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How to Win Singles Day on JD.com

Every year I get the same email in October. A brand manager writes, three weeks before Singles Day, asking if we can “do something big on JD.com for 11.11.” The honest answer is no. Not because JD is closed to foreign brands, but because Singles Day on JD rewards the work you did four months […]

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Why a Tmall or JD Store Is Not Enough to Succeed in China

Opening a store on Tmall or JD and waiting for the orders to arrive is the most expensive mistake a foreign brand can make in China. I say that as someone who has signed off on the invoices. A flagship store is a conversion point. It is not a traffic source. Confusing the two costs […]

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How to Use JD.com and JD Worldwide

JD.com is the platform most foreign brands underestimate. Everyone plans for Tmall. Then they discover that half of China’s electronics, appliances, and 3C shoppers buy on JD, and that JD’s own logistics and anti-counterfeit reputation do a lot of the selling for them. This guide walks through what JD is, how JD Worldwide lets you […]

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Sell Health Supplements in China via Tmall & JD.com

Nearly half of Chinese consumers increased their supplement intake after COVID. Five years later, that habit has not faded. It has turned into a market worth hundreds of billions of RMB, with tighter rules and a different set of winning channels than in 2023. China’s health supplement market keeps growing, driven by younger buyers who […]

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China's logistics-driven e-commerce giant. Self-operated model, authentic product guarantees, same-day delivery.

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Guide on How to Sell on JD Cross Border

JD Worldwide (京东全球购) is JD.com’s cross-border e-commerce platform, and it is still the door most Western brands walk through when they want to sell in China without opening a local entity. I have set up JD Worldwide stores for beauty, food and health brands since the early days of the platform, and the rules have […]

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JD Health vs Alibaba Health: The Online Healthcare Battle in China (2026)

Last month a client in Shanghai asked me a simple question: “Olivier, should we list our supplements on JD Health or Alibaba Health?” I gave him the honest answer: it depends on who you think is going to buy your pills at 11pm on a Tuesday. That single question tells you almost everything about how […]

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You Need an Agency to Develop on JD.com

Most foreign brands treat JD.com like a shelf. They pay the deposit, they open the store, they upload thirty SKUs, and then they wait. Nothing happens. Six months later someone in headquarters asks why the China e-commerce line is flat, and the answer that comes back is usually “the platform underperformed”. The platform did not […]