A year ago, two senior students from Chongqing University went online to open an online store and retail clothing on Taobao. A year has passed and the business is getting bigger and bigger. The two not only opened two clothing stores in Sha District Pedestrian Street, but their online business is also booming. At present, a net profit of more than 100,000 yuan has been obtained.
Initial monthly income of 3,000 yuan
"We are fashion people, and we want to be fashion leaders!" This is the slogan of a clothing wholesale store on the 13th floor of Wangfujing Department Store in Shapingba Pedestrian Street. Zhang Pengxiang, a 24-year-old college student, is the owner of this clothing store. The reporter saw in the clothing store yesterday that in addition to a dazzling array of clothes and decorations, three computers were placed in the corner of the clothing store. The computer screens kept flashing, indicating that online business was ongoing.
Zhang Pengxiang and Song Meiqiu are classmates at the Art College of Chongqing University. Zhang Pengxiang is from Zhengzhou, Henan, and Song Meiqiu is from Jining, Shandong. In January last year, the two teamed up to open a Taobao store. They first sold game currency and then started to retail clothing. Their sales target was young fashion people, especially college students. "While taking classes and opening a store, I could earn 3,000 yuan a month in the first month." Zhang Pengxiang said that the model they adopted at that time was to purchase goods from some coastal cities, place orders online, and then send the goods via express delivery from Chongqing.
Give up your job and invest 50,000
In July last year, the two successfully obtained their diplomas from Chongqing University. At that time, they had established a "Fashion Leader" studio online, and the focus of clothing sales shifted from retail to wholesale.
"My parents have contacted a big bank for me, with a monthly salary of more than 4,000 yuan." Zhang Pengxiang is from Zhengzhou, Henan. In order to continue to operate his own online store and open up the local clothing wholesale market in Chongqing, he decided to give up this attractive job and continue to work in Work hard in Chongqing. In order to expand the scale, Zhang Pengxiang spent 2,000 yuan a month in August last year to rent two private rooms on the 13th floor of Wangfujing Department Store in Shapingba Pedestrian Street to display clothing and contact wholesale business. "Including computer configuration, purchase fees and advertising fees, the total investment is about 50,000 yuan." Zhang Pengxiang's girlfriend Feng Shuangmei is a college student at the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts and a salesperson of the clothing store. She said that currently, there are Local merchants from Chongqing come to the store to view the goods, plus the online store, Zhang Pengxiang's total monthly income from the store is about 8,000 yuan.
A student entrepreneurship alliance will be established
In February this year, Zhang Pengxiang registered his own website. In addition to continuing to open a Taobao store for retail, the two also wholesaled products on their own website. Zhang Pengxiang's goal this year is to establish a "College Student Entrepreneurship Alliance". He plans to establish an entrepreneurial team of 100 people in Chongqing universities.
"By joining the Entrepreneurship Alliance, college students can open a Taobao store without investing. I will provide the goods, and the price difference earned by the store owner from selling the goods will be his profit." Zhang Pengxiang said that there are currently students from Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing Normal University and other universities. Join the alliance.