rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 545 I hope you stay

The current Internet circle is still stuck in the stage based on the number of visits.

A website~if it has a high number of visits~then the website's valuation 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 emphasis is not that high.

It’s not that registered users are unimportant~ but the Internet market at this stage is not yet mature, and the vast majority of Internet companies have not found a way to make profits at all.

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

For example, the top portals in China can even reach tens of millions of visitors per day. In a few years, this number will even exceed 100 million or more.

But by that time, the number of simple visits will no longer mean much and can only be used as a criterion for the website itself.

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

Because at that time, Internet companies already had ways to monetize registered users and traffic, and pure visits were no longer the data that major Internet companies deliberately pursued.

It's just that at this moment, most Internet companies are still in the stage of crossing the river by feeling the stones. How to make profits? This is what Internet companies value most.

In order to sell Tengxun at a good price, the two of them boasted fiercely to others.

At this moment, Xiao Ma looked embarrassed. In the end, he had to apologize and toast Lao Zhang with a glass of wine.

"You also know that I am one of the earliest users of OICQ."

After 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.

"But~ the reason is actually more than this!"

As a result, only half a year later, the other company actually had the idea of ​​re-transferring OICQ. Chen Li didn’t know what the other party’s previous acquisition of OICQ was for.

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

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

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

Even the current number of people online at the same time that best represents the actual situation actually has a certain degree of water content.

"Well~ I am indeed very interested in OICQ."

Even~ if they were smarter, they would directly provide value-added services like the previous Shitenxun did, instead of directly charging all users forcefully.

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

Among them, some chose ICQ, and some chose MSN launched by Microsoft.

He really didn't expect that the current operating company of OICQ would be so stupid.

It's just that they think of the Internet too simply. During a period when user stickiness is not enough to guide users to consume, they rush to commercialize operations. Even those Internet companies twenty years later would not dare to do this.

After all, if you use pure numbers to calculate, if 50,000 people earn 10 yuan a month, then the monthly income will be 500,000, and the annual income will be 6 million.

"I heard that the boss lost a lot of money on the Australian island last year."

At the end of June last year, a survey report from the National Computer Network Information Center showed that the number of domestic Internet users was approximately 4 million.

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

“When this boss started his business, he relied on his husband’s family’s financial resources.”

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

It’s not that I don’t want to open it~ it’s that I really have no money!

But now the operating company of OICQ is obviously a little too anxious.

It makes sense~ If the operating company of OICQ were smarter and more patient, and ensured the rapid development of OICQ, and waited until the user viscosity increased greatly after one year before commercialization, then the situation they would face would be much better.

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

This made the operators of OICQ a little anxious.

As a result, perhaps during the Spring Festival, the operator of OICQ found that the number of online users of the software had reached a new high, so OICQ shamelessly announced that OICQ would enter commercial operation in advance.

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

"It seems somewhat surprising that OICQ has reached this point."

If you don't pay, you can no longer use OICQ, a chat software.

"He believes that OICQ at this time is already a mature product, so it is time for OICQ to be commercialized."

There are many netizens who chose to go back because of OICQ's charges. For a while, Chen Li saw a lot of people criticizing OICQ's operating company in the chat room every day.

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

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 domestic Internet users was actually not many.

But the operators of OICQ are doing just that now, and they even shamelessly commercialize it in advance.

Lose some users and replenish some users, one in and one out, as long as the level of 50,000 people can be maintained. The operator of OICQ feels that there is a lot of profit.

However, the answer to this question was revealed after Chen Li and Lao Zhang came into contact.

This means that the current number of registered users of OICQ will shrink by at least ten times, or even more.

Indeed, this matter has nothing to do with Brother Ma. To be precise, this matter was even done by two people, Brother Ma and Lao Zeng.

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

"To put it bluntly, the reason why the boss jumped into the Internet circle to throw money is because he heard that the Internet is very profitable now."

"Speaking of which, it's all your fault, Pony, and Lao Zeng. If you hadn't kept bragging to others in order to sell OICQ at a good price, people wouldn't have believed your nonsense."

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

Lao Zhang, one of the five former Fujitsu generals and currently the technical director of OICQ, sighed, picked up his wine glass and took a big sip before continuing:

"He was in industry before~!"

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

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

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

However, this slight embarrassment is basically nothing to Chen Li today.

"It happened to be during the Spring Festival~ The number of people online at OICQ exceeded the 6,050 mark, and the boss couldn't sit still for a moment."

"I punish myself with three drinks!"

It can be seen that he is somewhat disappointed with OICQ's current fate.

