iQiyi, a video provider now owned by Baidu, jointly announced with China’s biggest TV manufacturer TCL to launch 48 inch TV+, also known as internet TV. According to iResearch, iQiyi and PPS (Baidu acquired PPS this May) monthly users reached 358 million, is the biggest video platform in China. Data showed that TCL has 25.2% […]
Top Sharing Website Verticals on Wechat
According to JiaThis.com, a social sharing company, top shared websites category on Wechat in July 2013 was living services services. Since the launch of Wechat, sharing on Wechat has been increasing all the time. In July 2013, except for E-Commerce websites who had a slight drop, other categories of websites sharing on Wechat all went […]
Chinese Travellers Favorite Destination in August
In August 2013, China outbound travelers kept growing, Asia was the main destination for Chinese tourists. Data showed that Hong Kong, Macao, Thailand and Singapore were the top choices of Chinese outbound travelers. And the number of travelers to Australia surged 40% compared to last month.
Weitao, Wechat and Weibo Marketing Value Comparison
Weitao Recently, Taobao has shut down QR code access from Wechat, officially waging war with Tencent on mobile traffic entrance. Taobao released its own CRM service Weitao, competing Wechat directly. For Taobao sellers, they have to keep up with Taobao’s changes and learn how to do marketing on Weitao. Before they begin investing and putting […]
17 Third-Party Enterprises Granted Cross-Border Payment License
Alipay, together with 16 other third-party enterprises, were granted with cross-border payment license. The 17 enterprises are located in five cities and their licenses were granted in different businesses. Alipay, Tenpay, Chinapnr, Allinpay, Unionpay, 99Bill, shengpay,IPS, fuiou, yeepay and chinagpay are allowed in trade in goods, overseas education, air tickets and hotels; yinyingtong is allowed […]
Chinese Ranked Fifth in Mobile Apps Purchase
You’re mistaken if you think Chinese don’t pay for mobile app and only use pirated software. According to a survey by GameLook in August this year, Chinese mobile app including tablets and mobile phones’ revenue ranked the fifth in the world. The U.S. ranked the top, followed by Japan, South Korea and the UK.
China Social Travel White Paper in 2013
CIC and GroupM jointly released China social travel white paper in 2013. By collecting and analyzing social media discussion and related information, they classified Chinese travelers into five categories which could be helpful for brands to make market strategies. China National Tourism Administration estimated that Chinese tourism industry would reach 2.9 trillion yuan (USD 471.4 […]
China’s Tier 2, 3 Cities’ Mobile Internet Growth Surpassed Tier One
According to a report released by Dianping, a Yelp like top review website in China, tier two and three cities’ mobile internet growth speed surpassed tier one cities for the first time.It also showed that mobile consumers had become more localized and personalized, the need for services kept growing. Dianping’s mobile life report in 2013 […]
Hurun: Tencent’s CEO Pony Ma The Richest on IT Rich List
Hurun Report, a monthly magazine best known for its China Rich List, released its China IT Rich List on September 23 2013. This is the 11th time that Hurun released the top 50 China IT Rich List. Pony Ma, Tencent’s CEO, surpassed Robin Li the first time in four years to be the richest man […]
Mobile Consumers Favor Online Shopping Mall
Ader, a mobile advertising platform owned by renren, released its mobile internet user behavior report in 2013. It said that mobile devices became one of the important tools for getting information and mobile changed the shopping behavior. More than half mobile users shopped in online malls. 86% said they would search on mobile to get […]
Taobao Launched Package Forwarding Service for Singapore & Malaysia
Taobao has launched package forwarding service for Singapore and Malaysia recently. When you purchase on Taobao or Tmall, your products would be send to forwarders first. It gives you flexibility to choose ship your package separately or together. You can check your package logistics information in your Taobao account. Now, the service covers Hong Kong, […]
China The Third Largest Cross-Border Online Shopping Destination
Paypal released its report on China SME cross-border e-commerce export, and it showed that China had become the third cross-border online shopping destination, right after the U.S. and the UK. But it also found that 63% China SME didn’t optimize their websites for mobile devices as mobile shopping grew more and more popular. This might lead […]
China To Promote Cross Border E-Commerce
Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman revealed on an e-commerce press conference on September 26, 2013 several policies regarding the development of cross-border e-commerce have been tested in pilot cities such as Shanghai. It would be promoted nationwide. At present, the number of cross-border e-commerce enterprises has reached 5,000. And the number of enterprises participated in […]
Nokia Market Share by Volume Rose to 10% in September 2013
According to Taobao and other distribution channels, Nokia’s market share by volume was over 10% in September 2013. In 2013, Lumia series sold out 4.4 million in quarter one, 5.6 million in quarter two, and 7.2 million in quarter three. In September 2013, Nokia feature phone 1050 ranked top in Taobao, with 47,230 phones sold […]
Windows Dominated 91.32% OS Market in China
In August 2013, Windows Operating System XP occupied about 60% market share by volume, ranking the first. Windows 7 ranked the second, with 27.28% market share by volume, only half of Windows XP. All Windows OP market share dropped a little in August, except for Windows 8.