any physical sales channels. Vancl‘s direct selling model
mainly consists of raw material suppliers, garment processors,
shopping sites and logistics. In this model, Apart from its
brand's design and part of the logistic delivery, Vancl
outsources the production process to OEM or other plants.
Vancl sells goods directly through the website, phone orders
and catalog mail, hence eliminating the need for the
traditional maternity shops. Hence, consumers could enjoy a
much lower price of commodity at Vancl than other
conventional purchasing channels. That‘s how Vancl
shortens the production cycle and save amounts of money on
stock, leading to reduction in cost of products. Therefore,
B2C online direct selling model could be regarded as one key
ingredient of Vancl‘s success.
D. Marketing Strategy-Ads in multiple channels
Vancl attempted to deliver ads through various channels.
Take network advertising for instance, Vancl‘s network
media advertising is believed to be successful considering its
depth, breadth and accuracy. Here are some tips in its
marketing strategies:
Vancl makes use of large banners to cover the largest
area on the page to attract attention when making
advertisements on Sina, Tencent, Netease, Sohu and
other portal websites in mainland China.
Ads are posted on the most popular and frequently
visited mainstream communities, forums and some
instant communication tools to achieve deep
penetration of key target groups.
Vancl‘s pay per click advertisement operates just as
Google AdWords and gives permission to sellers to
bid on relevant keywords used by target audiences to
search for desired products. Pay per click
advertisements will mostly be shown on the right up
side of the front-page.
The search engines keyword ads and content ads are
utilized to seize the potential customers on the "long
tail" [5].
Popular celebrities were once invited to be the image
prolocutors of Vancl‘s products, arousing a ―Vancl
introduction style‖ in the summer of 2010.
Despite the amount of the ads, clear selling points, nice
arrangement and high qualified pictures of ads play important
role in catching the attention of consumers to some extent,
thus enhancing sales simultaneously.
There are many types of physical ads as well. Billboards of
Vancl are placed aside the passengers of subways and even
on the buses in Beijing. Notably, all the products (accessories
and packages included) would have an obvious print of
―Vancl‖ logo, making it easy for buyers‘ acquaintance to
remember the brand name.
With a wide range of strategies on publicity and promotion,
Vancl is bound to win its market.
E. High-quality products
Vancl have greatly invested in the selection of suppliers in
the upstream, the establishment of the tracking system and
the introduction of the design team. Highly trained quality
checking staff, usually stationed in the plant of OEM to
monitor the entire production process and make product