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Here are the top 5 WeChat Mini Games that are played by the most friends on my WeChat.We analyze these games and summarize how you can build the most popular games on WeChat. According to WeChat’s data, by April 27 (22 days after the release of WeChat Mini Games) the number of games available had already reached 300. The biggest …
A unicorn is a privately held startup company valued at over $1 billion. Although the term was coined in order to express the rarity of such companies, they are getting more common, especially in China. Let’s study unicorns in one of their most common habitats. Some of the highlights: Most of Chinese unicorns are located in Beijing (66 out of …
Today, we put together data from several mini-program reports showing impressive growth: Time spent on WeChat Mini-programs daily went from 1.6 minutes per day to 9.8 minutes per day in a year 87% of WeChat mini-programs users spend more than 200 RMB per month through them Majority of WeChat mini-program users are now female users
Meituan, a company focused on providing lifestyle O2O services, is planning on its IPO aiming to value at 60 billion to 80 billion USD. The company was valued at 30 billion USD during its last funding round in October 2017, ranking Meituan behind Xiaomi and above Airbnb. Lately, Meituan made some bold moves: Going head to head against Didi on …
iQiyi, a Beijing-based online entertainment company, also known as the “Chinese Netflix”, successfully landed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange on March 29 pricing its IPO at US$18 under the ticker symbol “IQ.” for a total offering size of more than 2 billion U.S. dollars. Let’s have a closer look at the largest video streaming company in China. The booming market …
A campaign by the famous WeChat KOL “New World” 新世相 recently got viral… then blocked. What are the risks of viral marketing on WeChat? And what can you learn from New World for your own campaigns? The New World Campaign New World is a very popular WeChat Official Account focusing on talking about societal subjects relevant to the post 90’s generation …
Oreo Alipay game Alipay is taking marketing campaigns to another level with its AR scan feature. Oreo partnered with Alipay to launch an AR game to let users play with the cookies. Users just need to take an Oreo cookie and scan it with Alipay’s AR tab. You will be able to play a game to catch falling Oreos with …
5 news from this week: Alibaba attempts to acquire Ele.me Momo acquires Tantan Tiao-yi-tiao mini-program starts monetizing iQiyi files for IPO in the U.S at $US 10 billion valuation Mini-program analytics App Alading raises 60 million RMB funding #1. Alibaba attempts to acquire Ele.me Alibaba made a move to purchase food-delivery leader Ele.me for $9.5 billion USD, according to ifeng.com. …
The Chinese New Year: a week-long period of time when people put down their work and pay more attention to family gossip, stupid TV programs, and many many marketing campaigns. Over the last decades, the Chinese New Year has become a Super Bowl-like advertising event. We picked the 5 most notable campaigns of this year. Taobao’s Family Plan Campaign After …
Dec 15, 2017 – 4.2 billion yuan ($636 million) investment for a 5% stake in Yonghui Superstore Co Ltd, a superstore with 600 locations in China Jan 23, 2018- potentially acquiring 1.7% stake in Carrefour Jan 29, 2018 – 14% stake of Wanda for 34 billion yuan ($5.4 billion) Jan 31, 2018 – 2.5 billion yuan ($396.91 million) investment for …
