While seemingly just a messaging app,WeChat is actually more of a portal, a platform, or even a mobile operating system depending on how you glance at it. Much has been written approximately WeChat in the context of messaging app trends,but few outside of China really understand how it works -- and how it can pull off what for many companies (and countries) is still a far-off vision of a world managed entirely through our smartphones. Most notable, however, and for anyone in the tech business is WeChat’s average revenue per user or ARPU,which is estimated to be at least $7 USD -- that’s 7X the ARPU of WhatsApp, the largest messaging platform in the world. How did WeChat execute it? MORE
Source: a16z.com