The Fengchao overtime charging event has aroused public attention to smart express cabinets.

Recently, Shanghai ’s first deactivation of the Fenghuan Community Central Huayuan Industry Committee issued a document saying that for the convenience of the community ’s owner to receive the mail, and to protect the owner ’s right to choose mail and enrich The diversification of the solution at the end of the express delivery link is especially opening the “Central Huayuan Express Station” as a supplement to the Fengchao Express Cabinet and the Cainiao Station. The post is open from 7:00 to 21:00 every day. It is hosted free of charge for a limited period of time.

In the article comment, the industry committee replied that the current manpower is one person, which is currently supported by the security company. The cost of supporting housing for the government is currently not incurred, and the equipment is readily available. However, it also said that after a period of trial operation, a third-party professional service terminal logistics platform may be introduced for operation and maintenance, provided that consumers pick up free of charge.

is not just a community in Shanghai. According to the “Qianjiang Evening News” report, data from Alibaba’s online wholesale platform 1688 shows that nearly a week after the start of the Fengchao storm, the delivery volume of courier cabinets on the platform increased by 1400% and the number of buyers increased by 300%. Community property and industry committees and startup companies have become the main purchasing power.

In addition, before the Fengchao storm, as early as 2014, some communities in Nanjing, Jiangsu have already begun to try to build their own express cabinets.

So, is it cost-effective for the community to build self-service express storage facilities? Is the security guaranteed? What is the prospect? The reporter of www.thepaper.cn interviewed many industry experts to try to answer.


Why do you pay for it yourself?

How many communities are there currently trying to build their own express cabinets? There are no exact statistics yet.

According to previous reports from Peng Mei News, more than 70 communities in Nanjing alone are currently equipped with self-built express cabinets.

However, this may only be an individual case in the region.

Special researcher Yang Daqing of the China Logistics Society said in an interview with a surging news reporter that the data of self-built express cabinets in the community is not yet available, but the proportion is expected to be low, not mainstream Also not compatible with digital logisticsEnvironmental trends.

Express logistics expert Zhao Xiaomin said in an interview with a surging news reporter that the reason why there are many self-built express cabinets in the community is not necessarily due to the Fengchao overtime charging event. direct impact. It may be because of the outbreak of this epidemic, many people think that the express cabinet is safer, and the accumulated express needs a place to arrange it. In addition, there are not many express cabinets in many communities at present, and some large and small areas may have only one or two express cabinets, resulting in a scale that cannot meet demand, so there is still much room for improvement.

However, Zhao Xiaomin revealed that according to his understanding, 97% of the express delivery cabinets in the key areas in the past week can be taken out within 12 hours, 2% The left and right express cabinets are empty, and only about 1% are less than the overtime charge. “According to the current probability, in the future, when the scale of the delivery cabinet is getting larger and larger and the cost is coming down, from the perspective of users, we think that more people still enjoy free services.”


Cost composition

The cost composition of self-built express cabinets is actually the same as Fengchao, but there will be differences in specific figures.

Zhao Xiaomin said in an interview with a surging news reporter that the cost composition of self-built express cabinets is the construction cost of express cabinets. If the self-built express cabinets in the community choose to purchase jointly , The price may be guaranteed, but if you buy it individually, it will definitely be much more expensive; the second is the operating cost; the third is the cost of data integration, including whether the courier company is confident that the self-built express cabinet data The fourth is management cost.

In terms of profit, Zhao Xiaomin believes that it is difficult for the self-built express cabinet in the community to have profit space, because it is promised to be free in advance, and the advertising effect is small.

At present, the main cost of express cabinets is that one group of smart cabinets ranges from 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, and the other is community entrance fees and water and electricity costs. In addition, there are 3,000 to 6,000 yuan a year, there are some price increases. Compared with Fengchao, the self-built express cabinet in the community can reduce the entrance fee and other expenses.

But when talking about this topic, Yang Daqing said that self-built express cabinets are often not easy to operate. The self-built express cabinet in the community can easily become an island in the digital express service chain, and only a meager fee will be charged for storage. Network