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One to Watch: IWC Schauffhausen Launches WeChat Store

Swiss luxury watchmaker IWC has launched its online China shop this week. The brand does not sell its watches through Chinese e-commerce giants such as JD.com or TMall, but through the versatile messaging app WeChat – which allows official accounts to build their in-app shops.

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Swiss luxury watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen has launched its online China shop this week. The brand now exclusively sells its watches through messaging app WeChat –  a significant marketing strategy that brings social media and e-commerce closer together.

WeChat, a.k.a. Weixin(微信), is best known as China’s most popular messaging app. But since the Tencent platform has offered developers the possibility of building e-commerce stores in 2014, it is now competing with online shopping…

Manya Koetse is a sinologist, writer, and public speaker specializing in China’s social trends, digital culture, and online media ecosystems. She founded What’s on Weibo in 2013 and now runs the Eye on Digital China newsletter. Learn more at manyakoetse.com or follow her on X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

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    April 4, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    Binfer messaging app is private. Also, it is free. The site is http://www.binfer.com

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