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Taobao's Transaction App WangXin Connects Vendors and Buyers

— December 21, 2015 — Tech
Taobao's mobile transaction app WangXin connects vendors and buyers while making niche product searches more streamlined for users. The Chinese e-retailer is not only a source for fashions and accessories but is also home to a myriad of other home, camping and food products.

In addition to its sleek interface, WangXin also boasts enhanced communication capabilities, connecting vendors, manufacturers and consumers in a more direct way. Whether inquiring about product stock or specific manufacturing info, shoppers and vendors are able to contact one another directly while cutting out the middle man.

The app doesn't only ensure a more satisfying web shopping experience but also lets users communicate with customer service reps via text, image or voice messages. Moreover, the app offers specific logistics information, supports transactions and even lets multiple groups of users join a collective conversation -- a powerful business-to-consumer communication tool that ultimately helps to boost sales.
Trend Themes
1. Enhanced Communication Platforms - Interactive communication platforms for manufacturers and consumers are a disruptive innovation opportunity for the e-commerce industry, creating a direct line of communication and boosting sales.
2. Niche Product Searches - Streamlining niche product searches using mobile transaction apps is a disruptive innovation opportunity for the e-commerce industry, offering unique products and facilitating transactions quickly and easily.
3. Customer Service Automation - Automation of customer service using text, image, or voice messages through a mobile app is a disruptive innovation opportunity for the e-commerce industry, improving customer experiences and increasing loyalty.
Industry Implications
1. E-commerce - The e-commerce industry can benefit from enhanced communication, niche searches, and customer service automation using mobile transaction apps.
2. Manufacturing - Manufacturers can benefit from direct communication with consumers using mobile transaction apps, improving product inquiries, and customer satisfaction.
3. Customer Support - The customer support industry can benefit from automation through mobile transaction apps, improving response times, increasing customer satisfaction, and creating business efficiencies.
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