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On July 26, Xianyu announced that it would charge all sellers a basic software service fee of 0.6% (up to 60 yuan per order). At the same time, only for sellers who have generated more than 10 orders and a cumulative transaction amount of more than 10,000 yuan in the same natural month, a software service fee of 1% of the actual transaction amount of each order after that will be charged. This regulation was officially implemented on September 1.

"A second-hand item worth 1,000 yuan is charged 6 yuan," said a seller in the city who often trades second-hand items on Xianyu. She not only sells goods on Xianyu, but is also a frequent buyer on Xianyu. In her opinion, the "service fee" charged by Xianyu actually affects not only sellers, but also buyers, because this fee is ultimately passed on to buyers.

Some analysts believe that this charging measure is mainly aimed at sellers who conduct high-frequency and high-value transactions on the Xianyu platform, mainly affecting some B-end (corporate users) merchants, and targeting a large number of professional second-hand sellers with large amounts of money. However, this analysis has also been partially refuted. Opponents believe that corporate users or professional second-hand users may reduce service fee costs by opening a large number of small accounts, so the gradient charging may be ineffective for them but accidentally hurt ordinary sellers who occasionally sell second-hand goods.

Xianyu said that it hopes to optimize platform services through these measures, and also hopes that users can understand and support this decision. At the same time, on the evening of July 26, Xianyu restarted the web version. Xianyu said that the web version is still being improved, and other functions that can be realized on the mobile terminal will be launched on the computer terminal in the future.

Zhao Hui, Chief Reporter of Peninsula Morning Post and 39 Degrees Video