巨亏40亿!拼多多反倒亏成第二大电商,但京东、天猫仍是大赢家
最近,拼多多逆袭上位反超京东,摘得“中国第二大电商”的桂冠,但账面上的数据却并不乐观。据拼多多公布的2018年财报显示,全年营收达到131.2亿元,同比增长高达652%,全年GMV总值为4716亿元,同比增长234%,活跃用户规模激增至4.18亿。
虽然交出了一份光鲜亮丽的成绩单,但却瑕不掩瑜,拼多多去年近40亿的巨大亏损,持续增加的亏损令外界无法理解。拼多多的创始人兼CEO黄峥,慷慨激昂的总结去年的成绩“2018年是拼多多强劲增长的一年,也是里程碑的一年。”
活跃用户、全年营收、市场份额一致飘红的盛况,难以掩盖拼多多的知名薄弱环节——盈利能力堪忧。在竞争进入白热化的国内电商市场,拼多多一路逆袭的蛮野生长,只用短短3年时间疯狂拓展自身的商业版图,以超过行业平均10倍的增长速度,跻身为中国第二大电商平台,大有和稳扎稳打的天猫、京东分庭抗礼的阵势。
凭借“社交电商+拼团购”的战略模式,拼多多在中国电商领域崭露头角,一度被外界评价为“电商黑马”,虽说开创出傲人的商业神话,但高达40亿的巨额亏损却足以将拼多多的成绩全盘否定。
而导致拼多多叫好不叫座,入不敷出的原因离不开高额的成本支出,其中包括市场营销、管理费用和运营成本等,研发费用11.161亿元、管理费用3.22亿元,各项成本的增长速度均超过拼多多的整体增速。一年巨亏40亿,拼多多非但没有倒闭,反倒是活生生的亏成了“中国第二大电商”,然而在表面光鲜亮丽的数据背后,却暗藏着诸多不足和短板,虽然营收、用户规模保持连年增长,但亏损却也在水涨船高。
外界对野蛮生长的拼多多的评价略显浮夸,至少目前的拼多多,还不够胜任“第二大电商”的名号。毕竟拼多多创立至今才短短3年时间,虽然已经取得了傲人的成绩,不过相较于天猫、京东而言,拼多多的电商产业链尚处于初步成型的阶段,在物流体系、用户服务、平台运营、渠道拓展、品牌形象等各方面仍有较大的待开发空间。
构建完善的电商平台体系,绝非一朝一夕之功,例如除了低价以外,拼多多在面对天猫淘宝、京东时,还具备哪些核心竞争力呢?如何在短时间内,树立优质的品牌形象和用户口碑,这些都需要长久的摸索和拓展,毕竟拼多多若想寻求盈利能力的实质增长,打破持续亏损的现状,必然需要寻求多元化发展,揭去“低价拼团”的固有模式和过于单一的市场定位,是拼多多寻求利润增长的而唯一途径。
受到自身战略模式的限制,拼多多的影响力和市场份额太过依托于三四线城市,主要用户群体平均消费力低于京东、天猫,低价拼团的模式,既是拼多多的优势同样也成为影响其利润无法增长的“绊脚石”。
综上所说,现阶段的拼多多和“中国第二大电商平台”仍有一定差距,尚且不足以对京东、天猫构成较大威胁,而如何尽早推进商业化变现、战略定位多元化,已然是拼多多目前迫切需要解决的难题。
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