[People's Livelihood Economic Highlights] Use snap-up software to snap up Moutai?

There is a risk of privacy leakage

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  As the Spring Festival is approaching, the liquor market has ushered in the traditional peak sales season, and the 53-degree Feitian Moutai has become a "tip product" in the market.

In the case of "a bottle is hard to find", some snap-up software that helps consumers snap up Moutai began to appear.

But the lawyer said that there are risks of personal information leakage in the use of snap-buying software; making and selling snap-buying software for profit may disrupt the order of transactions and the fair snap-up environment, which is an act of unfair competition.

  "Make appointments every day and rush to buy them every day." In the past three months, Ms. Li and two colleagues who work in Beijing's Financial Street have been "robbing" Moutai.

Log in to the e-commerce platform at 10:30 and make an appointment for the panic buying at 10 o'clock the next day. "Book now" changes to "Buy now" and quickly click to place an order, which becomes their most familiar operation.

  As the Spring Festival approaches, the liquor market has ushered in the traditional peak sales season, and the 53°Flying Moutai has become a "tip product" in the market.

At present, e-commerce platforms such as JD.com, Tmall and Suning.com are all eligible to sell 53-degree Feitian Moutai, but they are often "second light" when rushing.

Under the situation of "a bottle is hard to find", some consumers have turned their buying channels to scalpers, and rushing to buy software and surrogate services have also quietly appeared.

  "Grab is earn"

  A 500ml bottle of 53-degree Feitian Moutai is priced at 1,499 yuan on e-commerce platforms such as JD.com, Tmall and Suning.com.

In Ms. Li's view, this price is considered "parity."

The reporter visited a number of physical liquor stores and learned that the 53° Flying Moutai was basically out of stock and there were purchase channels, and the price was much higher than 1,499 yuan.

Squatting on e-commerce platforms has become an important way for many people to buy Moutai.

  "If you grab it, you can earn it, and you can earn a fortune by changing hands." In Ms. Li's view, the 53-degree flying Moutai belongs to the affordable Moutai.

"Buying on the e-commerce platform does not require a price increase, which is very cost-effective."

A few seconds before and after the panic buying, she will stare at the "Beijing Time" numbers on the computer screen, accurate to the second of the panic buying process.

  Currently, JD.com, Tmall, Suning.com and other platforms are all eligible to sell 53-degree Feitian Moutai.

The rules set by different platforms are different for the qualifications, time, and methods of panic buying.

In JD.com, the rush-buyer needs to be an official PLUS member, and the purchase limit is 2 bottles within 30 days.

Gome has launched the activity of "You can participate in the rush to buy Feitian Moutai by opening 99 members for 9.9 yuan", with a limit of 4 bottles per month.

  As of 8:00 on January 11, the reporter saw on JD.com that more than 2 million people had made an appointment to purchase the 53-degree Feitian Moutai that day; at Suning.com, more than 800,000 people had made an appointment.

  "It's the internet speed and hand speed, and luck." Ms. Li, who has been robbing Moutai on time recently, told reporters that on December 15, 2020, she grabbed a bottle of 53-degree flying Moutai on JD.com.

"The spike process is over before the aftertaste. This bottle is reserved for family members during the New Year. If I can grab it, I will sell it. The price is very beautiful now."

  Panic buying software sold hot

  Public information shows that Kweichow Moutai will release a large amount of goods near the end of the fourth quarter of 2020 to increase market supply and stabilize terminal market prices.

Among them, the direct sales channel plans to sell 4160 tons of Feitian Moutai in the fourth quarter.

Among them, Suning Tesco stated that it will release 500,000 bottles of 53-degree Feitian Moutai in December 2020 to meet consumer demand for wine purchases at the end of the year.

  Although the quantity of goods released is increasing, many consumers said that after opening multiple members, they still did not grab the goods.

The reporter's investigation found that the "good price" of 1,499 yuan on the e-commerce platform attracted more Maotai fans, liquor lovers, ordinary consumers who do not drink alcohol, and "scalpers" and other groups to panic buying, hoarding and reselling.

  "If you want to buy Moutai, I suggest you find a scalper. They have the goods and are familiar with the rules." Ms. Wang from Tangshan, Hebei told reporters that she has used scalpers to buy goods many times. "In terms of professionalism, ordinary consumers are far less than scalpers. Their "hot". They are very clear about the e-commerce platform and the delivery volume of each receiving area, and some "hot" will use snap-up software."

  "It's quite popular to grab Moutai during this period, and we have special software." On January 10, a scalper recommended to reporters a proxy grab script that only adapts to JD.com's 53-degree flying Maotai.

He said that spending 80 yuan can increase the success rate of snap-up purchases, including installation instructions, which can be grabbed within a week.

Another scalper said that after paying the robbing fee and making a manual appointment, he needs to log in to his account with the link and send the name and mobile phone number of the person who collected the goods for filing.

  Industry insiders pointed out that the proxy software writes programs for specific businesses and simulates the operations of normal users, submits purchase requests automatically and in batches. The running speed and large-scale parallelism are far more than manual, so specific products can be snapped up.

  "Enable monitoring inventory", "Anti-sealing avoidance", "Successful product setting". In the instruction video sent by the scalper, there are two functions in the command line window, "reservation of merchandise" and "Quick kill of merchandise", provided by software buyers scanning the scalper After you log in to your QR code, the automatic buying process will start.

  Potential risks in using panic buying software

  "There is no risk of information leakage" and "will not affect future shopping behavior," Huang Niu especially emphasized when promoting Moutai's snap-up software.

At the same time, the "scalper" admitted frankly that he did not understand the operating principles of the software, and was only responsible for selling the software.

The reporter learned during the interview that many snap-up software did not have any privacy clauses when they were installed, and "protecting the privacy of buyers' information" was just a verbal promise from the promoters.

  Industry insiders pointed out that using plug-in software to snap up Moutai has multiple risks such as privacy and property security. If consumers buy and use snap-up software, they should expect potential risks.

When using the surrogate service, some scalpers require buyers to inform the account and password, so private information such as the recipient's address, contact information and even ID number in the account may be known by the scalper.

In addition, some snap-up software may also hide Trojan horse viruses.

  "The production and sale of rush-buying software disrupted the order of transactions on e-commerce platforms and the environment of fair rush-buying by consumers, disrupted market order, and is an act of unfair competition." Lawyer Zhao Hu, a partner of Beijing Zhongwen Law Firm, was interviewed by reporters Shi pointed out that if transaction requests are continuously issued in large quantities, it will burden other normal websites and operators, and this situation is also unfair competition.

  "Nowadays, many plug-in software will be "shielded" by the platform, that is, blocked. The scalpers will hire a large number of fast-handed young people to be "hot" and use the crowded tactics to grab Moutai. Moutai is hoarded, and it is difficult for consumers to buy it at the original price. "Ms. Wang said.

  The lawyer reminded that the manufacture and sale of software to buy and sell is not a "vacuum zone" of legal supervision.

In the 2017 “Black Rice” software snap-up case, three criminal suspects have been sentenced for the crime of providing programs and tools to invade and illegally control computer information systems.

Zhao Chen

Zhao Chen