Tag: JD.com

JD.com launches new mobile commerce service for merchants

| December 15, 2014

JD.com and Tencent continue their push into the mobile sector

JD.com, one of the largest online retailers in China, is taking steps to combine its business with Tencent, developer of China’s most used messaging and gaming platforms. Earlier this year, Tencent purchased a 15% stake in JD.com in its ongoing effort to compete with Alibaba. The two companies have been working together to establish a stronger foothold in the mobile commerce market, with Tencent trying to convert its WeChat users into JD.com shoppers and vice versa.

New service will allow retailers to build their own mobile commerce websites and connect with consumers

JD.com has created a new service called PaiPai Weidian that will allow merchants to easily create mobile commerce websites. This will help smaller merchants to better engage the mobile audience, which is comprised of a rapidly growing consumer base that is eager to purchase products online from their smartphones and tablets. The new service will allow these merchants to promote their products on the WeChat platform, which boasts of more than 460 million active monthly users throughout Asia.

Mobile sites help bring in $16.2 million in mobile payments

Mobile Commerce - New Service LaunchedThe service could go a long way in helping JD.com establish a stronger presence in mobile commerce. The company sees a great deal of promise in this sector, as mobile consumers have shown that they are willing to spend large amounts of money online. During China’s Singles Day, which is the retail equivalent of Black Friday in the United States, some $16.2 million in mobile payments were processed through sites built by JD.com’s new service. The service had a test launch in September of this year, during which small retailers were able to test its capabilities.

Mobile commerce continues to explode in China

Mobile commerce is thriving in China. This is largely due to the growing number of people that are gaining access to smartphones and the mobile Internet. Growth is also being powered by companies that are offering mobile shopping and payment services to consumers and retailers alike. Retailers are beginning to take advantage of these services in order to connect with a new generation of consumers.

JD.com finds success through engaging in mobile commerce

| September 3, 2014

JD.com IPO raises $1.78 billion from US investors

American investors may be strongly interested in Chinese Internet companies, thanks to the recent success of JD.com’s IPO. JD.com is an e-commerce organization based in China, which launched an initial public offering recently to great success. The IPO raised some $1.78 billion for JD.com, which exceeded the company’s expectations by a significant margin. The warm reception that JD.com has received may bode well for other Chinese companies that are preparing to launch their IPOs in America.

Chinese retailers engaging mobile consumers are attracting the attention of investors

Like other companies that have placed a priority focus on e-commerce, JD.com has been working to engage the mobile audience in China. More consumers are becoming reliant on their mobile devices, using smartphones and tablets to interact with one another and shop online. Companies like Alibaba and JD.com have taken notice of this trend among consumers and are positioning themselves to become powerful forces in the mobile space.

Alibaba’s IPO may benefit from efforts in the mobile commerce space

Mobile Commerce - China and the USAlibaba is on the verge of launching its own IPO in the U.S., hoping to generate a great deal of interest among investors. Alibaba has been working to establish a strong presence in the mobile commerce space and has managed to find significant success in this endeavor in recent years. Engaging the mobile space may help Alibaba’s forthcoming IPO performance. JD.com has also been working to engage mobile consumers more effectively and this effort may have had a significant impact on the company’s IPO in America.

Investors are eager to involve themselves in companies that have a mobile commerce focus because of the promise of return

Investors have been showing interest in companies that engage a mobile audience because of the growing popularity of mobile commerce. The advent of mobile technology sparked a major shift in commerce, which is becoming more noticeable as consumers begin to rely more heavily on their mobile devices in daily life. Investors are eager to support companies that are finding success in the mobile space and reap some of the benefits in doing so as well.