Founder Cheng Wei said bluntly that they had never made any money since they were founded six years ago. The implication is that the money was subsidized by taxi drivers and served the people. But the driver thought that using Didi could be free, but he was led by those subsidies. Some drivers even said that in addition to sleeping and driving every day, they are working hard for Didi taxis.
On the other hand, passengers did not get good service, and the vicious incidents that occurred one after another made people unable to take a taxi with peace of mind. So passengers didn't get good service, drivers didn't live well, and Didi suffered huge losses, which showed that Didi didn't create any social value at all, and it was meaningless at all. Then simply turn it off. Of course, this is a joke. Aside from these, does Didi really not make money? Didi is extracted from the driver's running water by 30%. In 20 17, Didi lost only 2.5 billion yuan, and last year it lost11300 million yuan. The biggest change of Didi last year was to permanently shut down the windmill business. An important reason for Didi's loss is that in addition to travel, investment also involves various fields, such as wealth management and finance. Even the take-away platform and Meituan have been grabbing the market, but they still failed.
There is also Meituan, which faces the same problem as Didi. The loss of Meituan is much larger than Didi, reaching more than 1000 billion. Meituan is a newly listed company. Although its market value is increasing, in the end, the company is losing money. At present, the commission of Meituan to merchants has reached 23%, but the loss of Meituan is not due to subsidies to merchants. Even if Meituan subsidizes this part to the merchants, the merchants are still in a state of not making money, so now some shops have begun to withdraw from Meituan.
For example, Meituan's acquisition of mobike caused Meituan to lose a lot. Didi lost 1000 billion, and Meituan lost1000 billion, but drivers and riders said they didn't make money. Where did the money go? It is said that Internet companies are supported by burning money, so it seems that the losses of Meituan and Didi are also normal.