Twenty two million China Internet users followed news on Weibo on the first day of FIFA World Cup 2014 ; total number of posts published reached 83 million in the first two hours of this event.
Archives for June 2014
China Mobile Maps Market Overview
The top three mobile maps in China are Baidu Maps, Baidu Navigation and Google Maps, according to a survey conducted by Chinese research company iResearch.
Monitor China Online Shoppping Trend with Alibaba Shopping Price Indices
Alibaba publishes a price index for online shopping, called Alibaba Shopping Price Indices or aSPI. This series include two indices:
Weibo.com Eyeing for More Revenue with We Media Program
Weibo.com has launched a new program for “we media” to encourage more unique and quality content creation on Weibo. Weibo “We Media” Program is for verified individual Weibo accounts to apply, whose monthly posts have more than one and half million monthly views and total number of fans are below five million.
Sina Weibo to Launch Smartphone Apps for Sellers
Weibo.com announced last week they are opening up its Weibo Payment for third parties including both businesses and individuals. This week, some images are leaked on China internet showing the to-be-launched smartphone app called “Weimai” (or Micro-sell) for sellers to manage product inventories and provide online customer service.
Sogou Launched Wechat Search
Sogou has just launched a search feature for Wechat official accounts and articles published via Wechat official accounts.
Nielsen: Chinese Consumer Confidence Maintains High in Q1 2014
Chinese consumer confidence remained high in the first quarter of 2014 as in the previous quarter, higher than the same time period in the previous year and above the global average, according to findings from Nielsen. Nielsen also found that FMCG sales in the Chinese market rebounded back to 8% growth in Q1, two percentage […]
China’s Top 100 Best E-Commerce Cities
Alibaba Ali Institute and Chinese Academy of Information Technology jointly started “E-Commerce Development Index” research in 2010. This year, Ali Institute studies 294 cities and released “China’s Top 100 Best E-Commerce Cities 2013” report.
Weibo to Open Up Weibo Payment This Month
Weibo has announced this morning to open up its Weibo Payment for third parties, including enterprises and individuals. Weibo Payment was launched this January, co-developed by Weibo.com and Alipay.
How Japanese AV Idol Sora Aoi Sells on China Social Media
Sora Aoi launched her own product “Spakeys G-Self silk bra” on Weibo with a limited number of 528 sets, each highly-priced at RMB 1,288. This product was launched for a limited time of 5 hours and 28 minutes and all were sold out.
INFOGRAPHIC: Taobao Users’ Shopping Habits in 24 Hours
Do you know that some Chinese who stay up late tend to buy before they sleep; three peak period for women clothing purchase; moms’ mobile shopping starts from midnight; the middle aged often buy collectibles in the afternoon… I created this infographic based on recently released data from Taobao so that you can get an […]
Windows Store: China Generating 2nd Highest Number of Downloads on Windows Phone
According to a Microsoft recent blog post, China is generating the second highest number of downloads on Windows Phone from Windows Store.