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Xu: WeChat drove mobile payment adoption by framing transfers as red envelopes
“And actually somebody at WeChat told me that when they tried rolling out mobile payments between people and stores, people were very distrustful of you know, why, why would I send you my payment information on my cell phone that seems so hackable? As soon as t…”
Chan: WeChat grew payment adoption by discounting Didi taxi rides
“The red envelopes is a massive enabler for payment information and for group chats. But even aside from that, WeChat also did have hacks. There was a period of time where if you were hailing a taxi, a DD car through WeChat, it was discounted. So they definitel…”
Chan: Over one-third of WeChat users have linked banking credentials
“WeChat flourishes because over a third of their users already have their banking credentials tied to their account. And that's why So much commerce can happen with what, just one tap.”
Chan: Text-based chatbots failed on WeChat in China
“When WeChat first launched official accounts, a lot of them were more text-based as well with very Simple very simple graphics. They didn't have the menus at the bottom just yet, and a lot of official accounts weren't focused on the WebView concept and the app…”
Connie Chan: WeChat does not charge developers for official accounts
“WeChat since inception has been very developer friendly and very friendly to third parties giving them a lot of flexibility in what kind of features and functionality they want to include, but they also don't charge to create an official account.”
Chan: WeChat limits comment visibility to mutual friends to protect privacy
“So on the moment section when you're posting photos or posting links, they made one decision for functionality that I think is really interesting, which is, if I comment on some photo or anything you posted, only our mutual friends will see my comment, and the…”
Chan: Tencent caps WeChat Moments ads to just two per day
“And so on WeChat moments, your equivalent of your Facebook newsfeed, they've capped the number of ads to just two per day.”
Chan: Uniqlo's WeChat Campaign Drove 30% Sales Boost and 1M Followers
“A third of the people who received this photo shared it on their WeChat news feed. There was a 30% increase And sales for items that were featured in this campaign. And Uniqlo followers went from 400,000 To over a million.”
Chan: WeChat enables IT admins to prevent message forwarding
“From the IT side, actually, they even have unique functionality where they can control for confidentiality. They can set it so that you can't forward specific messages. They can tear your access so you only see certain parts of official accounts.”
Chan: WeChat official accounts function as web pages wrapped in-app
“Whenever you interact with an official account, that official account can basically take you to something that's similar to a webpage that's just wrapped inside of WeChat.”
Chan: WeChat payment system credentials work seamlessly across all official accounts
“Is WeChat can then basically have you logged into all of these official accounts and also pass on your payment credentials, and so rather than typing in my credit card information every time I'm transacting with a new official account, I only have to link my p…”
Chan: WeChat hosts over 10 million official accounts
“There are also ten million different official accounts out there, actually more than ten million, and a lot of them are unable to accept payments, and so once you enter in your payments once on the WeChat wallet you can basically use transactions throughout th…”
Chan: WeChat serves as a remote control for offline physical services
“Right now, you can use WeChat not just to chat with your friends, but to unlock the bicycle next to you, to order food at a restaurant, To book a karaoke bar.”
Chan: Walmart uses WeChat mini programs in China for retargeting and self-checkout
“When you're shopping in the supermarket, you use WeChat, a mini program, and you check out as you go. Now it's great. Consumers get this frictionless checkout experience. You don't have to wait in line. That's fantastic. But the real winner is actually Walmart…”