Answer these questions before you build a mini program

Editor's note: This originally appeared on Mikey Chee's WeChat Official Account. Mikey is an entrepreneur based in Beijing. Founder of his own WeChat c…

Tencent shows off their vision for the future of unmanned retail

As "new retail" changes from jargon to oft-used phrase, Tencent has thrown their hat into the ring. However, they don't plan on opening their own store…

WeChat is testing search function that displays results from inside mini programs

170 million people use WeChat's mini program every day, and WeChat is pushing efforts to upgrade mini program and mini game features to help businesses…

WeChat mini programs 1 year on: Key figures and trends

January 9th was WeChat mini program system's first birthday. Throughout its first year, some startups picked it up and developed their own mini program…

The WeChat mini programs ecosystem in one map

Editor's note: This was contributed by Thibault Genaitay, front-end developer and China head at Le Wagon coding boot camp. Before running Le Wagon, he …

Why WeChat is going to win the instant app battle in China

To great anticipation, WeChat rolled out Mini Programs—embedded instant apps—in January this year. As a major feature release, the buzz surrounding the…

WeChat mini program launches advertising bidding for “Mini Programs Nearby”

WeChat has released a new feature for its mini programs—bidding for ad space in the "Mini Programs Nearby" list (in Chinese). Now open for internal…