In the first half of 2013, China mobile e-commerce reached 53.2 billion yuan(USD 8.6 billion), with a YoY increase of 44.1%. It is expected to reach 130 billion yuan (USD 21 billion) by the end of 2013. In 2012, the mobile e-commerce enterprises were 250.5 million. It is estimated to be 372.5 million in 2013. […]
China’s Top 9 E-Commerce Platforms for Home Appliance Accessories by Sales
According to EnfoDesk, by the end of June 2013, the top 9 e-commerce platforms home appliance spare parts price index is shown above.
China Mobile Shopping Users Monthly Income Analysis
According to iResearch, among China mobile shopping users, monthly income between 3001-5000 yuan (USD 497-811) was the largest group with 34.2%. Followed by the group between 1,501-3,000 (USD 243-497) with 24.4%. Generally speaking, China mobile shopping users had relatively good monthly income.
China Android Apps Download Analysis
According to DCCI research, the average number of apps installed by China Android users were 29.9. As the chart shown above, 27.76% installed 10-20 apps, followed by 20-30 with 22.02%.
What International Hotels Need to Know About Chinese Travelers
Custom doc title: Int’l Hotels’ Guide to China International Travelers Hotels.com, a global leading hotel booking websites, released its China International Travel Monitor (CITM) on August 21. This research found out that 75% hotels oversea said Chinese customers made up 5% of all room bookings. 45% hotels said the number of Chinese tourists increased last […]
Alipay to Launch Offline Payment
Alipay is going to launch offline payment partnering with Ubox to be its first partner next month. Consumers could use offline in bad internet connection areas. Ubox is a Chinese top vending machine company, which developed its own app for mobile payments at vending machines. Now it will be the first company to support Alipay’s […]
Top 10 Mobile Manufacturers Online Advertising Cost in June 2013
According to iResearch, the total mobile brands advertising cost in June reached 46.09 million yuan (USD 7.48 million). Nokia spent most on online advertising, with 11.56 million yuan (USD 1.87 million). Followed by Motorola and Samsung.
China Mobile Phone Sales Reached 90M, 85% Smartphone in Q2 2013
EnfoDesk just released a report on China mobile phone sales in Q2 2013, which showed that the total mobile phone sales in the second quarter reached 90.39 million set, with a slight QoQ drop of 0.2% and a YoY increase of 36%. Smartphone sales reached 71.11 million, with a QoQ increase of 2.4%, and a […]
Top 10 Financial Websites in Vertical Industry in June 2013
iResearch just released its report on top 10 websites in finance vertical in June 2013. China’s financial websites daily unique visitors reached 22.77 million in June 2013. Eastmoney topped with 7.68 million daily unique visitors, with 3.2% daily reach. Followed by Hexun with 3.5 million and 10JQKA.com with 1.43 million daily unique visitors. Financial websites […]
Sina to Launch Square Style Mobile Payment Solution With Lakala
Sina will launch a Square style mobile payment solution with Lakala, a Chinese independent payment solutions powered by China Unionpay. The cooperation is still under negotiation, said by one staff from Lakala. Lakala would help Sina with hardware and software development and system maintenance. The final product might even be cheaper than Lakala’s own Square […]
China Internet Users Spent Most Online Time Watching Videos and Social Networking
Top 10 internet services didn’t change too much in June 2013, the ranking was the same as May. Users spent most time on watching online videos, with 35% in May. Followed by social network and search.
Sina Reached Strategic Partnership With NBA
On August 6 2013, Sina and NBA announced their strategic partnership. Sina is NBA’s official internet partner and online community partner, reaching to a deeper cooperation three years after their first alliance in 2010. Their cooperation will begin in three areas: mobile broadcasting, community interaction and live video. NBA live games will attract lots of […]
Baidu Awarded Million Dollar Prize to Speech Search Engine Team
Baidu awarded million dollar prize to two teams, one of them was speech search engine team. This is the first time when an end-user oriented team won the prize. Baidu’s million dollar prize is set up by CEO Robin Li, mainly for employees whose position are below director levels. The team should be limited to […]
Wechat Came to the Fifth in the World App Rank in July
GlobalWebIndex found that Google Maps was the top app by monthly usage rate last July, as high as 54%. Followed by Facebook, Youtube, and Google+. Tencent’s Wechat or known, as Weixin in China, came to the fifth place in world mobile ranking, with 27% usage rate. Twitter fell behind Wechat, with 22%. Instagram was ranked […]
Ctrip Cooperating With Its Rival Qunar
Ctrip, the largest online travel agency in China, has begun cooperation with its old rival Qunar which is the Chinese leading travel search engine on vacation packages recently after a long time price war and war of words. Besides, it is said Ctrip and Qunar will further cooperate on air tickets and hotel booking. The […]