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 […]
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Fake fans and manipulations on China social media
Hive Media, the largest MCN on Weibo, is accused of falsifying data. Parties involved in the whole incident – the advertisers, Hive and Weibo site – all received negative comments on social media in China. MCN, or multi-channel network, refers to companies that work with multiple channels and content creators, consulting or assisting towards success […]
KFC & Ting Hsin’s attempts in membership e-commerce in China
At the KFC V Mall, an order was placed with excitement. The price was pretty good! It’s 10 yuan lower with a 20 yuan coupon and 999 credit points than Taobao’s Juhuasuan. What’ so special about KFC V Mall? In the KFC V Mall, there are quite a few categories – household and kitchen, fresh […]
3 popular models of social e-commerce in China
Social e-commerce is a segment that involves utilizing communication channels such as social networking websites, SNS, WeChat, Weibo, social media as well as the social interaction, user-generated content and other measures to facilitate the purchase and sales of products. Social networking elements as “like”, sharing, connection, discussion, interaction, and others are applied to the process […]
Tencent Live integrates live streaming with e-commerce mini programs
Though still in testing phase Tencent Live integrates live streaming with its mini program. Brands can embed HTML5 based product on its mini program as an entry to its live streaming. Followers and fans can click to open Tencent Live to watch live streaming.
Mobile social app Momo MAU grew to 114 million in Jun 2019
Momo, one of China’s top mobile social networking platform, announced total net revenues of RMB4,152.6 million (US$604.9 million) in the second quarter of 2019, an increase of 32% from RMB3,152.5 million in Q2 2018.
Weibo’s monthly active users grew to 486 million in Q2 2019
Weibo’s monthly active users (“MAUs”) reached 486 million in June 2019, a net addition of approximately 55 million users year-over-year. Mobile MAUs represented approximately 94% of MAUs. Weibo average daily active users (“DAUs”) were 211 million in June 2019, a net addition of about 21 million users year-over-year according to Weibo’s official finance results.
Pinduoduo’s annual active buyers exceeded 483 mn, ranking second in Q2 2019
China e-commerce platform Pinduoduo reported total revenues in the second quarter of RMB7,290.0 million (US$1,061.9 million), an increase of 169% from RMB2,709.0 million in Q2 2018 according to its official announced financial results.
4 pillars to unlock post-90s growth potential
Post-90s generation consumers are the core growth driver for the personal care market in China. In China, demographic cohorts were often defined by decades in which the segment was born. Post-90s generation refers to those who were born in the 1990s. They were once considered as “emerging consumers”. But now in 2019, they are in […]
How did TikTok help a milk tea rise to popularity
After Haidilao’s tomato beef soup, CoCo’s sugar-free milk tea and Answer Tea’s fortune-telling tea, TikTok, the best-seller maker, helped another food product gain enormous Internet popularity – the “TikTok” half-baked cake bubble milk tea. This milk tea was designed by TikTok and Happy Lemon together. Oreo, half-baked cheese and chocolate crumbs are blended in the […]
How is Pinduoduo a valuable e-commerce platform for top tier cities in China?
Many Chinese consumers have the impression that most users of Pinduoduo are housewives, middle-aged, or elderly people who live in third-tier or fourth-tier cities. They are highly consistent with users of Kuaishou and have extraordinary sensitivity to low price. They are more willing to ask people for help bargaining in WeChat group in order to […]
A Chinese retailer’s digital transformation journey
Last November, Tianhong’s Junshang 3019sp@ce supermarket officially upgraded to a WeChat payment smart retail store. The number of cashiers reduced from 15-20 to only two on that day, most of which were replaced by self-checkout machines.
Have you utilized live video broadcasting for your China e-commerce sales?
Live video broadcasting has proven to be a fun, engaging way to connect with followers and grow the audience. 78% of online viewers are watching video on Facebook Live as of 2018. In China, live streaming has stepped up the game and become a useful tool to drive e-commerce traffic and sales.
How one utilizes Alipay mini-programs to acquire new users
Alipay recently introduced a new feature Sports on its mini-programs platform and opened beta testing to some developers. It has helped promote brand exposure and user acquisitions. Previously, Alipay mini-programs has opened over 600 functions including face recognition to developers. Alipay, the leading online payment platform owned by Ant Financial and affiliated with Alibaba Group, […]
China’s cross-border online shoppers to exceed 200 million by 2020
Consumption expenditure contributed 76.2% to GDP growth in 2018. The market for imported goods totaled US$2,078.10 billion, an increase of 12.9%. The population of consumers who buy foreign products online is estimated to exceed 200 million by 2020 according to Deloitte. In the pilot areas, such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, next-day delivery or the same […]