Hello everyone! Da Nanzi (Xiao Han) and his boyfriend (Zhu Zai Tongzhi) send greetings to everyone~ (It's our first time leading this post, so please point out any mistakes for us to improve). Taobao is 8 years old, and we're very excited. We also hope that my partner Zhu Zai and I can happily enter our eighth year together!
Let me introduce myself first. I was born in 1986, part of the legendary pre-80s generation. My ancestral home is in Dalian, but I was born at the beautiful foot of Mount Lu (Jiujiang).
My relationship with Zhu Zai started from the beginning of our freshman year in college, and we've been through seven years together! Haha~ Believe it or not, I am someone who has remained devoted to one person (romantic, isn't it?).
In 2008, right after graduating from university, I struggled to find a job because my major (bioengineering) was too specialized, and my school wasn’t particularly prestigious. Labs with good facilities wouldn’t hire graduates from my program, and when I tried applying to pharmaceutical factories for entry-level positions, they thought my education level was too high (sweat~ just graduated from a science program, ironic, huh? Now I’ve become the legendary “high and mighty but unable to find a suitable job”... awkward). So, I ended up just getting by, during which time I took civil service exams and got a teaching qualification certificate, but for various reasons, none of those efforts came to fruition... Eventually, I had to bow to reality and found a front desk job.
After working for a while, I realized I really didn’t like being an employee for others. There were frequent overtime hours without extra pay, no pension or insurance benefits... Finally, I decided to open my own Taobao store. Since my mom has always run her own physical store selling bedding supplies and is familiar with this field, considering sourcing goods and other factors, I decided to specialize in four-piece sets.
My first contact with Taobao was on March 3, 2008. Gradually, I became addicted to shopping on Taobao, basically buying something every month online: daily necessities, cosmetics, snacks, small appliances, clothes and shoes bought from malls... I completely became a shopping addict! And since my mom does business, I understand the difficulties sellers face, so I never haggle over prices when buying things. I have maintained a perfect record of positive reviews even after reaching Yellow Diamond status (seems not so easy to achieve)! This time, deciding to open a Taobao store, I still needed help from Mom. I asked her to take out some of the money she had prepared for my wedding, and we went together to the factory for inspections. Considering it was our first attempt at running an online store with limited capital, we eventually chose one factory.
Later, in 2009, I started selling virtual items from games online. Most of the good reviews for the items sold were related to these virtual items. The official opening of the small shop should be traced back to March 2010, during which time I was busy listing products, taking photos of items, and following experienced sellers' advice to promote on forums. However, posts with overly obvious advertisements were quickly deleted, so I tried posting on websites like Ganji and Baixing. Finally, near the end of the month, I had my third buyer. One of the buyers even became a repeat customer. When I saw my first positive review, I was so excited that I couldn't stop jumping up and down!
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. Perhaps due to the wide variety of products and low credibility ratings, despite adopting strategies where I only sought credit without losing money, buyers still preferred spending more money at Crown stores to buy different items. From April onwards, my page views kept rising, but each day, there were only one or two buyers asking questions. Some would suddenly go offline and disappear, others wanted me to take photos and send enlarged versions to them, and even after taking pictures and showing detailed enlargements, I still couldn't retain buyers. From April until now, I've spent all day in front of the computer, but haven't managed to sell a single bedsheet~ Fortunately, I've received encouragement from many friendly sellers. On the forum, many selfless seller friends posted threads sharing their experiences, giving me invisible strength (give me strength, I am She-Man). After two days, I paid the consumer protection fee and exchanged experiences with older brothers and sisters on the forum~ I must stick to my final dream!
Even though I haven't succeeded yet, I still want to thank Zhu Zai for supporting me. Since graduation, he hasn't looked down on me for just getting by (haha, although I always say it's because this handsome guy doesn't look down on me, his homeboy).
Most importantly, I want to thank Taobao! Thank you, Taobao, for being such an Eden where my dreams can come true, giving me a platform to express my aspirations~ Because of you, there are dreams!
My beautiful hometown, Mount Lu, is a wonderful place with stunning scenery. Pig Zhu Zai has been accompanying me since my freshman year. If you have time, come visit Mount Lu~ Truly beautiful mountains and waters~ The hostess is very pretty too~ Haha, admire early, guide more often!
The guest has a level of support for you. In return, support me a bit as well!
Famous mountains and rivers produce beautiful people. Not bad, support!
Come support you. In return, support me a bit as well!
Thank you for the beautiful father's support~ Thank you!