WeChat recently launched the “Nearby Ads” marketing solution to solve marketing problems of small and medium-sized merchants. Nearby Ads can accurately display the advertisements in WeChat Moments to reach customers within the 3km distance.
Weibo monthly active users grew slightly to 497 million in Q3 2019
Weibo’s monthly active users were 497 million in September 2019, a net addition of approximately 51 million users year-over-year. Mobile MAUs represented approximately 94% of MAUs.
Top Mini-Programs in Oct 2019; China’s mini-apps war led by online shopping
In addition to Tencent’s WeChat, Baidu, and Ant Financial’s Alipay, many other large Chinese Internet companies have been taking actions in building their mini-program ecosystems. QQ (Tencent) introduced the “One-click Comment” function and managed to explored new sources of traffic. Alipay introduced the “Comment after Payment” function. WeChat (Tencent) introduced the Notification Subscription and Industry […]
China outbound tourism insights 2019
Close to one third (29%) of China outbound travelers are post-80s; They spent an average of 5,566 yuan on travel booking. Online travel websites and mobile apps are the top sources of China’s outbound tourists to obtain travel information in 2019. China’s outbound travelers spent most on shopping (37%) and transport & accommodation (32%).
Business essentials for WeChat in Oct 2019
WeChat banned external links. Mini-programs in the travel and entertainment categories enjoyed high popularity. Tencent Cloud empowers WeChat mini programs. Increasingly refined WeChat Mini Program operation and service systems help mini-app operators improve their operational management. Mini-program operators now can check and learn many important and useful information like operation status evaluation, KPI dashboard, operation […]
Xiaomi launched new smartphones, smart watch, and smart TV for Double 11 2019
Xiaomi launched multiple smart devices this week including several smartphones (Mi CC9 Pro, Mi Note 10, Redmi Note 8T), smart watch Mi Watch, and Mi TV 5.
China online travel booking users reached 146 million in Jun 2019
The total number of online travel agency (OTA) users in China reached 145.6 million in June 2019, according to data from Fastdata. Tier-2 cities in total saw the most number of OTA users (56.68 million) in June 2019, followed by tier-3 group and tier-1. Related Dossier: China Online Travel Lower-tier cities experienced faster growth in […]
Are you a foreigner visiting China? You can now use Alipay
Alipay has just introduced a version of its popular app designed specifically for international travelers to enjoy the ease of paying with their smartphones while visiting mainland China. And, no local mobile number or bank account is required.
Short video app Kuaishou expanding beyond entertainment
On October 17th, Kuaishou (Kwai) Big Data Research Institute released the “2019 Kuaishou Education Ecosystem Report”, which systematically reviewed Kuaishou’s education ecosystem for the first time. The report shows that Kwai’s platform has generated as many as 200 million educational short videos so far. The average number of daily views has exceeded 2.2 billion, and […]
China second largest search engine Sogou revenues up 14% in Q3 2019
China’s second-largest search engine Sogou announced total revenues of $314.9 million in the third quarter, a 14% increase year-over-year, or a 17% increase in RMB terms.
Characteristics of China outbound travelers in 4 segments
Four segments of China’s outbound travelers are worth noting: high-income group, the backpackers, generation Z, and female outbound travelers. High-income Group: Experience Focused This segment of outbound travelers is mostly male (69%), married, and backbones in their companies. Post-80s accounted for 55%. Married users account for 84.1%; 75.3% have children according to data from iResearch. […]
China telecom market in Q3 2019; internet TV users exceeded 292 million
In the first three quarters of 2019, the total number of mobile phone users of the three telecommunications companies in China, including China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom, reached 1.598 billion, an increase of 3.3% according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.
Best performing cities in China in 2019
Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities in China series has been tracking the economic performance of Chinese cities since 2015. In 2019, the top 10 in the big cities group are Chengdu, Shenzhen, Beijing, Lanzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi’an, Guiyang, Changchun, Wuhan, and Xiamen.
Apartment rental platform Danke filed IPO for NYSE
Danke Apartment, an apartment rental platform in China, filed its IPO with SEC in the U.S. to apply to list the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DNK.”
How Taobao uses search and content to cultivate social e-commerce
Taobao launched its own Hot Search List function in September. It’s currently only available to 50% of the users, the Hot Search List appears when users click the search bar on the main page. Hot Search items on the list appear to be phrases edited manually rather than product keywords. Though it looks like Weibo’s […]