"When I was the poorest, I only had 11 yuan in my pocket, and I became a courier in desperation. ”
Lao Qin said that in the past 8 years as a courier, he has gone from having nothing to being a bright flower, and only he knows the hardships along the way. To this day, the express delivery industry in Lao Qin's eyes is still full of infinite possibilities.
"The reduction of the dispatch fee now seems irreversible, but if the express delivery industry can achieve a big reshuffle one day, it will be a different situation, whether you can wait, whether you can afford to wait, it depends on you. ”
What is the story of Lao Qin, who has been a courier for 8 years?How does Fenghuo help him?Let's take a look~
The business failed and owed 400,000 foreign debts
Fight against the odds to be a courier
Lao Qin started his business in 2008 and tried psychological counseling and clothing wholesale. In 2013, he began to have problems with his entrepreneurial capital, and in 2014 he was completely unable to turn around. In 2015, Lao Qin's 7-year booming business ended in failure, even if he sold his house and car, he still owed 400,000 yuan to the bank, and he only had 11 yuan left in his pocket when he was the poorest.
For Lao Qin at that time, dry express delivery was a battle against the water. "Because the job of a courier does not require any investment, and you can earn money by working hard. ”
At first, the courier boss didn't believe Lao Qin, a person who was used to sitting in the office, but in the end, he was moved by his sincerity, and the courier boss promised to help Lao Qin pay for the courier's pre-tool purchase and accepted Lao Qin.
According to Lao Qin's recollections, being a courier back then was still an era when you could make money as long as you were willing to work hard. "When I first entered the industry, the national distribution fee was basically one piece, and the three-way one-reach distribution fee was about one piece and two, and I did earn money in those years. ”
In the first 3 years as a courier, he paid off his bank debts, survived the trough period, and started a new life in Zhengzhou. Therefore, Lao Qin has a special affection for express delivery, and he feels that it is the ladder to save him from the predicament.
The courier is in a dilemma
The old courier struggled to support and waited for the turnaround
In the 8 years since Lao Qin entered the industry, the express delivery industry has changed constantly. Nowadays, the dispatch fee of front-line couriers has been pressed to a critical point, and the turnover of couriers is very large. Lao Qin told Xiao Spark that most of the couriers around him who have persisted the longest in the industry are 28-38 years old. They also have common characteristics: "Male, old and young, with a monthly income of 6,000-7,000 yuan, no matter how much they are bullied, they will not go easily." ”
And the more intuitive impact is - income changes!
"The workload has increased by 300%, and the income is about the same as before, before sending 200 pieces, you can earn 200 yuan, and now you can send 400-500 pieces a day to earn 200 yuan, which is so miserable. ”
How to ensure income is a problem that everyone must face. Almost everyone who persevered was compressing their rest time to ensure their income level.
"In the past, I might get off work at 11 o'clock in the morning, but now I often get off work at 12 or 1 o'clock, and I used to earn 180 yuan by sending 300 pieces in the morning, but now I have to send 500 pieces to earn 200 yuan. ”
In addition to compressing time, receiving mail is also a major focus for balancing income. "The company gives you an area, in this area are you, you have the ability, you will develop more customers, receive more, express income will be guaranteed, you can earn more. ”
According to Lao Qin, his colleagues in the same outlets have more than 10,000 tickets a month, and the daily delivery volume has reached 800 votes, and under the high-intensity workload, the monthly salary can also get 18,000-20,000 yuan. ”
Now Lao Qin is also working his work, with about 15,000 votes delivered a month and more than 3,000 votes received. After calculation, the monthly income can reach tens of thousands of yuan. In addition, Lao Qin also partnered with a friend to build a post station, so in terms of the cost of express mail to the post station, Lao Qin can save 2000-3000 yuan compared with ordinary couriers. So in his eyes, although the express delivery industry is difficult, it is still worth looking forward to.
"I am actually full of confidence in the prospects of the express delivery industry, and according to my observation, the express delivery industry in 2024 should still be more difficult. But after surviving, as long as China Express ushers in a reshuffle, it will be a different pattern. ”
Lao Qin said that after several years of ups and downs, the express delivery industry has accepted the most depressed self and witnessed his rebirth and growth. He is willing to give the industry a chance, so he is willing to wait for a turnaround.
Intelligent development of the express delivery industry
Fenghuo helps couriers upgrade their digital intelligence
Nowadays, the emergence of new technologies has created more possibilities for the express delivery industry, and it is inevitable to cause panic to front-line couriers. The emergence of some new technologies for unmanned vehicle delivery will inevitably affect the front-line staff of express delivery who cannot keep up with the development of intelligence. But Lao Qin didn't feel any sense of threat, but felt that the courier should use technology to increase his advantage.
"Now the mobile phone is much more convenient to operate, the previous delay is easy to have a contradictory situation no longer exists, now the technology upgrade, such as the emergence of intelligent products such as Fenghuo, so that everyone's work efficiency has improved a lot. ”
Lao Qin believes that from the perspective of the front line, intelligent products cannot completely replace labor. "It is true that unmanned vehicles will not strike, and the workload is more than that of couriers, but it can only do the docking of outlets to post stations, and cannot directly deliver goods to customers like couriers. Therefore, it is a very necessary means for couriers to make good use of intelligence to improve their competitiveness.
Lao Qin has been delivering it with wind and fire for 3 years. At the beginning, the outlets had policies and discounts, and now they are willing to use them. "Fenghuo is a very practical platform, and my current customers, two post stations, including two long-term Taobao customers, are using it. ”
Fenghuo can provide a variety of order modes, acquiring codes, sharing links, or forming partnerships to help couriers work more easily and quickly in a certain part of Chengdu. "Especially for some customers with large orders, it is very convenient to use Fenghuo to place orders in batches. ”
However, Lao Qin's favorite is the supplementary express delivery delivered by Fenghuo. "My customers are reluctant to use other after using the Fenghuo Express supplemental express, mainly because the Wind and Fire Express provides the possibility of a variety of express delivery options, whether it is large, business, timeliness, etc., the supplementary express can meet the sending needs of different groups of people. Lao Qin said that Fenghuo delivery is almost the secret weapon of the old courier to make money, and most people don't tell him.
The times create heroes, and couriers can also create their own legends in the ever-changing express delivery industry. Like Lao Qin, it was in the express delivery that he found the courage to start from scratch. Approaching the end of the year, express delivery companies began to announce that the New Year would not close. If nothing else, Lao Qin is still sticking to his post this year, and this is his third year on duty for the New Year.
"The good news is that no matter how much we collect in the past few days of the Chinese New Year, we can get a salary of 500 a day. ”