Some of the web related news from China this week. With a total number of 400 million active users as of December 2017, WeChat Mini-Programs is estimated to reach 500 million active users in Q1 2018. Being a critical part of Tencent’s WeChat ecosystem, Mini-Programs seem to be more and[…]
To be successful in International Search Marketing, you must understand seasonality in your target markets. Without this knowledge, you are likely to use what works for your home market in foreign countries, and fail. Being aware of the global calendar, or the calendar for each target country is one of[…]
Products and services review sites are very popular in Japan, too. Kakaku.com is one of the oldest comparison sites, and one of the most trusted sites for the information they provide. So, you can imagine how the users went uproar when they found out that Kakaku.com was hiding bad reviews[…]
In order to help grow the local businesses, Chinese Government announced new E-Commerce guidelines. In efforts of supporting the local businesses, which have shown the sign of slowing down, China’s State Council has released new policies for customers process for import and export of goods purchased online. It will speed[…]
From the early stage of online shopping in the ’90s, Japan has been one of the biggest B2B and B2C eCommerce markets in the world. According to Nielsen’s reported last February that people were shopping more from smartphone than PC in Japan. This latest report from last December shows that[…]