Youzan is one of the most used 3rd party WeChat eCommerce platforms, and one of its biggest selling point is: free for merchants to use. But, starting July 8th, 2016, Youzan’s free lunch is over. More specifically, merchant on Youzan need to pay RMB 4,800 yearly service fee. This new rule will only be enforced …
The future of cross border eCommerce in China will be absolutely bright, told by every business forecast you can read. In this piece, we are not going to talk about those flashing numbers. We will focus on the industry trend that every cross border eCommerce retailer need to keep an eye on. By knowing this, …
WeChat Pay has already expanded to Indonesia, Singapore & Thailand, and Japan will be the next destination. Chinese internet giant Tencent is partnering with Hotto Link, Japanese social data provider to expand WeChat Pay service to Japanese market. It is estimated that 10,000 stores in Japan will be connected to WeChat Pay by the end of the year. …
WeChat is now the No.1 most popular phone application in China, and number don’t lie: In March, WeChat from Tencent broke the 700 million monthly active user (MAU) records, showing how far the company is ahead of the competition, in terms of user base. WeChat: China’s Most Popular App with Over 700 Million Based on the latest …
WeChat now could be the easiest way to find out where to buy a certain product. Last week, WeChat announced that it has launched open beta testing for a new scanning feature in the app, “Barcode Scanning Function”. WeChat “Barcode Scanning Function”…What is That? More exactly, when WeChat users scan a product barcode through …
Last week, “Coupon Ads” first appeared in WeChat user’s Moments timeline, as a new ad format by WeChat. This new format supports text, images and video formats, and users can collect, redeem and share it via WeChat. With 762 million MAUs (monthly active users), WeChat Moments coupon ads will have these two strengths: 1. …
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 has been revealed: over 300,000. According to the released data, over 200 million WeChat users …
We revealed earlier that the new WeChat “Shake” function will pull your customers closer. If you are expecting to grow your O2O commerce in China, WeChat “Shake” is an interesting feature for you to discover since it is not only entertaining for WeChat users but also can bring a lot of benefits. Today we will …
Just Shake it! Have you ever tried the “Shake” feature on WeChat? Before, “Shake” is an interesting way to discover new users and corporate accounts with just a few shakes of your smartphone. Since 2015, the “Shake” feature is heading in a new direction: by shaking via WeChat, offline retail businesses can interact with mobile …
As we head into 2016, “mobile wallet” is still a heated topic in China. 358 million Chinese last year, roughly half the country’s Internet users, have used mobile payment options like WeChat Pay. Meanwhile, offline stores are looking for a perfect solution for mobile wallet, since “online payment” is an important part in the O2O …