E-Commerce in China: Alibaba, Ctrip, Taobao and others

Alibaba Group has merged two of its fastest-growing divisions, digital advertising exchange service Alimama and consumer-based auction platform Taobao.com.
In a statement, group chairman Jack Ma said consolidating the platforms’ operations will better attract sellers and provide consumers with more options, further advancing the Alibaba name brand.
The move comes after Alibaba posted stellar second-quarter earnings, which […]

Chinese web users pass 250 million

The Chinese web population has grown to 253 million, having expanded by 91 million in the past 12 months.
The figures - which confirm China as the world’s biggest online market by number of users - were released by the China Internet Network Information Center. Around 214 million users have broadband access.
The report also shows that […]

Chinese demographics

The Manager Magazin has some great figures about Chinese demographics. I summarized and translated them and added some own thoughts and conclusions. Although they are originally not directly connected to the Internet and online marketing, numbers like the following are always a good source to draw some interesting conclusions about online marketing (which you will […]

3digitalminds: China SEO agency and Internet marketing agency for online marketing and SEO consulting in China

Online Marketing in China is definitely different to that in Western countries. Chinese online users have different habits and experiences in how to use the Internet. To run a successful online business in China requires a online marketing agency as a partner that is used to the desires of Chinese online users and has profound […]