Fast ticket issuance, light speed ticket grabbing, special line second grabbing …
This is the standard slogan for some ticket-buying software during the Spring Festival. However, before the start of the Spring Festival this year, these ticket-grabbing applications suddenly came to an end.
In order to prevent ticket robbing software from “disrupting” during the Spring Festival ticket purchase, 12306 has currently “blocked” these applications, blocked many ticket robbing ports at the system level, and introduced “official ticket robberies”. Features.
When the news came out, many netizens applauded. Said that no ticket-grabbing software was “raging” and ticket-buying users would once again stand on the same starting line. At the same time, everyone can also spend a lot of “unjust money” to avoid being “routine” by third-party ticket grabbing software.
However, according to the recent situation, even if 12306 increases the daily ticket sales capacity from 15 million to 20 million, some popular routes are still difficult to obtain.
Some users even said that after the official blocking of ticket-grabbing applications, the ox party seemed to be on the rise again, blatantly reselling train tickets.
What the hell is going on?
A new opportunity for oxen?
“This year’s business will be much better again.”
A Qun, who was engaged in sales in an old motor vehicle market in Chengzhong District, Liuzhou City, was once a professional ox. He told me to understand the notes. In the past, the Spring Festival was the busiest time for him, and of course, the most profitable time.
About four or five years ago, some OTA platforms started to launch ticket grabbing acceleration tools, and subsequently a number of travel applications also rushed to launch similar applications, and the market space of the cattle was gradually compressed. Initially, these tools can help users speed up ticket grabbing by simply forwarding help,After that, you need to buy an acceleration package to increase the ticket “success chance.”
“It was only in those two or three years that the cattle business began to deteriorate. My income in 2017 was only half of that in previous years, so I left this line.” A Qun said that with the rise of ticket-grabbing acceleration tools, cattle His business plummeted, and he soon fell into a situation of “more monks and less porridge”.
In his opinion, the scalper is the current ticket, and the acceleration tool is the refund ticket. Although the essence is not the same, they all rely on automated procedures to use a high-efficiency, low-latency dedicated line network and a dedicated server to redeem tickets. “In the early years, we rented three servers to capture tickets, and we could take hundreds of tickets for popular routes a day.”
However, most of the ticket grabbing acceleration tools are launched by well-known Internet companies, have a certain popularity and endorsement in the industry, and tickets will not be arbitrarily increased, so they are very popular with users. Even though these functions started to be charged successively, in the eyes of users, ticket-grabbing software is still the most effective way to crack down on the ox party.
A Qun said that the price of each train ticket of the cattle is usually 100 ~ 150 yuan, and the price of the ticket grabbing application (acceleration package) is more than 100 yuan. Some OTA ticket grabbing functions will also be purchased with accident insurance, membership The so-called value-added services such as fees, packages, etc. “Roughly calculate that the cost of grabbing a ticket through these applications has also reached one or two times the fare, which is not much cheaper than scalpers.”
However, users still favor those “love and hate” ticket grabbing tools, because these application platforms are relatively “regular” after all, “Some oxen accounted for a large number of tickets in the last two years, and no one bought them in the end. You can only refund your ticket in advance, causing business to plummet. “
In the past two years, the OTA platform ’s ticket grabbing acceleration tool has defeated the oxen, and it has gradually gained the upper hand. However, this year ’s downfall, the official suddenly blocked the ticket grabbing application in a large area. ?
A Qun said that because the method of scalping the tickets of the ox party is the same as that of ordinary users.It also uses the official client to purchase tickets. They use some gray production methods to store tickets, which will only be regarded by the official system as ordinary users’ ticket purchases. As the ticket-grabbing software was blocked, the oxen quickly offered new tricks and methods, and began to hoard tickets and make money.
Fancy ticketing avoids system monitoring
“You can get it on any popular route, you can rest assured.”
Under A Qun’s recommendation, I understand the notes as a ticket “Erdaomonger” and joined a WeChat group consisting of cattle. Although the group announcement requires all members to ban “chat chat”, when understanding the notes and asking if they can act as ticket agents, there are still several oxen who actively initiated friend applications.
One of Niu Niu, who is nicknamed “Turbulent,” told me to understand the notes. Currently, many ticket sources have fallen into the hands of Niu Niu. Can get tickets. “
Same as A Qun, Turbulence believes that the ticket grabbing tool has been banned this year, and the ox party really feels exhilarated. He also said that he has purchased new ticket storage equipment and software to ensure the success of ticket acquisition rate.
