Mini Program Development: The Process and the Bills
Two kinds of cost, base and build, and both follow from the process. What each line item is, what it should cost, and where the numbers come from.
How to Set Up an Independent Export Store
Selling abroad on your own domain rather than a marketplace: domain, hosting, design, languages, tracking, payment, promotion. Seven steps, then three ways to bring traffic.
What Mini Program Development Is Really About
Marketing costs keep climbing and reach keeps shrinking, which is why mini programs became the way out for a lot of businesses. Three reasons, and they are not about the technology.
How to Open a Store Inside WeChat
Four steps from a blank account to a shop that takes orders, and it takes an afternoon rather than a project. What to decide before you open the template library.
How to Apply for a Mini Program, Step by Step
Eleven clicks from the WeChat public platform to a verified account, then three ways to handle verification. The steps, and where people get stuck.
What a Mini Program Costs, Item by Item
Verification, production, and the infrastructure underneath: three lines, and the third is usually the one that gets charged twice. What each should cost, and what to confirm before signing.
Custom Development or Secondary Development
The two terms come up in every mini program conversation and are not the same thing. One builds from nothing; the other extends something that already exists, with what that implies.
Why Merchants Build a Mall Mini Program
Customers are used to buying on their phones, and a mall in WeChat meets them there. Three advantages, in ascending order of how much they actually matter.
What a Dessert Recipe Mini Program Needs
Dessert is a hobby people pursue at home, and there is an audience for teaching it. Six functions that turn a collection of recipes into something people return to.
What Makes a Distribution Mall Mini Program Work for Small Businesses
Commission schemes, round-the-clock ordering, pre-selling and social trust. The four things small and mid-sized companies are actually buying when they choose a distribution mall.
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