September 27, 10:00 a.m.
@淘宝 issued an announcement
Alipay and WeChat Pay have been supported
and other payment methods
Update the app to the latest version to experience it
This also means:
Consumers have been waiting for a long time
Taobao is fully connected to WeChat Pay
Officially landed
Previously, Taobao Tmall announced that in order to improve the shopping experience of consumers, Taobao plans to add WeChat payment capabilities, and adjust the platform rules after the end of this opinion collection.
The news has sparked heated discussions among many parties, and the reaction on the merchant side is particularly violent. A large number of merchants have expressed support for this, and generally believe that this move will win more users for merchants and platforms; There are also many merchants who hope that Taobao will speed up the progress and let merchants use WeChat payment as soon as possible, so that business can be much better.
Previously, some users who preferred to use WeChat Pay, as well as some users in lower-tier markets, were unable to spend smoothly on the Taobao and Tmall platforms due to payment capacity limitations. After Taobao adds WeChat payment capabilities, these users may become a new increment for Taobao and Tmall merchants.
Consumers are welcoming it. On the day of the news release, it was ranked first on multiple platforms, and consumers generally praised it and hoped to use WeChat Pay on Taobao as soon as possible.
As we all know, for a long time, the payment ecology of domestic Internet giant platforms has been in a state of mutual discommunication and mutual shielding. It was not until July 2021 that the China UnionPay QuickPass App, known as the "national team" of payment, began to plan interconnection with the platform, and took the lead in opening interoperability cooperation with Alipay, and actively explored in the fields of online payment and offline barcode interoperability.
As early as October 2023, many netizens have reported that the option of "WeChat scan code payment" appeared on the Taobao payment page, and you can also "go to WeChat to find a friend to help me pay".
At the beginning of 2024, many netizens found that some Taobao orders could directly jump to WeChat Pay for payment.
According to the analysis of industry insiders, if Taobao fully accesses WeChat payment, it also means that the giants are gradually opening up, and a win-win situation can be achieved for all parties.
(Source: Hubei Release, Jimu News, @淘宝)