Although they don't set their prices too low now, it's still much cheaper than the going rate in the market.
More importantly, the quality of their products is not just a little better than those on the market.
Because of this, these merchants can make a substantial profit even after purchasing at full price and then selling the merchandise.
For example, randomly picking out a Glazed Cup, although merchants might spend one hundred or even two hundred taels to purchase it, they can sell it for three hundred or five hundred taels in another State.
Should they encounter a keen customer or manage a perfect pitch, selling at an even higher price is possible.
They say that a double profit margin could make a person take risks, and a triple profit margin could make them lose all sense of propriety. Hence, these profits are certainly substantial.
