Live-streaming, private traffic, and KOC defined the year 2019 for social media marketing. What’s the trend for 2020? Highlight of 2019 Live-streaming Taobao live-streaming made a big buzz this year. Taobao live-streaming Daily Active Users increased by 130% to 41.33 million during the Single’s Day. Top KOLs like Li Jiaqi and Viya made headlines of their record-breaking 1 billion RMB …
WeChat launched 3 features to fight-off Douyin
Digital marketing in China used to be all about WeChat. Therefore, Tencent could rest on its laurels for a while. WeChat got lazy about making WeChat Official Accounts a good way to access content, it missed the boat on the explosion of online videos and provided a sloppy search engine. But Tencent is now paying for staying too idle for …
Live-streaming triples WeChat conversion rates (and 4 other industry reports)
Today, WalktheChat selected nuggets of insights from 5 industry reports published during the last couple of weeks. Enjoy! Live-streaming triples WeChat conversion rates in female apparel The success of Taobao live-streaming has been widely covered in recent tech news. Hosts such as Li Jiaqi and Wei Ya are now emblematic of massive impulse purchases. But live-streaming is not limited to …
WeChat Official Account: a simple guide
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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 …