Events are a good way to drive O2O interaction. Although WeChat does not offer solution for companies to publish their event and collect payment, a lot 3rd party event platforms do, and some even provide this service for free. We compared the 5 most popular WeChat event platforms in China that provide payment solution, and are all easily sharable on WeChat. …
The above chart is the list of monthly active users of social networks in China. WeChat has 4 times more monthly active users than its closest (non-Tencent-owned) competitor, Weibo. Why is WeChat different from other social networks in China? 1. WeChat is relationship oriented Compared with Weibo and Twitter, which are “interest based networks”, WeChat connects you with the people who …
The launch of Apple Watch in April is renewing the interest for wearable devices and popular sport tracking apps. The good news? Now you can track your steps with WeChat! What does the service do? The service is offered by an official Tencent WeChat account called Weixin Yundong (微信运动). It counts the steps you walked in a day and automatically …
The Chinese internet service market has boomed during the last 2 years, especially with the rising popularity on O2O business model last year. A recent Tencent market research report shows that internet service model has just as much impact on the 2nd and 3rd tier cities as it does for the 1st tier cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzheng). So which industry is the next gold mine …
With the tension between two Internet giant Alipay and Tencent heated over the Hongbao war on Chinese New Year, the two companies have entered into a “freeze-out” period in which you can no longer access Alipay owned websites like Taobao, Tmall and Xiami (popular music app) though WeChat. A lot of clients ask us if we can help them to process …
On the night before Chinese New year, a WeChat advertising campaign featuring virtual red envelopes through the WeChat Shake function (摇一摇) became the most popular activity, beside watching the Spring festival gala. WeChat gave out 500 million yuan (80 million USD), the Shake function was used 11 billion times by people over 185 countries. In just a few days, around …
