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The pandemic has caused damages to the world’s economy, but for internet companies, it’s an opportunity for growth and expansion. JD, Alibaba, and Pinduoduo, the 3 largest Chinese e-commerce companies, have released their financial earnings last week.  More active e-commerce users as a lasting impact of COVID-19 The pandemic has changed the users’ behavior by forcing most people to stay …

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 …

Douyin is pushing Douyin stores and starts to softly break ties with Taobao Douyin recently started to block a Taobao order management system, Qianniu 千牛, from accessing its Douyin store e-commerce data. Douyin launched Doudian 抖店, an order management system, similar to Taobao’s Qianniu at the end of 2019. It’s a comprehensive e-commerce system for merchants to create products, manage …

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 …

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 …

Here are 5 interesting news this week in the Chinese Digital world! Bilibili added direct links to Taobao Bilibili finally enabled authors to add e-commerce links taking users to Taobao.  Users can click on a Tabao product link located at the bottom of a video or live-streaming session. KOLs can also add their own store on their profile page, similar …

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 …

Zhang Yuqi & Xin Ba – 223 million RMB sales on a Kuaishou live-streaming Zhang Ting – 256 million RMB sales during her first Douyin live-streaming Liu Tao – 148 million RMB sales during her first Taobao live-streaming These record-breaking data reports show that Chinese celebrities are also becoming live-streaming superstars. Live-streaming overview According to the China Statistic Bureau and …

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 …

Ocean Insights, a Bytedance subsidiary, released a Douyin Beauty Industry Report 2020. The report shows Douyin is increasingly becoming a good marketing channel for beauty and cosmetics brands. Some highlights for the Douyin beauty industry includes: Daily video view reached 1.2 billion Beauty video content has increased by 228% YoY in 2019, above the average Douyin YoY growth of 192% …