Mobile Commerce | Mobile Solutions

China’s Mini-Program War: Will One Unseat WeChat?

thomas.price Jul 17th, 2019

WeChat may have pioneered them, but today several other apps have stepped up to do battle for the title of Mini-Program king. Bytedance (parent to video app sensation TikTok/Douyin), Alipay, Tencent QQ, and Baidu are among the major players that… Read more

Revealing the Strategy Behind Chinese App Xiaohongshu

TMO Group Sep 19th, 2018

The masses have the power, especially in China. However, the masses and quality content go hand in hand on the currently hot Chinese app Xiaohongshu (Red, literally Little Red Book). Only a few months ago, this social commerce unicorn raised… Read more

How to be Successful in Multi-Channel eCommerce on the Chinese Market

TMO Group Aug 13th, 2018

China’s internet- and mobile phone penetration rates are 92% and 96%. Furthermore, more than 900 million users daily open WeChat. Foreign businesses looking to do cross-border eCommerce in China will first-hand experience that economic and technological development go hand in… Read more

Welcome to The Age of Mobile Payment in China

TMO Group Oct 14th, 2016

China’s mobile payments industry has entered a new and exciting phase, by reaching approximately 16.3 trillion yuan ($2.5 trillion) in 2015. Convenience, speed of transaction and discounts are the main factors encouraging the use of mobile payments over traditional payment… Read more

Three of Every Five Chinese Customers Use Online Payment Offline

TMO Group May 11th, 2016

While PayPal and other payment methods are still struggling to gain acceptance as ways to pay in U.S. stores, Chinese consumers have quickly adopted online payment solutions as major method to pay in offline stores and restaurants. Three in… Read more

More Than 300K Offline Retailers Have Launched WeChat Payment

TMO Group Apr 29th, 2016

It’s been almost two years since WeChat, China’s most popular social platform enables WeChat users to pay with WeChat payment in offline retailers. During a WeChat Payment partner conference recently, The number of offline retail stores integrated with WeChat Payment… Read more

China’s Golden Age of Mobile Commerce: Mobile Sales Account for Half of eCommerce

TMO Group Apr 15th, 2016

China has been the pioneer of mobile commerce over the years. Since China has nearly 1.3 billion mobile users, the shift from desktop to mobile devices on eCommerce sales has been clear. According to a recent research, almost two-thirds of… Read more

Next Stop, Europe: Alipay to Expand to Europe This Summer

TMO Group Apr 6th, 2016

Chinese tourists to pay for things abroad will become much easier: starting this summer, Chinese consumers will be able to use Alipay in the U.K., Germany, France and Italy, as part of Alipay’s global expansion. More exactly, Alipay the phone… Read more

These 6 Apps Could Double Business if Adopting WeChat App Account

TMO Group Jan 14th, 2016

We have learned that WeChat’s possible next move is an upgraded public account services called “App Account”, and it would be a threat to native apps since it’s more approachable to users in many ways. Currently, Services like food delivery,… Read more

WeChat App Account: What is it, and How Good it Will Be

TMO Group Jan 13th, 2016

You might already know that WeChat is discovering a new feature on its public account: “App Account”. WeChat is ambitious that app account will replace a lot of phone apps someday, but what is it, anyway? Here are our bold… Read more