What is the prospect of smart express lockers?

Smart express box from the beginning of the birth of the criticism, express delivery companies believe that it is to rob the courier of the job, many users believe that they are deprived of the right to express delivery, investors question its business model and future prospects, all operators in the industry are not all continue to suffer criticism, suffering from the so-called bleak industry prospects brought by the huge mental pressure. However, in recent years, the necessity of the existence of smart express boxes has been determined from the national level, and one of the two modes of terminal distribution is the smart express box, which is defined as public infrastructure. At the same time, it also makes clear requirements for the specific use function of the smart express box, which can be sent and shipped.

However, it can store self-service storage and retrieval facilities that do not include items other than express mail, which means that non-couriers are not allowed to do any item delivery that is not an express business, such as the delivery interaction of various personal items that are not express in the scene device. Because some companies provide various interactions for community users for commercial purposes, leading to the trading of various illegal items such as drugs. This hidden danger must be banned, and it is not a matter of technology, but of principle.

As for the charging issue, the specific charging standard can be negotiated by both the operating enterprise and the delivery and use enterprise. This is a significant change in the industry, where reasonable fees are taken for granted. From a practical point of view, there are still some debatable places for the large-scale use of smart express cabinets, but more is joy, I believe that under the great attention and strong supervision of the competent authorities, the industry can enter a healthy and rapid development stage.

This is an industry that is related to the upstream and downstream industrial chain, the life of the whole people, and the occupation and management of transportation and municipal resources.

The prospect of smart express cabinets is still average for the time being. I think it will be able to develop well in the future. Now, after all, many communities do not allow the courier brother to go in to deliver the mail. will put the items at the express station.

While satisfying the main express delivery business, the smart express cabinet can also provide various new services through various media such as advertising, intelligent systems, and mobile terminals, bringing users various forms of practical, convenient and immediate information.

For consumers, the sales market of the smart express cabinet industry has expanded instantly, and the sales volume has grown rapidly; The rural express service terminal enters the village, combining online e-commerce, community services, offline express delivery, supermarkets and other services, so as to promote the economic development of the village.

In recent years, the cost of terminal delivery has accounted for more than 30% of the total cost of the logistics industry, and express companies have reduced the service quality of the delivery link in order to reduce the cost.

The courier delivers the express to the express cabinet or express station without the consent of the consumer, so that the consumer can pick up the goods frequently, which has become one of the hot spots of express consumer complaints.

In the case of the rapid growth of China's express delivery business, the smart express cabinet has grown rapidly.

According to SF's performance in the first half of 2021, SF Express has launched more than 300,000 sets of Hive Nest Express Cabinets in the end market.

Based on the 44% market share of Qiaojia measured by the number of Hive Nest express cabinets in 2020, the number of smart express cabinets nationwide will exceed 700,000 groups in 2021.