Trading is booming
"Come on, everyone, let's all register."
"Here's the admin panel. You can list the items you want to sell and set the prices."
"Exactly."
Operating on 5173 was relatively simple. Everyone had spent quite some time playing games, so while they weren't computer experts, they had a basic understanding of computer operations. In no time, the workshop members had registered accounts and listed their equipment, gold, skill books, and more for sale.
"Yu Ge, is this all we need to do?"
"Yes, that's it."
"What do we do if someone buys our stuff?"
"If someone buys, we'll meet them in the game and trade the equipment."
To help everyone get familiar with the process, Chen Yu took out his USB security key and demonstrated the steps in front of everyone.
"For example, if I buy equipment worth 100 yuan, I'll transfer the money from my bank card to the website."
"See, there's a prompt on the website, it says the seller has made the payment."
"But, Yu Ge, I haven't received the money in my account."
"That's normal. This payment is made to the website as a guarantee. The website is acting as an intermediary because the buyer is worried that you might not deliver the equipment after they pay."
"Right, so when will I receive the money?"
"It's simple. After we complete the equipment trade in the game, the buyer will confirm they've received the equipment. Then, they'll confirm the payment. Look, I've just confirmed the payment, and the money is in your account now."
The process wasn't complicated. It involved transferring money to the website as a guarantee and then confirming the trade from both sides.
"Brother Pang, this website is amazing. With this website, buyers won't be afraid of us scamming them."
"Yes, not only are buyers not afraid of being scammed, but we're also not afraid of them scamming us. If they want to buy our equipment, they have to transfer the money to the website first. If they haven't done that, no matter what they say, we won't trade with them."
The excitement was palpable among the group.
Wang Pangzi was in a good mood and said, "Since that's the case, everyone, go online quickly, advertise it, and let everyone know they can buy our equipment on this website."
With 100 million game coins in the warehouse and dozens of pieces of equipment, they couldn't just leave them there. It would be a waste.
"Alright."
Chen Li nodded, and the members of the workshop logged into their accounts, occasionally posting advertisements on the game's public channel.
"Breaking news, all the equipment from Tianxia Merchant Guild is now listed for sale on 5173.com. If you need anything, please log in to 5173."
"Game gold is on sale, 1 million game coins for only 399 yuan, please log in to 5173."
"Judgment is only 2,000 yuan, a super cheap deal, 5173.com."
Before they knew it, the advertisements had just been posted when they heard a notification sound from the website: "You have a new order."
"Oh my, Yu Ge, Yu Ge, someone bought my Judgment!"
"Wow, that was fast! Who bought it?"
"It seems to be an unknown player."
"I thought it would be a big guild's tycoon, but it turns out there are quite a few small tycoons hidden in Legend."
"What if it's fake?"
"The money has already been transferred to the website."
"Then, hurry up and trade with them."
Having the website as a guarantee provided security.
Chen Li had only advertised in the game for about ten minutes when a solo player initiated a trade.
"Hehe, not bad, not bad. Actually, I wanted to buy your Judgment a long time ago."
"Why didn't you buy it earlier then?"
"Who knows if you guys are scammers? What if I send you the money, and you don't give me the equipment?"
"We're an established workshop with a reputation for trustworthiness."
"Being established doesn't guarantee anything. Over the internet, who can tell if you're real or ghosts, or if the website provides any protection? Wait a moment; I'll confirm the payment on the website."
The solo player who had received the equipment logged into the website, clicked the confirmation button, and 2000 yuan was transferred to the workshop's account.
"Hahaha, the money is here!"
"Huh, why is it 1800 yuan instead of 2000?"
"Didn't you see on the website? They charge a 10% service fee."
"Oh, that's a bit steep, taking 200 yuan at once."
"It's not too bad; the website has its own costs. Besides, with this website, it'll be easier for us to sell our equipment. Without it, look, your Judgment has been sitting at home for a week."
"It's been a week, indeed. A week ago, Judgments were selling for 3000 yuan each. If we had this website a week ago, couldn't we have sold them for 3000 yuan?"
"That makes sense."
While some were hesitant about the website's service fee, they realized it was still a good deal when they thought about it carefully.
"Sigh, feeling a bit tired. I'm heading back."
"Sure, Yu Ge, go back and rest. We'll continue hunting monsters for a while."
Chen Yu had been going strong until midnight but was starting to feel exhausted. He decided to head home.
"It looks like we'll need to promote it some more in the coming days."
As he walked back home, Chen Yu contemplated.
The launch of 5173 earlier had been successful in selling a Judgment, but in the two hours that followed, only two more transactions had taken place. Although it was a good start, Chen Yu felt they needed to establish 5173's reputation further.
But things couldn't be rushed. Today was a good start, and he'd continue tomorrow.
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"Chen Yu, do you want to go to Garden Bay tomorrow, it's Saturday?"
"No, thanks."
"Why not?"
"Miss, as I mentioned, I'm broke. I need to go home and wash some river snails."
"But Garden Bay is right near the school, and it doesn't cost much."
"Well, you guys go and have fun. I really need to wash some river snails. Goodbye."
Of course, the excuse of washing river snails was a lie. Chen Yu didn't have the mood to play right now. On Saturday night, 5173 was officially launched, and he needed to promote it during the weekend.
Waving to Lu Xue, Chen Yu hurried back home.
Logging into the super admin account, Chen Yu checked the transaction data from last night until now.
To his surprise, when he checked, he was left in awe.
"A thousand registered users and 300 transactions."
Chen Yu blinked, thinking he must be seeing things.
What was going on?
Wasn't the website just launched yesterday? How could there be so many transactions already?
"Jian Ge, Jian Ge, what's going on?"
"What's going on, Chen Yu? What do you want to know?"
"Well, I was wondering if our workshop sold a lot of equipment today."
"Yeah, we did. We completed about 50 transactions."
"Then who completed the other 250 transactions?"
"Not sure?"
Of course, Zhang Jianming didn't understand. He couldn't access 5173's data. But although Zhang Jianming didn't understand, he had a hunch.
"Hey, Chen Yu, did you create 5173.com?"
"How did you know?"
"Well, I know you. You mentioned it before that you wanted to create a website, and you've actually done it."
"Yeah, it cost quite a bit. By the way, in a while, don't work on the workshop anymore, help me with something."
"Sure."
Zhang Jianming didn't hesitate and nodded.
"I haven't even told you what it is, and you're already agreeing?"
"Well, you can't trick me, can you?"
"Okay, seriously, I just checked the data. My website has completed 300 transactions, while the workshop has only done 50. Do you know who completed the rest?"
"It should be orders from other workshops."
"How do you know? Did you ask them?"
"I didn't ask. But they asked us."
"What happened? Explain."
In detail, Zhang Jianming explained to Chen Yu via QQ.
As it turned out, after the workshop sold a Judgment last night, other gold farming workshops contacted Zhang Jianming. They were all in the same industry, so they knew each other's situations inside out. Many workshops had equipment that they couldn't sell, just like Tianxia Merchant Guild. When they saw that Tianxia Merchant Guild had listed its equipment on 5173.com, and after inquiring about the website's operation mechanism, they didn't hesitate and registered accounts to list their equipment as well.
"So that's how it is."
Chen Yu nodded.
It seemed like his decision to create 5173.com from the beginning was the right one.
Demand led to transactions.
5173.com didn't wait for Chen Yu to promote it; these workshops started promoting it themselves because they wanted to sell their equipment.