s group buying or group bargaining, our platform keeps costs low. Getting an item

referrals.”

sales for three dollars can bring us dozens of new users. Even if we give it away for free, we’re still the ones

Even if I give away all those products for free as an investment,

lit up as she

losses. As long as we have customers, even if we

head in admiration and exclaimed again, “Ms.

merchants might offer coupons and discounts, one couldn’t haggle over prices like one could in a

this approach creates a win–win–win scenario: platforms gain massive traffic,

Let’s make National Day holidays a real celebration for our

“Pour every last cent of our remaining startup

the project took off, it would definitely

already saturated online shopping market with lightning speed, sinking its teeth into the competition and seizing