Company Mission WalktheChat’s core mission is to launch brands in China using social and digital channels. Most of our clients are fashion, handbags, cosmetics, and jewelry brands with high-potential of success in the Chinese market Position summary The Recruitment Ninja’s responsibility is to ensure that the WalktheChat team is and remains a team of A-players. The Recruitment Ninja must fine-tune …
How to Create a Douyin (Chinese Tik Tok) Verified Account?
With hundreds of millions of RMB of sales generated in a single live-stream, Douyin (the Chinese version of Tik Tok) is becoming a growing hub of e-commerce in China. But how can brands get started selling on Douyin? Here is our guide. Step 1: Download the Douyin App The first step to create a Douyin brand account is to download …
[Hiring tips] 7 Ways WalktheChat Finds New Talent
Since the beginning of 2020, WalktheChat experienced accelerating growth: we became the first Shopify Sales Channel enabling sales to China, started offering Douyin and Kuaishou marketing services to our clients, and expanded our Tmall operations. This growth came with a lot of pressure on our operations team. We quickly realized something: our recruitment process wasn’t on par with the company’s …
WeChat Mini Programs reach 829 million Monthly Active Users
WeChat has recently been under fire, suffering from intense competition from short video platforms Douyin and Kuaishou. There is however one bright spot for the largest social network in China: WeChat Mini Programs are still booming, both in number of users and engagement rates. Growth and engagement WeChat Mini Program Monthly Active Users (MAUs) grew from 743 million to 829 …
5 Niche Platforms to Promote Your Products in China
The largest Chinese marketplaces and platforms are already famous abroad: WeChat, Tmall, Red, JD.com, or Douyin don’t need further introduction. But beyond these super-platforms, there exist a large number of niche channels that can help foreign brands sell to China. Need help listing on one of these channels, or would you like to discover more channels to promote your brand? …
China’s Internet Usage Back to Pre-COVID levels (& 3 other news)
Today we share 4 news from the Chinese digital space, from the impact of COVID to WeChat Mini-programs. China’s Internet Usage Back to Pre-COVID levels According to a report by QuestMobile, daily time spent by Chinese users is back to its pre-COVID level. Internet usage boomed during the pandemic, jumping from 6.0 hours per day in December 2019 to 7.3 …
[Data] WeChat, Douyin, Red, Which Platform to Pick for KOL Campaigns?
With Douyin, Kuaishou and Red becoming stronger and stronger in the Chinese social media space, it is getting harder for brands to decide which platform to pick. Here is some data that will help you decide where to run KOL campaigns depending on your brand and positioning. Social platforms demographic data In terms of gender, Red and Weibo are heavily …
What Did We Learn Studying Douyin’s 100 Top-Performing E-commerce Campaigns?
Today, we study the top-100 best-selling KOL campaigns on Douyin (Chinese version of Tik Tok) during the last 30 days. Our goal: helping you understand how to really sell on Douyin. Note: the period studied ranges from the 17th of June to the 17th of July 2020. The study focuses on top-100 best-selling campaigns. All data comes from Newrank’s Xindou …
Xiaohongshu Drops Commission on Sales from 20% to 5% (and other news)
This week, we report on a few significant news in the Chinese E-commerce space: Xiaohongshu reduced the commission the platform charges to merchant sales from ~20% to 5%. Weibo posts can now redirect users to WeChat Mini-programs WeChat is testing a new #hashtag# feature Xiaohongshu reduces platform costs In an effort to attract merchants to promote their products on the …
JD.com 618 Revenues Grow 33% Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
618, happening on June 18th, is the second biggest shopping festival in China after Single’s Day. First launched by JD.com, the festival has broken new records this year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Record-breaking year for JD.com JD.com broke new records this year, with 269.2 billion RMB of orders during the shopping festival (from June 1st to June 18th). The total …