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Summary: The most important information and directly actionable takeaways from this event.

1. Time, location, and organizers: The event was held on October 30 at Juda Industrial Park in Panyu, Guangzhou. It was jointly hosted by DHgate, MyyShop, Fengju Network, and the Guangzhou Overseas Expansion Enterprise Association. It was the first merchant recruitment event after DHgate's Guangzhou Operations Service Center was established, under the theme Co-building a New Cross-Border Peach Blossom Spring—Where Goodwill Flows and All Things Coexist.

2. Key timing: DHgate's Black Friday (S-tier) promotion will open on November 23. The overall cadence is divided into three steps: infrastructure in October, concentrated hit-product pushes in November, and reuse and scaling in December.

3. Product selection direction: According to DHgate platform data for October, thermal categories in Europe and the U.S. grew notably, with ski jackets, thermal hoodies, thermal slippers, and crossbody bags performing strongly. For Black Friday and Christmas, focus should be on thermal, comfortable, and scenario-based products.

4. Actionable path: Start with one core SKU, validate on a small scale, and then scale up. Use MyyShop's creator resources and the community economy for a cold start.

5. Two real cases: Sleep earbuds targeting the pain points of side sleepers achieved cumulative sales of more than 70,000 units. A sports swimwear brand built trust through authentic try-on content across body types and scenarios, reaching US$700,000 in sales.

Summary: The judgments offered at the event help general readers understand the trends.

1. Cross-border going global is shifting from competing on who can sell more cheaply to competing on whose connections are more authentic.

2. The path is for people to connect first; connections generate trust, and real support only emerges on a foundation of trust.

Summary: The underlying logic of brand marketing is shifting from buying traffic to building trust.

1. Marketing logic: DHgate Group proposes that the new starting point of business is goodwill rather than competition, with community as the endpoint. Influencers no longer participate only in promotion after products are completed; they enter demand discovery and product discussion earlier, allowing content to be validated by creators and real users before it is scaled.

2. Pricing and price competition: The event clearly stated that the price war has reached its limit and traffic is becoming increasingly expensive. The long-standing client-vendor relationship among platforms, supply chains, and creators—where one side asks for something and the other supplies it—is difficult to sustain. Brands must compete on the authenticity of connections.

3. Product R&D and user co-creation: In July, four U.S. influencers representing cross-cultural youth, mature women, plus-size consumers, and women entrepreneurs visited Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Yiwu. They went deep into bag and luggage and beauty industry clusters as well as flexible supply chain sites and exchanged directly with manufacturers on materials, craftsmanship, and fit.

4. User behavior and cases: Sleep earbuds targeted the real pain points of side sleepers and achieved cumulative sales of more than 70,000 units. A sports swimwear brand built trust through authentic try-on content across body types and scenarios, reaching US$700,000 in sales.

5. Consumer trends: October data showed notable growth in thermal categories in Europe and the U.S., with ski jackets, thermal hoodies, thermal slippers, and crossbody bags standing out. For Black Friday and Christmas, brands should prioritize thermal, comfortable, and scenario-based products.

Summary: Changes and opportunities in growth markets and consumer demand.

1. Growth markets: DHgate platform data for October shows notable growth in thermal categories in Europe and the U.S., with ski jackets, thermal hoodies, thermal slippers, and crossbody bags performing strongly. For Black Friday and Christmas, focus on thermal, comfortable, and scenario-based products, and proceed according to the cadence of infrastructure in October, concentrated hit-product pushes in November, and reuse and scaling in December. The Black Friday S-tier promotion opens on November 23.

2. Latest business model: The platform is moving from supply-demand matching and transaction brokerage at its core to a commercial container driven by community co-creation. MyyShop has launched Influencer Marketing 4.0, which no longer selects people solely by follower count or GMV. Instead, it uses AI to identify creators' content and audiences and integrates recruitment, content creation, publishing, and performance review into one chain.

3. Cooperation approach: The event opened with an authorization, licensing, and signing ceremony and closed with a Global Hit Product Selection and Review Meeting. Merchants can start by leveraging DHgate Group's community economy and MyyShop's creator resources.

4. Opportunities and risks: The price war has reached its limit and traffic is becoming increasingly expensive. A simple client-vendor buying and selling relationship is difficult to sustain. Cooperation rooted in trust is more resilient.

5. Key takeaways: Start with one core SKU, validate on a small scale, and then scale up. Let creators and real users participate in validation before scaling up spending.

Summary: The factory role is shifting from undertaking production to participating in value creation for global markets.

1. Product production and design demand: During the July China trip, U.S. influencers visited Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Yiwu. They went deep into bag and luggage and beauty industry clusters as well as flexible supply chain sites and exchanged directly with manufacturers on materials, craftsmanship, and fit. Demand starts from real community pain points rather than making goods first and then looking for buyers.

2. Business opportunities: Chinese merchants no longer only undertake production; with capabilities in R&D, manufacturing, and rapid iteration, they participate in value creation for global markets. Influencers enter demand discovery and product discussion earlier, and factories can join co-creation at the sampling stage.

