WeChat Official Account: a simple guide

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WeChat Official Accounts are drawing a lot of interest these days, as WeChat has risen to dominate the Chinese social media space (Chinese users spend ⅓ of their smartphone time on WeChat). We will address the following questions: What is WeChat Official Account Click here How do users find your WeChat Official Account Click here What are the different types …

Youzan: the Booming Leader of WeChat Commerce

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There is no shortage of providers of WeChat stores (WalktheChat is one of them!). But, whether we like it or not, we all have to admit that there is one leader in the market: Youzan. Let’s take a closer look at the largest WeChat store provider in China. We also wrote a step-by-step guide for how to create a WeChat …

How to manage your WeChat group – WeChat group automation tools

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More companies are putting WeChat group marketing as the key focus of their social media campaigns. It’s a great way to engage with your customers, build community and ultimately best channel for up-sale. Daily Dairy, a 4-year-old cosmetics startup that’s valued at $1 billion USD, is one of the best examples of how to be successful using WeChat group marketing. …

How to sell on WeChat with Youzan? The ultimate guide

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In this article we’ll learn how to sell via Youzan. We are picking Youzan as the largest WeChat shop platform in China. Many large WeChat accounts (such as Luoji Siwei) use Youzan as their main e-commerce channel. Youzan recorded a Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) of 33 billion RMB in 2018. Click here to learn more about Youzan’s financial status and …

Tencent Q3’19 Results Show Drop in Profits

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It’s been a difficult year for Tencent with tough competition and increasing regulation around gaming. Let’s see how this impacted the company’s financial performance. Revenues are still growing steadily Revenues of Tencent have kept growing at a relatively steady pace, with a 21% YOY increase. This growth has mostly been led by the expansion of the Fintech & Cloud computing …

Single’s Day 2019 breaks new record: $38 billion in 24 hours

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Year over year, Alibaba has managed to beat its own record during the biggest shopping festival on the planet. There were real concerns about whether the company would pull it off once again. The answer is a resounding yes: gross merchandise volume (GMV) on Tmall reached 268 billion RMB (38 billion USD) within 24 hours, a 26% YOY growth. The …

Taobao Live-streaming, RMB 100 million sales in 6 min

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“OMG! All ladies, buy it, buy it, buy it! “ This is the famous catchphrase of Li Jiaqi, the top-selling Taobao live-streaming host.  He just broke a stunning record during the Single’s Day pre-sale on October 21st: Record-breaking 100 million RMB of products sold within 6 minutes 5-hour live streaming Concurrent viewers reached 31 million 39 products, each was sold out …

New WeChat regulation on incentivized sharing and external links

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WeChat just released its most rigorous policy to date regulating incentived sharing and external links. The policy banned some of the most common campaign tactics. Here are some of the highlights of some of the new bans: Group buy campaign are highly regulated Incentivized App downloads Editing or re-use of user’s profile pictures or user information Sharing a link that contains …

Is WeChat getting into live streaming?

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WeChat launched a live streaming feature for Official Accounts. How does it work and is it the next big thing to sell your products? How does WeChat Official Account live streaming work?  How to create an Official Account Live Stream? Tencent Live Streaming team is still testing this new feature, and only a few selected KOL (key opinion leaders) were …