You’ve lost your phone. Oh no! What about your WeChat account? Personal messages, contact information, money in your WeChat wallet! What about my bank card that’s linked!? Don’t worry. Here we give you our simple guide for what to do with your WeChat when you lose your phone. First use someone else’s phone to see if you can login to …
WeChat Real Name Verification: How to Verify WeChat
Verify Wechat: New rules for online payments in China come into force in 2 days (July 1st 2016). China Central Bank now requires ‘third party payment providers’ (e.g. WeChat and Alipay) to implement real name verification systems for payment services. The legislation has caused much confusion and debate online. Read on to find out: How do these new rules affect …
The Truth About The New WeChat Service Charge
A new WeChat service charge of 0.1% was announced for China users making withdrawals starting from March 1st 2016. At the same time WeChat is cancelling its previous policy of charging 0.1% on cumulative monthly transfers above 20,000 yuan. The announcement has caused much confusion and debate. Below we explain: How this will affect you? & Why is WeChat doing this? New Service Charge …
How Safe is WeChat Pay?
Despite the obvious convenience many people still refuse to link their bank card to WeChat due to safety concerns. Those of us who already have set up WeChat pay may also have nagging doubts in our minds about security. Today we ask the question: Exactly how safe is WeChat pay? WeChat has 5 ways of ensuring the security of their …
WeChat International & Weixin are NOT the Same?!
Isn’t WeChat International version the same as the Chinese one? Isn’t WeChat just the English translation of Weixin (微信)? They’re the same right? Well, yes and no. If you listen to what Tencent (parent company of WeChat) tells everyone, then “WeChat and Weixin are separate entities.” Take a look at this except below from a Tencent report: What do you …
How to Buy a Train Ticket Using WeChat
In this article we will show you how to buy a train ticket on WeChat. Buying train tickets through WeChat is really so easy and convenient. You only need input your passport number and name once and it can be stored for use later. This means buying a train ticket can literally be done anytime, anyplace, in about 60 seconds, once you are …
How to Order Beer to Your Office Using WeChat: WeChat Essential Tips
In today’s ‘WeChat Essential Tip’ presented by China Channel, we are going to show you step by step how to order a 24 pack of quality German beer and have it delivered to your workplace, ready to go for when you finish work. You don’t even need to have WeChat payments set up for this to work, as there is a …
How To Get Discounts In McDonalds Using WeChat: WeChat Essential Tips
In today’s WeChat Essential Tip we will show you step by step how to get discounts in McDonald’s through using WeChat Coupons (卡券). Actually this method of using WeChat Coupons works for many large chain businesses in China. KFC for example has a similar coupon system, Starbucks uses WeChat coupons, Carrefour, Walmart, the list goes on and on. We chose McDonald’s as the case study because …
Setting Up Your WeChat Wallet: WeChat Essential Tips
In today’s WeChat Essential Tip we will cover a very fundamental process: linking your bank card. For most WeChat users, once they have linked their bank card, WeChat will become a different app. China Channel really recommends those residing in China to link a card. Once you are comfortable using it, it will really make your life much easier in many ways. We’ll …