3. Implications for digitalization and e-commerce: Use AI to identify creator content and audiences, and integrate recruitment, content creation, publishing, and performance review into one chain, so that each collaboration accumulates into a basis for the next round of growth. Validate on a small scale before scaling up to reduce trial-and-error costs.

4. Category direction reference: In October, thermal categories in Europe and the U.S. grew notably, with ski jackets, thermal hoodies, thermal slippers, and crossbody bags standing out. For Black Friday and Christmas, prioritize thermal, comfortable, and scenario-based products.

5. Organizational support: Factories can visit Inner Peak, a future-organization lab, and work with supply chain partners, logistics providers, and creators to turn repeated collaborations into long-term trust relationships.

Summary: Client pain points are clear, and solutions have been productized by the platform side.

1. Industry trends: Cross-border going global is shifting from competing on who can sell more cheaply to competing on whose connections are more authentic. Platforms are moving from supply-demand matching and transaction brokerage to commercial containers driven by community co-creation. Influencers are moving from the end of promotion to the front end of demand discovery and product discussion.

2. New technology: MyyShop's Influencer Marketing 4.0 uses AI to identify creators' content and audiences. It no longer looks only at follower count or GMV, but connects recruitment, content creation, publishing, and performance review into one chain, allowing collaboration data to accumulate and be reused.

3. Client pain points: The price war has reached its limit and traffic is becoming increasingly expensive. Platforms, supply chains, and creators remain in a client-vendor relationship where one side asks for something and the other supplies it. Content is disconnected from real users, and there is a lack of validation before scaling up spending.

4. Solutions: Reconstruct cooperative relationships through a three-step path of connection, trust, and support. Use community co-creation to let creators and real users participate in validation first. Organizationally, use Inner Peak's Organization 4.0 to turn client-vendor relationships into partnerships with aligned goals.

5. Service scenarios to learn from: Traffic viral growth, private-domain operations, exposure logic, category bestseller data, and AI and social media going global are current concentration points of merchant demand. Cases include sleep earbuds with sales exceeding 70,000 units and a sports swimwear brand with US$700,000 in sales.

Summary: Merchant demands on platforms are changing, and platform approaches are changing too.

1. Merchant needs and problems: The price war has reached its limit and traffic is becoming increasingly expensive. Merchants need not only traffic slots and matchmaking, but also real connections, trust endorsement, and a reusable basis for growth. The traditional client-vendor model—where one side says what it wants and the other supplies it—is no longer sufficient.

2. Platform's latest moves: DHgate established an operations service center in Guangzhou and held its first merchant recruitment event. It organized a Global Creator Co-creation Journey: in June, nearly 50 influencers, designers, entrepreneurs, and community hosts exchanged ideas in Los Angeles; in July, four U.S. influencers visited the Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Yiwu industrial belts; in September, the journey continued with Shenzhen Taoyuan co-creation and a Dunhuang civilization experience journey. The event opened with an authorization, licensing, and signing ceremony and closed with a Global Hit Product Selection and Review Meeting.

3. Merchant recruitment and operations management: Merchants are invited to rely on DHgate Group's community economy and MyyShop's creator resources, start with a core SKU, validate on a small scale, and then scale up. On the product side, Influencer Marketing 4.0 connects recruitment, content creation, publishing, and performance review.

4. Risk avoidance: Move away from pure price competition and toward trust-driven cooperation. The promotion cadence is clearly defined as infrastructure in October, concentrated hit-product pushes in November, and reuse and scaling in December. The Black Friday S-tier promotion opens on November 23, and the cadence should be kept under control.

5. Platform positioning upgrade: The platform is evolving from a transaction matchmaking platform into a commercial container driven by community co-creation, with cooperation resilience as its long-term competitiveness.

Summary: This article provides a first-hand sample of new industry dynamics and new business models.

1. New industry dynamics: Cross-border going global is shifting from competing on who can sell more cheaply to competing on whose connections are more authentic. The platform role is shifting from supply-demand matching and transaction brokerage to a commercial container driven by community co-creation. The influencer role is moving forward, from a promoter after products are completed to a participant in demand discovery and product discussion.

2. New problems: The price war has reached its limit and traffic is becoming increasingly expensive. Platforms, supply chains, and creators have long remained in a client-vendor relationship where one side asks for something and the other supplies it. Transactional cooperation lacks resilience.

3. Business model: The article proposes a From Good to GoodSphere vision starting from goodwill. The path is connection, trust, and support. In practice, the Global Creator Co-creation Journey links Los Angeles, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Yiwu, and Dunhuang. At the product layer, Influencer Marketing 4.0 uses AI to identify creator content and audiences and integrates recruitment, content creation, publishing, and performance review into the same chain.

4. Organizational and governance implications: Inner Peak was initiated by Diane Wang (Wang Shutong) in 2023 and positioned as a future-organization lab. It proposes Organization 4.0 and a beautiful organization that lets life bloom, turning client-vendor relationships into partnerships with aligned goals.

5. Verifiable data points: Sleep earbuds achieved cumulative sales of more than 70,000 units; a sports swimwear brand reached US$700,000 in sales; and in October, thermal categories in Europe and the U.S. grew notably.