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It says 67% of users used WeChat to make payments of atleast 100RMB a month. That's a significant number! I guess WeChat makes a commission on that payment. Wou
by nadu 10y ago
It says 67% of users used WeChat to make payments of atleast 100RMB a month. That's a significant number! I guess WeChat makes a commission on that payment. Would that be the largest moneymaking feature of WeChat?
- kercker 10y agoWeChat users can send Red Envelope to friends or relatives. It is often used as a game in a WeChat group. I dont think this can be counted as real payment.
- dilemma 10y agoI order lunch on WeChat and send a red envelope inside a group chat as payment after its been delivered. The group has 300+ members. This is the exception, though. There are better ways of making payments through WeChat and I'm guessing that envelopes make up a small fraction of the stated number.
- roylez 10y agoI will never activate my wechat payment. Actually I avoid all Tencent products like plague. Having been seeing Tencent's shameless copy-cating and alluring teenager to spend money on its shitty virtual costumes (In early days, you would have a half naked virtual avatar if you didn't purchase any costumes and costumes have expirations),it is hard for me to regain any trust in this company.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoIs it really that weird? My wife uses weixin for normal things like buying lunch, paying for a taxi, buying veggies at the stand downstairs. It would add up to more than 100 rmb/ month, but then so would a UnionPay card, and Tencent is subsidizing the heck out of this right now to get adoption up. QR is a lot less convenient than RF, ApplePay this is not.