Earlier this month, Douyin opened its shopping cart feature. It's rival short video app Kuaishou following up, upgraded its e-commerce services, giving preference to domestically produced goods and partnering with Chinese e-commerce giants services such Alibaba-owned Taobao and Tmall, as well as mobile e-commerce platform Youzan in the hope of...
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Most brands and marketing agencies like to talk about the Millennials. But it is actually the older generation that make up almost a third of China’s massive population. That's why more and more Tech companies as well as brands are looking at ways to engage them. Examples are Alibaba's easier...
The battle between Chinese short-video gaints is moving from online to offline. Tencent Weishi, a short-video platform owned by Tencent announced a Gopro-like action-camera in collaboration with manufacturer EKEN on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Kuaishou announced on the same day a Snap Spectacles-like product in collaboration with Chinese spec-maker Starci. Whether the...
Douying is growing at breakneck speed. It is reported to be the most downloaded app in Apple's App Store worldwide in the first quarter of this year reported by SensorTower. Now the platform made a move to bring more quality content and to retain users. Douyin reportedly identified a number of...
Douyin could be a key platform for branding, but it might not be the best fit for every brand. When brands are choosing a digital marketing platform, following what is trendy seems like the right thing to do. However choosing the most suitable platform is about more than following a...
The Short video platform battle is stil on! Douyin's rival Kuaishou (快手), a short video sharing and live streaming platform has bought Acfun (A站), a platform for ACG (anime, comics, and gaming) fans. In this post, you will find out how this move will help Kuaishou in the battle for...
China can be a complicated market for foreign brands to do business. From hosting a website to running a social media campaign, the digital norms in China deviate from those in the West and localizing is paramount to success. The two most obvious “first steps” are registering a verified WeChat...
Powered by advanced cloud technology, smartphones and the optional accessory of an adjustable selfie-stick, live-streaming is taking Chinese content consumers by storm. A Credit Suisse report, made available in September 2016, placed the personal live-streaming market in China to climb to 5 billion USD in value in 2017. Interestingly, this...
With the rapidly growing livestreaming market in China, livestreaming is bound to become a hobby — or even a daily habit — for the average Chinese netizen. Take a look at this article on what Niche livestreaming platfrom Inke is doing!
With the largest middle class in the world, China is an attractive market for Western brands. Within China’s unique and fast-changing digital markets, foreign brands face various challenges and intensive competition from home-grown brands. Wondering how China’s digital market is different from rest of the world? Or what some of...