In addition to the dedicated server and 100M bandwidth, he and his partners also bought several 5G mobile phones. “The 5G signal on the house just happened to be rented is particularly good, and the network speed can be said to be over 100M dedicated fiber.” p>
Turbulence revealed that the traditional ticket storage equipment and servers are mainly used to seize the tickets just released by the official. And 5G mobile phones are more suitable for snap-up refunds. Although there are still some concerns about 5G networks, these 5G mobile phones have helped them grab dozens of refunds in recent days.
So, if ordinary users have bought a 5G mobile phone and applied for a 5G package, can they easily grab a ticket?
For this, “turbulence” meansPossibility is very low, because in addition to using 5G devices with faster Internet speeds, the scalper party also has a powerful automatic ticket-grabbing program.
“The” action “of this automatic ticket-grabbing program is similar to that of human hands, but it is many times faster than human hands. Not only does it prevent ordinary people from thinking about the operation pause, but it also automatically selects the origin of the trip, Destination, fill in the bought ID information automatically in batches. “” Turbulence “explained.
With 5G networks and mobile phones, coupled with powerful ticket-grabbing programs, they have succeeded in “preempting” some popular lines with a success rate of more than 70%.
“5G ticket grabbing is just an attempt. The mainstream is still traditional dedicated servers and dedicated fiber optic tickets. After all, storing tickets is our advantage. If you want to act as an agent, you must decide early.” Although ticket grabbing tools are banned Cattle’s business has improved, but the “turbulence” has revealed some hidden concerns.
According to him, it is not ruled out that some program development platforms will develop new acceleration tools for official rules in the future. He has recently seen publicity ads for the new version of the tool on some OTA platforms. “Some applications claim to have supported the official standby ticket grabbing function, and the acceleration package charges have not changed.”
In their opinion, there may not be much time or opportunity for the oxen, so it is necessary to sell the reserved tickets as soon as possible before the ticket rush acceleration tool “comes back”.
Today, 12306’s official supervision has become an element of the game between scalpers and ticket grabbing applications. Whether it ’s buying a large number of tickets with fake identity cards through scalpers, or the OTA platform speeding up ticket purchases through ticket grabbing tools, ordinary users are still “vulnerable groups”.
So, aside from the OTA’s acceleration package, the “scaling ticket” of the ox party, can ordinary users only face a difficult dilemma?
Tips for buying tickets on the user’s website
“I bought a ticket to go home last week.”
Yang Ling, who works at a trading company in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, bought a train ticket back to Chaoshan on January 23 on December 29. In other words, she was able to return home and reunite with her family before New Year’s Eve.
Theoretically, the train from Shenzhen to Chaoshan has always been a popular route. Why can she buy a ticket smoothly?
Yang Ling told me to understand the notes. In fact, before buying this ticket, she also considered the ticket grabbing application, but when querying the moving ticket, it showed “Small amount”, “Buy plus”Express bags” and other words, she simply gave up, “rather than spending so much money to buy an acceleration package (not 100% successful), it is better than scalper tickets. “
When she was resting at home one day, she accidentally opened the official ticketing platform that she would watch a few times a day, and found that her favorite train showed “There are tickets”, and the order was successful.
Yang Ling said that planning trips and dates in advance will increase the chance of buying tickets earlier. As long as you plan the return date and purchase tickets in advance when the tickets for the Spring Festival are released, there is still a good chance that you will be able to successfully purchase tickets even if there is a “trouble” in the cattle. Home, as long as it ’s not a two-day ticket for New Year ’s Eve, the success rate will be guaranteed. “
At Yang Ling’s suggestion, many friends and colleagues around her planned the return time in advance and tried to “accommodate” the rules of the Spring Festival. Therefore, they basically bought suitable tickets.
“The railway transportation capacity of the Spring Festival has been greatly improved in recent years, but it is still difficult to meet the travel needs of everyone.” Some people in the industry said that no matter whether they are official or traveling passengers, they have not been able to fight with the ox party for many years The fundamental reason for the elimination was that the railway transportation capacity could not bear the concentrated outbreak of returning passenger flows during the Spring Festival.
The Opinions on Doing a Good Job in the Spring Festival Transport of 2020 published by the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments recently predicted that the number of passenger shipments for the Spring Festival transport will reach about 3 billion in 2020, a slight increase from the previous year. Among them, road transportation was 2.43 billion person-times, down 1.2%; rail transportation was 440 million people, up 8%.
Solving train capacity problems cannot be achieved overnight, and official ticket sales platforms will continue to struggle with ticket-grabbing software and scalpers. In the future, at least one point is beyond doubt. As the technical capabilities of the official ticketing platform continue to grow and the ticket sales management system is not perfect, the cattle will not exist for a long time, and the dilemma of returning to hometown that is difficult to obtain will also become history.