What kind of silent wars did Alibaba and JD.com fight to compete for Double Eleven traffic?

What kind of silent wars did Alibaba and JD.com fight to compete for Double Eleven traffic?

With only a few days left until Double Eleven , many people are already sharpening their knives, and the "cat and dog war" between Taobao and JD.com has already begun. When you surf the Internet or take the subway, you can see advertisements everywhere, which makes you smell the gunpowder smell of the two sides competing for traffic .

For Taobao and JD.com, this is no longer just a battle of sales, but also a competition for platform resources and traffic entrances.

Playing the emotional card, celebrity effect, brand alliance, new concepts, etc., with three-dimensional and diversified marketing methods, both parties can be said to have put in their best efforts.

Today we will take a look at how Tmall and JD.com detonate traffic pools through marketing.

Taobao: Happy Double 11

In 2009, only 27 merchants participated in Taobao's Double Eleven, with sales of only 50 million yuan; this year, 140,000 brands will participate in this festival, of which 60,000 are international brands.

In addition to the huge platform resources, Alibaba also has its own marketing ecosystem . Whether it is online promotion, product launch, or TV gala, it will undoubtedly push Alibaba to become a huge global retail system and break last year's transaction record of 120.7 billion yuan.

On October 20, Tmall launched an H5 "Hip-Hop Electronic Music Party" . Although it did not cause a screen-sweeping sensation like last year's "Invitation Across the Universe", it still followed the popular hip-hop trend this summer and created a cool electronic music party atmosphere. Throughout the whole process, the brainwashing phrase "I wish you a happy Double Eleven" appeared repeatedly.

"Happy Double 11" is the theme of Tmall this year. This statement is not groundless , but is based on past big data .

Because Tmall found that in addition to pursuing quality and a better life, 41.3% of people will also buy gifts for their family and friends on that day. Therefore, this year's slogan is more humane and down-to-earth.

To this end, Tmall joined forces with 52 brands to send greetings to consumers through different identities such as foodies, mothers, fashion gurus, etc. within Tmall’s most important brand asset, the “cat-shaped icon” .

"Budweiser, release your true self", "Maserati, ride the wind", "NIKE, so competitive", etc., each wonderful copy calls for an "ideal life".

52 "cat head icon" show-off posters have appeared in the subway. This traditional joint marketing project with brands has successfully caught the attention of many consumers. To go with the poster, there is also a promotional video full of a sense of ritual and happiness.

In addition to the posters, there are also various promotional activities that are dazzling this time. The excitement of the “last few days” hunger marketing is still there, but the reservation and deposit gameplay is even more exciting .

In the past, consumers felt that the 50 yuan discount for purchases over a certain amount was not that great, but now 50 yuan is worth 100 yuan, which has led many people to buy in advance.

In addition to simple promotions and coupons, there are also many interactive ways to play: event marketing such as inviting friends, drawing red envelopes, and distributing red envelopes, which makes the interaction between more people fun . In the WeChat group, someone will often throw out links for playing together, which invisibly warms up the festival.

In addition to online gameplay, Alibaba has not let go of offline activities. The Tmall "Double 11" global fashion festival was held in Shanghai a few days ago, with foreign companies such as LVMH and Victoria's Secret, as well as domestic companies such as Anta and Heilan Home participating.

After all, fashion apparel has always been regarded as Tmall's advantageous category, and it is also the foundation of Taobao and Tmall.

In order to make up for its shortcomings in 3C products, Tmall also reached a cooperation with Suning this year. After the seamless connection between offline stores and online, its traffic will be greatly increased.

I believe many people have seen the "11-step magical poster" endorsed by Yang Yang invited by Suning . The simple and rough cutout and pasting make people laugh.

Because Alibaba started early, it was able to use its own traffic to drive suppliers to participate in the feast. DingTalk, Ele.me , UC Browser and Alibaba Dayu have also become its traffic entrances. It can be said that Taobao has obvious marketing advantages.

JD.com: Global Shopping Festival, a hot topic in China

Compared with Taobao's inherent advantages, JD.com's marketing traffic competition has developed rapidly, and it is "defeating the strong with the weak."

So far, JD.com has released three video ads about Double 11. As early as mid-October, JD.com emerged with a touch of red, and the "Red Double Eleven" campaign made people excited.

At the same time, the “Red 11.11” countdown poster also became popular, and “red” has become JD’s symbolic recognition.

The second one is "Picking Good Things". This was also shown on the big screen in cinemas , encouraging young people to take the initiative to choose.

"I've been drinking coffee for ten years, and I only love one flavor. / The music for long-distance running is different every day. / Only by being picky can you get better things. / For good things, go to JD.com. "

After all, "select" is also the keyword of JD.com's marketing, because its theme this year is "Global Good Products Festival".

During the nearly half-month-long "Global Goods Festival", JD.com had many hot spots: the ignition special PLUS DAY, super flash sale day, super coupon day, ace endorsements, and a climax across all categories. JD.com released a joint poster in collaboration with well-known brands such as Caijing.com, Anjuke, Meitu , Maimai , Kuaishou, and Kugou.

It was the third ad that sparked controversy. A few days ago, a video advertisement with golden and red as the main colors appeared in many people’s circle of friends. The soaring golden dragon and the slogan full of the main theme gave people a strong visual impact and made a strong presence - "Chinese home appliance online shopping", it is simply a legitimate e-commerce platform.

It is said that Liu Qiangdong waved his hand and released this film in full on WeChat Moments, which directly raised the sentiment to a new level.

Of course, since Alibaba’s party was so successful, JD.com would follow closely behind. In addition to hosting the King of Glory competition to sound the clarion call for JD.com's Double 11 promotion, a number of rappers such as Avgeni, VAVA, and Sun Bayi were also invited to support the JD.com party on October 31 .

In addition, this year JD.com pays special attention to the charm of content marketing . From text lists to short videos and live broadcasts by internet celebrities, unmanned customer service, facial recognition interaction, AR makeup trial and other technologies will also be involved, trying to transfer the "brand loyalty" of consumers to the platform.

In terms of strategic cooperation, JD.com attaches great importance to Taobao's lack of home appliance business, which it is good at. On September 16, JD.com announced that it would invest a total of more than 1.2 billion yuan in resources for the Double 11 marketing promotion of home appliances . Many home appliance brands including Midea, Haier , TCL, Hisense, and Fangtai have signed cooperation agreements with JD.com, creating a borderless retail that integrates online and offline.

More than 130 JD.com stores and 3C specialty stores will simultaneously host 11 offline fan carnivals. We also work with many "traffic kings" in the Internet industry, such as Toutiao , Baidu, Qihoo 360, NetEase, and Sogou, to carry out precision marketing.

The transaction volume also proves the effectiveness of marketing. Showing off achievements is a powerful marketing method. JD.com released its sales data on the first day of Double Eleven.

On the super flash sale day of November 1, JD.com’s order amount exceeded 4 billion yuan within an hour. On the first day, the 3C platform achieved order amounts exceeding 100 million yuan in 24 seconds and exceeding 300 million yuan in 105 seconds.

The Double Eleven battle between Taobao and JD.com is still going on. Faced with wave after wave of strong marketing, consumers are often the most direct response to its effects:

Before and after Double 11:

From Thousand-Armed Guanyin to Venus.

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