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 retail and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) eCommerce sales in China in Q4 2015 occurred via mobile. That was up …
Chinese shoppers have already become the largest group of luxury shoppers in the world since 2012, now accounting for 32% of global revenue for luxury retailers. Here is another fact: around two-thirds of luxury products bought by Chinese (and often made in China) are purchased outside the country! Go West, Chinese Luxury Shoppers Chinese …
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 app will recognize where the Chinese Alipay user is in Europe and send notifications about where to …
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, taxi ordering, movie ticket purchasing have already made their appearance on WeChat public account, and …
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 prediction about WeChat’s new app account function, and its possible strengths. What is an App Account? A app …
“2016 WeChat Open Class Pro Version” took place in Guangzhou on Jan.11th. Xiaolong Zhang, the Senior Executive Vice President and President of Weixin Group at Tencent made his first public speech to more than 25,000 audiences at present. Being one of the founding fathers of WeChat, Xiaolong Zhang shared four key values of WeChat, and one …
The competition in WeChat eCommerce will definitely be tougher in 2016, since nearly every business in China are eyeing on this promising land. For one business, just opening up its WeChat store is far from enough: WeChat eCommerce need those vital features to stand out from the other competitions. Previously, we have introduced Magento 2 (currently known …
51% of mobile users used their mobile devices as their primary Internet source, compared to desktop (42%). Therefore, it is important that your mobile site, also known as “web apps” are for all users, regardless of the device or screen size they happen to be using. You don’t want to make users work to find …
While everyone’s taste is different, there are several universal principles that one successful web app embody. We’ve summed up for you into a simple list of critical success factors. 1. Speed For web users today, being fast is not enough; you need to be faster than fast. If your web app is slow, most users …
While native apps are popular with consumers, they’re quite impractical for most businesses. Emerging trends shows that designing web apps is more attractive than native apps for developers and businesses involved in developing apps, and here are the top reasons: 1. Easier to build If you really want everyone in your audience to have access …