So ~ on the first day of the Lunar New Year, OICQ directly started the charging mode. They will charge each user ten yuan per month.

Chen Li naturally values ​​OICQ more than embarrassment.

In this way, not only can the general user group continue to use OICQ for free, but also those paying users can feel that the money is well spent.

"But people don't think so!"

"So this fucking commercial operation has been advanced!"

In 2000, the domestic Internet was really just getting started.

Originally, the commercial operation of OICQ was planned to start on March 1st.

And for the industrial boss, OICQ’s millions of registered users sounds really interesting.

"He can't help it!"

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

So~ despite the fact that the number of people online at the same time on OICQ exceeded 65,000 before, it is hard to say whether the number of users who are actually online behind the scenes can be even half.

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 because they are unwilling to pay.

In fact, at this point, it can be seen that the companies currently operating OICQ really don’t understand the Internet industry very well, let alone the product they operate, OICQ.

"But~ I understand everything!"

"Then the money went out of the company's account, but before the Spring Festival, the boss lady checked the accounts and found out."

When he said this, Lao Zhang glared at Brother Ma, who had just flown over from Yanjing today.

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

"Especially our domestic Internet industry is still in the development stage, and many aspects, including operations and profit models, are actually still in the exploratory stage."

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

"As a result, it became what it is now."

The peaches are not yet ripe yet, so the other party wants to pick them and eat them, which is naturally not a good idea.

As a user of OICQ in his previous life, Chen Li is actually very aware of the fishiness involved.

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

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

In fact, the companies that acquired OICQ have already found ways to make profits, but they just think about things a little too simply.

Even if the figures in these survey and statistical reports are doubled or even multiple times, based on the 10 million domestic Internet users, how big is the number of registered users of OICQ?

As for the Aotian brother mentioned by Lao Zhang, of course he is Chen Li.

"Given the current Internet environment, if commercialization was so easy, almost all Internet companies would not be losing money now."

There's no way~ Mainly because I can't remember the account and password I registered before~ So I have to register again every time I go to an Internet cafe.

Especially for QQ members, after all, the QQ level increased very quickly after becoming a member. During a certain period of time when the QQ level was still very important to everyone ~ that was a very enviable thing.

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

Of course, the largest number of users chose chat rooms that were more familiar to them before.

Many people may feel uncomfortable using ICQ and MSN after getting used to OICQ, so they might as well go back to chat rooms!

Pony Ma, who was used to killing everyone at the wine table, smiled awkwardly in the eyes of the two people, then took the wine bottle that Chen Li had just put down, and filled it up.

"Oh, it's all my fault!"

A large number of OICQ accounts may only be logged in once after being registered, and then never logged in again.

It's just a commercial operation, and now it even plans to commercialize it in advance. This scene is simply too ugly.

"This is our boss~ Hey!"

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

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

"People are here to make money, but now you tell them that the boss not only can't make money, but also has to invest money in it, the boss will definitely not be happy!"

And Chen Li's situation was not a minority in the early days, and even the vast majority of people had done this.

These days, there are many people talking about OICQ and opening two or even multiple OICQ accounts at the same time.

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

This thing was later called user stickiness. Of course, not many people know this now, and the operators of OICQ don’t even understand it.

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

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

"But our boss has a different view!"

However, another consulting firm, IDC, gave a different number. The result of their survey was that the number of domestic Internet users at the end of 1999 was 2.4 million.

"In our opinion, now is not the best time for commercialization."

Of course, this does not mean that the two are not important at different times, but the degree of importance is different.

And in the end ~ the result of OICQ's early commercial operation is.

The number of paying users of OICQ is less than 10,000 so far.

The reason is also very simple. Even though OICQ essentially plagiarized ICQ, when it comes to user experience, neither ICQ nor MSN is actually as good as OICQ.

In addition, the 50,000 online users during the Spring Festival stimulated the boss, so the current situation of OICQ came into being.

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

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

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

When saying this, Chen Li and Lao Zhang looked at Brother Ma next to them at the same time.

For example~Chen Li often visited the Bihaiyinsha chat room before.

However, Lao Zhang is still more accustomed to calling Chen Li by his previous online name, which makes Chen Li somewhat embarrassed.

Yes~ In his previous life, Chen Li was quite envious of those users who were willing to spend money to open QQ membership and various diamonds.

If we really wanted to count them all, there must be at least a dozen QQ numbers registered by Chen Li alone.

After Xiao Ma Ge drank three tons of white wine, Chen Li withdrew his gaze from the other person and turned to look at Lao Zhang.

"I can acquire OICQ, but I have a condition."

"I hope"

"You stay!"

(End of chapter)