Over 20% of Chinese bought through Haitao (buying overseas) once a week in H1 2018, increased by 8.5% from last year. Over 40% of Chinese buying through Haitao in order to try popular overseas products. Highly cost-effective and wide varieties were also the main driving forces. 41.1% of Haitao buyers tended to buy products originated […]
China mobile input apps in 2018, led by Sogou, iFlytek, and Baidu
China’s input method market saw 690 million users in June 2018, a 13.1% increase from the same period last year. Sogou Input Method (Sogou Pinyin) remained on top, followed by iFlytek and Baidu Input Method. In terms of the average monthly active users (MAU) in the last twelve months ended June 2018, Sogou Input took […]
China’s supermarkets aim to become the 3rd social space
Supermarkets start to gain popularity among the young population in China. The future supermarket becomes young people’s third social space. 7FRESH is positioned as Jingdong Group (JD.com)’s online and offline integrated fresh food supermarket, in which the fresh food accounts for more than 70% of the products. Jingdong selects supermarket products based on consumer data. […]
China short-term rental market 2018; 70% of Airbnb and Xiaozhu users are female
The short-term rental has been gradually gaining popularity in China since 2010. There are 80 million short-term rental users in 2017, a high jump of 103%, which is expected to reach 147 million by the end of 2018. It is estimated to slow its pace with the growing user base. Currently, the short-term rental platforms […]
Top live streaming apps in China in Q2 2018
Online live streaming market obtained a total of 398 million users in 2017, an increase of 28.4%, which is estimated to reach 460 million in 2018 and 507 million in 2019. This market showed signs of a slowdown since 2017.
Tik Tok overtook Kwai to lead China’s short video market in Q2 2018
The monthly active users of short video apps in China exceeded 500 million in June 2018, an increase of 45.6% year-on-year. Tik Tok saw its monthly active users exceeded 200 million, closely behind that of Kwai (231.09 million). Weishi showed a great potential with monthly active users growing by 266 times from 161 thousand to […]
China online video market overview in Q2 2018; mobile MAU over 1 bn
The online video market exceeded 609 million users with a penetration rate of 76% in June 2018, primarily led by Tencent Video and iQiyi. Meanwhile, Tik Tok overtook Kwai to topped the ranking of short video apps in several aspects. China’s online video market was expected to continue its meteoric rises in the mobile internet era, with […]
Alibaba’s cross border e-commerce platform AliExpress reached 150 million buyers
AliExpress, Alibaba’s cross-border online retail platform, reached an accumulated 150 million overseas buyers, with a 50 million newly added users since April 2017. Meanwhile, its monthly visits exceed 200 million on the site worldwide.
3 Trends of WeChat Mini-Programs
The growth horizons of WeChat’s mini-programs are becoming increasingly defined. Gaming, traveling and shopping programs have been firmly established as the leading categories. The “instant use and go” ideology is also apparent. Compared to traditional mobile apps, the average time spent is far less. In creating a new niche for mini-programs, internet companies have advantages […]
China online users privacy report 2018; 95% concerned about personal info security
No data is an isolated island in the era of the internet. Along with the convenience of sharing data and information, personal privacy becomes consumable. It is not unusual that some Chinese asked if their data would be leaked, why some stranger even knew their names on the phone, and why some sites need a […]
China smartphone users profiles 2018; Apple, Huawei vs. Xiaomi
Overall, male users accounted for 55% of the smartphone market while male users took 45% shares. Male users liked Huawei best while Apple was the apple of female’s eyes. Much more male users preferred Xiaomi and Samsung compared with Female users’ OPPO and Vivo. Huawei expanded its market in first-tier and new first-tier cities with shares […]
Alibaba, Jingdong, and Suning among world’s top 50 retail brands in 2018
Amazon’s brand value has risen 42% to US$150.8 billion, retaining top billing as the world’s most valuable retail brand according to a Brand Finance report, while other e-commerce brands are in strong growth, such as Alibaba (up 58% to US$54.9 billion) and JD.com (up 47% to US$19.6 billion) as well as Germany’s Zalando (up 40% […]
China domestic tourism saw over 2.8 billion person-trips in H1 2018
China’s domestic tourism saw 2.826 billion person-trips in the first half of 2018, an increase of 11.4% year-on-year. Among them, urban residents went on 1.997 billion person-trips, increased by 13.7% compared with the 829 million person-trips made by rural residents, an increase of 6.3%, according to National Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Meet Meituan, another China’s everyday app
Meituan Dianping (Meituan), China’s leading e-commerce platform for local lifestyle services updated its IPO prospectus previously filed with Hong Kong Exchanges this month. It plans to issue 480 million shares each priced between HK$60 and HK$72 with a value of at best 34.6 billion yuan (US$5.06 bn) and set to go public on September 20, […]
Is Alipay Mini-Programs a powerful weapon for retailer?
Some mobile apps have developed mini-apps in China, which requires no installation and allows instant usage on their platforms by users. The leading ones are WeChat, Alipay, and Baidu while Huawei, Vivo, Xiaomi and 9 other major applications have also developed their own. While WeChat Mini-Programs leads the game, Alipay mini-apps also shows some potential. […]