DiDi DaChe: taxi-booking app in China
It is becoming increasingly difficult to hail a cab in China’s first cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc. This statement brought developers to think of a new way of hitching a ride: why not create an app enabling riders to find a taxi nearby willing to take him to his destination, and drivers to […]
Online market in China: How Alibaba started
Online market in China: How Alibaba started With Alibaba’s IPO set to break records, there’s been a surge of interest in the company from the West. Savvier followers of online commerce have already had their eyes on Jack Ma’s start-up and its spin-off sites since it handily beat eBay’s attempt to capture market share in […]
How to sell on Tmall
How to sell on Tmall [see also How to sell on Taobao] Due to rapid growth of Internet users in Chine, whose number already reached more than 500 million, e-commerce market is shrinking every year at spectacular pace and is expected to surpass the US online shopping market by 2015. As a result, a lot […]
Online survey: Payment methods are increasing in variety in China
Online survey: Payment methods are increasing in variety in China With rapidly increasing popularity of e-commerce and online shopping market in China, payment methods are becoming more diverse. Traditionally, Chinese customers prefer Cash on Delivery or COD method, which allows controlling the quality of a product before payment is made. Credit cards are not popular […]
Online panels China : QQ Survey, So Jump and Diaochapai
Last part of our focus on online panels in China (part1 / part2) with three major online platforms in China. Online panels China: QQ Survey (QQ Channel) with its sub channel www.1diaocha.Com Intro Sample library: 3.4 million Ways of invitation QQ Survey uses qq mails and qq messages to contact chosen samples. Ways of reward […]
Online panels in China : Le Diao Cha & Taidu 8
Our focus this week is on online panels in China. Having seen the main apps offering panels in China, we will discuss about the Internet tools providing this online service in China. Le Diao Cha (乐调查) Intro Channels for sample panel collection: 50% come from Ji Fen Bao (a part of Taobao business, which has […]
French start-ups in China
China, with a population of more than 1.4 billion people and an economy with a staggering growth rate has emerged as one of the most financially viable business hot beds for many European brands. This is the outcome of the increasing purchasing power of the Chinese middle income group. Consumers are now in a position […]
China Social network services
Overview of social network services in China According to China Internet Network Information Center statistic report, the most popular China social network services in 2013 are QQ and Weibo (sina and Tecent). Weibo and instant message as new SNS applications have taken large part of SNS market. Although there was an obvious decease in the […]
Internet usage in China : Focus on Wechat and Kaixin
Today, China, after experienced an outstanding economic growth, is showing a substantial increase of its digital presence. With an explosive growth rate in UDI, people change the life style they get accustomed and start a totally differentiated way to contact, communicate and connect. Here we choose two examples — WeChat and kaixin001.com of the major […]
Market of Baby products in China
The growing trend of Market of Baby Products in China There are more than 3 million B2C maternal and baby supplies purchasers in China. This is about 3% of all B2C purchasers in the Middle Kingdom. Compared with the whole market, this consumer population is more specialized and smaller in scale. However, their average consumption […]
Taobao, Tmall and the online market in China (2/2)
Second part of our focus on Online market in China. The first part here Type of Online Retailer : C2C (Taobao) & C2b (Tmall) The most popular type of online retailers falls under the consumer to consumer (C2C) category. The C2C market model is a platform or marketplace, which connects individuals and smaller online business […]
Taobao, Tmall and the online market in China (1/2)
China’s Ecommerce revolution has effectively changed the way Chinese shop, retail stores sell, and how business is conducted. It has further given rise to new entrepreneurs and new businesses which are largely supported by the E-commerce engine. Consider that Alibaba Group, owner of the largest ecommerce web sites as Taobao and Tmall has a value […]