aha. alright, thanks for your sharing of info.

ya. mine also kena armageddon already

they launched Smart Order recently but was not announced in their Official Account

agree, too bad it seems quite impossible unless the China government agrees

that's initial stage
just see how it grows

if one day we really can use WeChat MY wallet to spend in China, I think WeChat MY no need any promotion also can easily get maximum adoption by Malaysians. That will be their best card to play.

i just explored a bit and have not got the chance to really experience smart order because no merchants use it in my area yet. but i tried in China twice and the experience was nice. in China the F&B merchants even have number calling system incorporated in their own WeChat official account in which when waiting for your turn to be called to enter the restaurant, you can just lepak lepak around without worrying you will missed your number because the queue number is reflected real time in your wechat.

LOL I have not got the chance to experience haidilao.
anyway i believe haidilao is bringing the queue num culture from China to here haha instead of the other way round

at least show improvement

Just sharing..
I found a FB page that can help users to verify their wechat pay (RMB) wallet

shorturl.at/dpLS3

cheers

I think this is related to Shell's mini program (小程序). Try search under mini program for Shell and you will find that it is having a campaign where users pump petrol will get a stamp for every RM 6 (I think) spent. Finished collecting the stamps will get some kinds of rewards.

the only concern is how much will be charged for each transaction

maybe you can try and let us know
try linking your credit card and spend

thanks for the updates!
give them some time then.

can, provided that you have a bank account opened in mainland China to link it to your China wallet.
Recently it has been officially announced that foreigners can link overseas credit card to their China wallet even without opening bank account in mainland China, but still waiting for further clarification from Tencent. When that happens, hopefully can pay using China wallet just like the locals when visiting China.

Anyway, I dont think Wechat Pay Malaysia team is doing a good job, regardless in utilising their own official account, FB account, announcement or promotion. Very passive and disappointing. Perhaps their marketing strategy is different from other e-wallets.

cashback is no doubt good for users, but not every company can afford that in long term. i think wechat pay is having limited funds in terms of promotion.

anyway, what's disappointing is, wechat pay has its own strengths which are not fully utilised, such as making known to users its ability to receive money without needing to add user (this may be appealing to small merchants perhaps?), shake function, increasing its visibility through its official account (look at how many 'views' it obtained when announcing promotion in its official account), enabling using credit card to pay for postpaid. besides, their customer service in Facebook is so secretive, everytime users have querries, their standard answer is "please check your inbox". Don't they realise one user's doubt can be the other users doubt too?

i don't know how's the merchants adoption rate of wechat pay in peninsular and Sabah but in Sarawak here, it's pathetic. within 10 merchants, countable ones, seriously - KK mart, Starbucks, llaollao, hari-hari, boulevard, miniso. i mean, as a wechat user myself and a bit selfish-speaking, it would be nice to see if wechat pay can be widely accepted, but somehow, its marketing team is not doing a good job at all. while other e-wallets are actively looking for merchants, what is wechat pay doing - please correct me if i am wrong. or maybe its success in China has brought me too much expectation.

This post has been edited by kclamtarc: Dec 7 2019, 11:45 AM

thanks for the updates bro

oh... so if the China merchants use personal account, cannot accept ah. but good enough already. i just hope that one day can use our credit card to transfer money to Chinese friends that will be very awesome!

and just yesterday Wechat Pay MY officially announced that we can link our Malaysian wallet with credit card. I tried linking with my bigpay, can link also, like xperiaDROID shared few days ago. I am not sure, but if link with cash rebate credit card, meaning that everytime pay using wechat pay MY then I will get cash rebate by credit card too? if that's the case, then it is very good news.

oh is it ok, maybe i think too much