支付宝经常“发红包”背后,资本布局才是重中之重
这几个月关注支付宝的朋友,红包肯定是领的不亦乐乎。每天一个到店减免几元、甚至几十元,一个月算下来居然能够节省一百多元。
相较于微信的优惠,支付宝可谓下了血本。一个人接近一百元的优惠,掰掰手指算一下全国几亿的用户,叠加起来就已经超过好几百亿。那你有想过,支付宝为何要这么做吗?
核心围绕的一个观点,就是支付宝需要大量的用户流量做基石。支付宝定位为金融产品,这意味着其要有庞大资金来运营。我们经常使用的余额宝,其实间接就是给支付宝存储资金。资金能够大量存蓄,利息和投资渠道就变得多样化。

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为了能够吸引用户黏度,支付宝就可以通过红包这个渠道变现。当然,支付宝也并不傻。当你领红包次数越多,最后会发现金额越来越少,甚至趋近于0.01元。
就比如这次红包,没有开通花呗的人领钱最多。但是一旦开通后,金额也逐渐减少。更重要的是一点,平常有些不用甚至不知道花呗的人,在这次使用后就知道了支付宝还有这项功能的存在。
或许在某一天缺钱后,这一部分人群就会开始主动使用支付宝花呗。而这就是支付宝希望能够做到的,带动用户沉淀到这个软件中。

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一笔本来你是用微信做为中介的支付,就这样悄无声息转移到了支付宝中。随着用户数量增多,这笔钱数量也会增多。当然由于央行此前发布的撤销“客户备付金账户”,目前支付宝已经没有利息收入。
但这并不意味着支付宝对于用户资金的吸收就会停止,因为其还可以提供更多的金融投资产品,供大众选择,并从中赚取费用。只要有用户使用支付宝,就能够有多种方式进行盈利,赚取费用。
还有值得关注的一点,支付宝同样也是依靠广告来赚取费用。他只是将广告中的一部分费用,用来回馈给消费者。而消费者和商家,也是乐此不疲的为其做了一个免费广告。

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总得来说,支付宝还是一个很不错的产品。最起码给了我们这些大众一些“捋羊毛”的机会,能够从中得到回馈。或许其别有目的,但从市场整体来看,已经算是一个良心产品。正如老话说的“知足才能常乐”,我们只是一个普通的用户罢了。
至于微信为何不像支付宝一样用相同策略,主要是其定位为社交产品。在金融领域上的布局,也没有支付宝如此快捷。从需要收取转账服务费上,就已经可以看出双方的差距。
但支付宝没有办法依托社交聊天来实现用户吸引,这应该算是他现在最大的短板。或许你可以更换一个支付产品,但是你很难更换一个聊天产品。这也是支付宝近几年一直寻求多样化的原因,至少要实现“无可替代”,方才能在激流中生存下来。
对于“支付宝发红包”行为,你们怎么看?欢迎在下方留言。
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