Chapter 46: Stockpiling 10,000 Ultraman Hair Clips!
Jiang Tao first screenshotted the Ultraman hair clip that Liu Tianxian was wearing on her hair.
He then searched for the same style on Taobao.
The search results were somewhat unexpected to Jiang Tao.
There were less than 10 merchants selling this hair clip.
Moreover, the one with the highest sales volume had only sold 108 pieces.
The sales volume for the other shops ranged from a meager few to a dozen pieces.
Up to this point, the sales volume of this hair clip appeared to be very ordinary.
Looking at the hair clip images found on his mobile phone, Jiang Tao felt they weren’t very attractive either.
From his aesthetic perspective, they were very ordinary, extremely ordinary!
He guessed even his daughter, Jiang Xue, would dislike them if he bought them for her!
The reason this hair clip saw a surge in sales was likely related to Liu Tianxian.
After all, her haute couture outfit, a necklace worth millions, and bracelets worth tens of thousands are not easily attainable for ordinary people.
Only the Ultraman hair clip she wore in her hair was priced at a very affordable 19.8, making it extremely accessible.
Even students could afford to buy it outright without any pressure.
Jiang Tao analyzed that the reason for the Ultraman hair clip’s popularity had nothing to do with its design or quality.
It was purely because it was the same style as Liu Tianxian’s!
In marketing terms, this is known as the celebrity effect.
Fans, upon seeing their idol wear or use a certain piece of clothing or accessory, will also follow suit and purchase it.
With Liu Tianxian’s massive fan base of over 70 million.
It would be easy to drive up sales of a hair clip priced at only 19.8.
Previously, a small turtle toy also experienced a sales surge due to a diving champion.
The factory worked overtime for months, making a fortune.
Liu Tianxian’s influence and appeal are even greater than that of an Olympic champion.
It would be easy for her to make a hair clip go viral!
After analyzing the two pieces of intelligence, Jiang Tao had a preliminary plan in mind.
The most urgent task for tomorrow, of course, is to sell the lottery tickets at the lottery shop; this cannot wait.
Tomorrow is the last day for prize redemption; after that, they will be worthless scraps of paper.
As for what the lottery shop owner does with them is not Jiang Tao’s concern.
He can do whatever he wants.
Another thing is to stock up on Ultraman hair clips in advance!
Coincidentally, Jiang Tao’s sister, Jiang Bing, is involved in personal e-commerce.
One person, one computer, no need to stock inventory, and no need to ship it herself.
She purchases goods from Alibaba and sells them on Taobao, profiting from the price difference.
Of course, while it sounds simple, it does have certain thresholds and difficulties in practice.
According to Jiang Bing, her monthly promotion fees on Taobao are two to three thousand.
Plus, she paid two to three thousand a month for a model or something that provides trending search data.
Adding products to one’s own shop isn’t about randomly adding as many as possible.
It really tests a person’s judgment and sensitivity to Taobao products.
With good judgment, one can sell several products explosively in a month, leading to greater profits.
With poor judgment, the sales of added products are mediocre.
After a month of hard work, after deducting promotion fees and various expenses, not much money is earned in the end.
The most profitable month for Jiang Bing was over 60,000 yuan, because six products in her shop became bestsellers simultaneously.
Usually, it’s around 6,000 to 8,000 yuan.
After all, she has had her shop for four to five years, so she has a certain customer base.
Even if there are no bestsellers in a month, there’s a baseline income, so she doesn’t have to starve.
With a plan in mind, Jiang Tao then got into his quilt to sleep.
He slept until 7:30 in the morning.
As soon as Jiang Tao opened his eyes, the first thing he did was pick up his mobile phone to call his sister, Jiang Bing.
Ring ring, ring ring—
The phone rang for a while before it was answered, and Jiang Bing’s groggy, seemingly not fully awake voice came from the other end.
“What kind of a girl are you to be so lazy, it’s already this late and you’re still sleeping.”
“Hurry up, stop sleeping, and do something for your brother.”
“If you do this well, I’ll give you a big red envelope for Spring Festival!”
“Of course, it’s true, when has your second brother ever lied to you.”
“I’ll send you a picture, see how much it costs to buy this hair clip wholesale, and buy 10,000 pieces for me.”
“I’m not crazy, wake yourself up, this is urgent!”
“If you mess this up for me, I’ll arrange 10 blind dates for you when you get home!”
“The picture has been sent to your phone, quickly find the original manufacturer and try to get the lowest price.”
“Okay, I’m hanging up, waiting for your good news.”
Jiang Tao briefly instructed his younger sister on the phone and hung up.
He believed in leaving professional tasks to professional people.
His younger sister was in e-commerce, so she was much more professional at finding original manufacturers than he was.
Jiang Tao felt at ease entrusting the matter to her.
After finishing his call with his sister, Jiang Tao then got dressed and got out of bed.
After a simple wash-up, he went downstairs to “Lao Guo’s Shop” for breakfast.
A basket of steamed pork dumplings and a bowl of steaming wonton soup warmed him up instantly after eating.
While eating, Jiang Tao received a call from his sister.
She had already found the original manufacturer for the Ultraman hair clip.
The manufacturer was a small accessories company in Yiwu specializing in various hair clips.
The Ultraman hair clip was just one of their dozens of products.
For an order of 10,000 pieces at once, the lowest price they could offer was 6 yuan each.
And, as it happened, the factory had only a little over 10,000 Ultraman hair clips left in stock.
Jiang Tao made a decisive move and bought them all.
The wholesale price was 6 yuan, and the selling price was 19.8 yuan, making a profit of 13.8 yuan per piece sold!
Selling 10,000 pieces would result in a profit of 138,000 yuan!
Jiang Tao immediately transferred 60,000 yuan to Jiang Bing and urged her to have the merchant ship the goods immediately.
The shipping address was filled in directly as Jiang Bing’s address.
Jiang Bing didn’t know what had gotten into her second brother today, wanting to buy 10,000 pieces of women’s hair clips.
Moreover, she felt the hair clips weren’t very attractive, just ordinary.
She searched online, and the sales volume for these hair clips was also very ordinary.
However, her second brother insisted on buying them, threatening to sever their sibling relationship if she didn’t.
Unable to persuade him, Jiang Bing reluctantly paid the manufacturer as per his instructions.
And requested the merchant to ship the goods within today.
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Yiwu, Tong Le Accessories Processing Plant, Factory Director’s Office.
“Yes, yes, yes, please rest assured, we will ship them this morning!”
“There are a total of 10,0200-plus pieces, I’ll give you those 200 extra pieces as well, consider it a friendship gesture.”
“We still have many accessory styles, if you like any in the future, just say the word, and we will definitely give you the lowest price.”
“Pleasant cooperation, pleasant cooperation!”
“Okay! Goodbye! Bye bye!”
After hanging up the phone, Dan Teng’s plump face broke into a smile brighter than the sun.
With less than ten days left until the end of the year and the factory about to go on holiday.
Today, a large order worth 60,000 yuan suddenly came in.
Moreover, the style the client wanted to buy was one of the factory’s less popular hair clips.
This must be a sign from heaven to clear his inventory!
He checked his phone and confirmed the payment had arrived.
Dan Teng immediately contacted a logistics company he often cooperated with and personally went to the warehouse to arrange the shipment.
For Dan Teng’s factory, whose daily sales revenue was only five to six thousand.
A 60,000 yuan order was considered a large one.
