Comments on: Factors to consider when selling to China

By: ChineseAffiliateMarketing

ChineseAffiliateMarketing — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:18:59 +0000

I am setting up a new blog titled Chinese Affiliate Marketing.

I would like to know that what topics may be of concern for you to know about this subject?

This blog aims at 2 targeted communities:
1.Chinese Community – Introduce Affiliate Marketing to them and teach them how to set up their own Affiliate Program
2.English Community – Providing information to bridge the gap for those who are interested to market their product to Chinese Community.

I position myself to focus on digital product only, including ebooks, audiobooks, software and paid membership.

Anything to share with me?

By: James

James — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:17:49 +0000

Remember ‘Free’ is the keyword. Why ebay/Yahoo’s auction sites falled in China? Cause China local sites offer the service for “FREE”.

By: Pat Grady

Pat Grady — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:39:53 +0000

That makes complete sense to me! Thanks!

By: Gordon Choi

Gordon Choi — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:22:23 +0000

Pat, I’m not sure the actual figures about Wu, but official policy seems to be pushing Mandarin in China and neglecting dialects including Wu. Hong Kong are still so Cantonese-dominant, though more and more people in Hong Kong are learning to speak Mandarin.

If you treat China and Hong Kong as two separate entities when selling to them, you will be able to see things clearly.

By: Pat Grady

Pat Grady — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:42:08 +0000

In head counts per language…

I've always heard that Wu outnumbered Cantonese by a small margin, and that both are roughly a tenth the size of Mandarin.

But I never seem to hear Wu mentioned in any marketing discussions at all.

Is Wu very rural leading to my observation of it's oft absence?