Oh, no! I Became the Sister of the Novel's Tragic Heroine! - Chapter 526

Chapter 526: Scan To Identify Items

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“This isn’t a QR code. No, no, it’s more than just a code for receiving payment. Look at this.” Mi Jin took out his phone and casually scanned the things on the table.

The next moment, the purchase information of the items appeared on his phone page. He clicked on it and the screen immediately showed Xintao’s online store.

Scanning to identify items?

Yin Xun was a little surprised. In her world, this function only appeared a long time after shopping websites became popular. She did not expect it to be developed by Mi Jin so quickly.

Mi Jin was truly a genius when it came to programming.

This function looked ordinary, but Yin Xun knew that once it became popular, Xintao would attract more users.

Many people would see things they liked outside. As long as they scanned it with their phones, they could immediately browse the shops in Xintao to place an order for that item.

This function was convenient and simple. As long as it was available online, the users would definitely be eager to use it.

Without it, users could only rely on keywords to search. It was very likely that they would only find something similar but not the same. It was more accurate if they could directly identify things. If they used this method to search for things, the first choice they were given would naturally be Xintao and not Blue Fox.

“This function is pretty decent. Can you launch it online immediately?” Yin Xun asked.

Mi Jin’s excited expression immediately faded a little. He said a little tentatively, “Not yet. I just developed this. The function is indeed useful, but there’s a big drawback. It can only be scanned through the Xintao app, but it can’t be scanned directly with any phone. This is equivalent to giving users of Xintao a convenient tool, but it can’t be used by everyone.

“There are many users using other software. If the function can’t be used on other software, it does not really make a difference if we provide it or not.”

Yin Xun knew what Mi Jin meant. She pondered for a moment and an idea came to mind.

“There are too many functions in Xintao now. Although we’ve tried our best to simplify things, it still takes up a lot of memory. Smartphones nowadays generally have limited memory, especially those old phones. They can’t download too much software, or the phones will lag. This is also why many people haven’t downloaded Xintao.”

“Blue Fox has an advantage over us in terms of memory usage. They only have the shopping function. They have a small memory requirement which makes their app popular with users who care about that. This is also the reason why there are still so many loyal users even after such a big incident happened to Blue Fox.”

“I think we should create a simplified version of Xintao that only provides the friend networking service. That way, we can attract users who can’t use Xintao because of the memory requirement.” Yin Xun touched her chin and voiced her thoughts.

Mi Jin was puzzled. “A simplified version? Do you want to separate the Xintao shopping function from the friend networking function, or do you want to make another standalone app?”

“It’s not a separation, just a similar but simplified version.” Yin Xun thought for a moment and added, “It’s just a simpler interface. It only retains the function of adding friends and making friends group on Xintao, and abandons everything else. Of course, remember to add a file transfer function. The data has to be safe and confidential.”

Yin Xun suddenly thought of a problem. In order to protect the company’s secrets, most companies use emails to send work-related messages. It was quite inconvenient.

If there was a simplified email software that could send documents instantly after adding friends and ensure that the content would not be leaked, a lot of companies would be very willing to use this function.

Companies were the biggest contributors. As long as Xintao could take down the market provided by these companies, they would not have to worry about a shortage of users.

As long as the user used their app to scan QR codes for this purpose, they would naturally be sent to the web version of Xintao. Even if the user did not download the Xintao app, they could still buy things there normally.

Mi Jin was still a little puzzled by Yin Xun’s suggestion. He asked, “But when we founded Xintao, we wanted to focus on shopping, and adding friends was just a side function. After all, you can’t earn money just by making social media software. Now that Xintao already has its own exclusive users, why do we still have to rope in those users who don’t know how to download Xintao? Even if they use a simplified version of Xintao, it won’t help our business.”

“In business, we can’t just look at the immediate benefits. We have to look at the long-term,” Yin Xun explained. “Just because there’s no profit in the beginning doesn’t mean there won’t be in the future.. Our main focus this time is to target the companies…”