With more and more people living, working and studying on the new campus, some UM members saw business opportunities and started providing take-out delivery and parcel collection and delivery services. Some have even created accounts on WeChat.
Alice, a postgraduate student from the Department of Psychology, is one of the managers of Good Luck Food, which provides late night snack delivery and parcel collection and delivery services. “We encountered many problems in the beginning, from promotion to operation,” says Alice. “Later we followed some people’s suggestions and launched various promotional activities such as free sampling and fast delivery service at discounted prices. A month later we got on the right track, and I’m very grateful to all the people who have helped us.”
Yi Rong Fast Delivery was established in early March. In the beginning, it mainly provided take-out delivery and parcel collection and delivery. But after UM completed relocation to the new campus in September, Li Jixuan, one of the managers of Yi Rong, correctly predicted that bikes would be in great demand, so he decided to launch a bike group purchase service. Orders kept coming in as expected, and in less than two months he sold more than 100 bikes. “It’s more convenient to get around the campus by bike than by bus, because waiting for the buses can take very long,” Li says. “Besides, buying a bike in Zhuhai and carrying it back to the campus is a real pain, not to mention time-consuming and expensive. The result of these factors is that bikes are in great demand.”
Rock and Owen saw business opportunities in the residential colleges and started selling small potted plants on WeChat one month ago. “Business is not very good,” says Rock. “So far we have only sold 30 to 40 potted plants, mainly by word of mouth.”
The new campus has also attracted the attention of the Macao SAR Administration Reform Study Association. The association is now providing parcel collection and delivery and late-night snack delivery to UM members. So far business has been good. “We try to standardise and streamline the process to save time for both our customers and our service staff.” Says Waylin, one of the managers of the services.
