Starting today, Taobao can use WeChat Pay.
Previously, Taobao and Tmall respectively released announcements on the addition of WeChat payment capabilities on Taobao and Tmall, stating that in order to enhance consumers' shopping experience, they plan to add WeChat payment capabilities and gradually open them to all sellers (merchants) seven days after the announcement. This adjustment will be announced on September 5, 2024 and will take effect on September 12, 2024.
Chao News reporters learned that after the merchants have completed the phased opening, the consumer end will fully launch WeChat Pay. According to Taobao customer service response, "We are currently pushing merchants to open WeChat Pay in batches, while consumers are gradually opening up trials. Please be patient and wait. According to the pace, it is expected that all consumers can use WeChat Pay before the end of September.
Previously, Taobao announced that in order to enhance consumers' shopping experience, Taobao plans to add WeChat payment capabilities and adjust platform rules; On September 12th, the relevant platform rules officially came into effect, and all Taobao and Tmall platforms will gradually receive activation notifications from this day onwards.
This news has sparked heated discussions from multiple parties. A large number of merchants have expressed support for this and generally believe that this move will attract more users for merchants and platforms; Many merchants also expressed their hope that Taobao can accelerate the progress and enable merchants to use WeChat Pay as soon as possible.
With a larger market and more traffic, this interconnectivity creates a better experience for consumers and is expected to create more business growth opportunities for merchants on the platform. Previously, some users who preferred to use WeChat Pay and some users in lower tier markets were unable to make smooth purchases on the Taobao and Tmall platforms due to payment capacity limitations. After the addition of WeChat payment capability on Taobao, this group of users has the opportunity to become a new addition to Taobao and Tmall merchants.