Does the price increase of Yiwu Express drive up the whole country？ A number of express outlets said that they did not receive the price increase notice.
A few days ago, the news of Yiwu express collective price increase spread like wildfire, which caused many netizens to worry that "double 11" would not have the preferential strength in previous years because of the express price increase.
Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from the outlets of several express delivery companies in Beijing on October 18th that the price adjustment is still subject to the company’s notice, and no notice has been received so far, but this does not mean that the express delivery will not act during the "double 11" period.
Does the price increase of Yiwu Express drive up the whole country?
A number of express outlets said that they did not receive the price increase notice.
This week, Tmall, JD.COM and other e-commerce "double 11" will be launched one after another. Prior to this, consumers were not only concerned about which discount was more realistic, but also concerned about whether their express delivery could "arrive on time". Under this kind of concern, a news of "Yiwu express price increase" was pushed to the hot search.
The reporter of Beiqing Daily learned that since September, a number of express delivery companies including "Three Links and One Reach", Best and Extreme Rabbit have started the "price increase model" in Yiwu, Zhejiang. A seller in Yiwu, Pinduoduo, said that he received a price increase notice from a courier company, and each order increased by 20 cents. He shipped about 500 orders a day, and the cost of express delivery alone would cost 3,000 yuan a month.
This news makes many consumers quite nervous. As the "base camp" of small commodities in China and one of the regions with the largest domestic express delivery volume, Yiwu may be the beginning of the national express delivery price increase.
In this regard, a number of courier company outlets said that they have not received the notice of the company’s price increase for the time being, and the specific price is subject to the outlets. The reporter of Beiqing Daily consulted a number of express outlets of different brands in Beijing, and all said that they had not received the notice from the company asking for an increase in price.
Express delivery has set off a price war before.
The courier fee below the cost is now available in many places
The reporter of Beiqing Daily learned that at present, many express delivery companies in China negotiate with merchants for the express charges of e-commerce parts, while for personal express delivery, there is a certain and verifiable price system. Generally speaking, the tariff for personal express delivery will not change frequently in the short term.
Insiders said that the so-called price increase in the express delivery industry is actually a "floating" concept, that is, there are ups and downs. Some insiders have summarized the annual price adjustment law of express delivery companies: the first half of the year is off-season, and each family fights price wars and grabs the market; In the peak season of the second half of the year, the price increase of express delivery and making money together also made the financial report look good.
However, due to the impact of the epidemic, this year’s price war is particularly fierce, and the competition even reached a state below the cost price.
According to the data of the State Post Bureau, the difference between the growth rate of business volume and business income in the express delivery market in the first quarter of this year was as high as 29.1 percentage points. Although the difference was reduced to less than 20 percentage points when counting the data of the first half of this year, the average unit price of express delivery in the first half of this year was 9.8 yuan, and the data in the first quarter of this year was still 10.2 yuan. In the first quarter, the average price of express delivery in the same city and different places was 6.4 yuan and 6.1 yuan, which decreased by 9.2% and 22.9% respectively. According to the circular of the State Post Bureau, this is the first time that the average price of express delivery in the same city has exceeded that of express delivery in different places. The average price of the same city and different places is "upside down", and the intensity of the price war can be seen.
In June, the average unit price of express delivery in the same city, in different places and internationally increased by 0.11 yuan, 0.16 yuan and 1.9 yuan respectively, among which the unit price in different places rebounded obviously, increasing by 2.8% month-on-month, and the downward trend of the average unit price of express delivery was curbed.
The reporter of Beiqing Daily learned that this may be the intervention of the regulatory authorities in the price war below the cost and achieved results. In April this year, the 70th executive meeting of the Zhejiang Provincial Government deliberated and adopted the Regulations on the Promotion of Express Industry in Zhejiang Province (Draft). The draft clearly stated that courier operators should not provide courier services at a price lower than the cost. Previously, Best Express and Extreme Rabbit Express were punished by Yiwu Postal Administration of Zhejiang Province for dumping at a low price on April 9.
Although it has just died down in the near future, the price war has done great harm to express delivery, a franchise-oriented industry. Companies have to cut prices, so outlets have to cut costs and lower distribution fees, which ultimately affects the income of courier buddies.
In July this year, seven ministries and commissions, including the Ministry of Communications and the State Post Bureau, jointly issued the Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Safeguarding the Legal Rights and Interests of Courier Groups. Six express delivery companies unanimously announced that since September 1st, the delivery fee at the end of the whole network will increase by 0.1 yuan per ticket. It is predicted by the industry that if the courier delivers 200 pieces per day, it is expected to increase 500 yuan’s income every month. The analysis believes that the news of the price increase of express delivery before is related to the increase in express delivery fees.
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Netizen: The cost has gone up. Can the courier be delivered to your door?
For the price increase of express delivery in some areas, many consumers said that although the price increase will eventually be transmitted to consumers, if the express delivery service can be restored to the previous level (delivered to the door or put the express counter after calling in advance), it will be acceptable to increase it appropriately.
"I understand the courier brother’s hard work, but my house is a self-contained cabinet downstairs. He didn’t call me to let me put it inside, but he put the courier in the post office in the next community without telling me." Ms. Guo said. So she set the courier as "no post station", but the courier frequently changed people, and every time a new person changed, the courier would perform the aforementioned twists and turns.
Ms. Sun, who used to run the post station, also said that some users were dissatisfied because they were put in the post station without being told about the express mail. In order to avoid trouble, Ms. Sun had to walk to the users herself. It was supposed to be the courier’s job, but Ms. Sun did it.
The reporter of Beiqing Daily learned that in the notice of postal users’ complaints published by the State Post Bureau in August this year, the main problem in the complaint about delivery service was false receipt. Zhejiang Province has passed the Regulations on the Promotion of Express Delivery Industry in Zhejiang Province, which stipulates that if the express waybill indicates door-to-door delivery, the express delivery shall not be placed at the collection point; If the courier fails to deliver the goods as required, he may be fined up to 2000 yuan.
According to industry insiders, although consumers’ actual experience on the price increase of express delivery will not be too obvious, they already think that they will "pay the bill" for the increase of express delivery fees in psychological expectation, so the requirements for express delivery services will also increase, and major express delivery companies should be prepared to improve their terminal services.
Text/Reporter zhangxin Coordinator/Yu Meiying