Inside Tencent Report 2009 | US$1 billion can’t be wrong!

Dear +8* readers,

Following our post on Tencent’s 1H2009 results yesterday, the +8* team is delighted to announce the release of the 2009 edition of its “Inside Tencent” report.

Over a year has passed since the first edition and many things have changed:

• GROWTH | Tencent grew from US$500 million to over US$1 billion in sales. It is on its way to US$2bln in 2009 with a profit margin above 40%.
• COMPETITION | New competitors have emerged in the form of two Facebook adaptations: Xiaonei (now Renren) and Kaixin001
• GAMING | Online gaming is still very alive and well: 9 Chinese companies are listed on stock markets with profit margins between 20% and 70% and share a market of over US$3 billion. Tencent is #3 in gaming.
• VIRTUAL GOODS | Virtual items / Micro-transactions / Free-to-play / Digital goods – pick your favorite – is the name of the game (and 90% of Tencent’s revenue)

Complete report

Tencent has grown its sales by almost 100%, our research grew by 100 new pages.
The full report includes over 280 pages of information and analysis.

• Updated market figures
• Detailed analysis of key Tencent services
• Insights from 20 web experts
• Comparisons with other leading foreign social networks
• Comparisons with leading Internet and mobile companies in China
• Comparisons with competing social networks
• Comparisons with competing gaming companies
• Recent online social stars and phenomenon
• New legal stories around virtual currencies
• More details on virtual currency systems
• Updated information on Tencent’s online advertising business
• Information on Tencent’s mobile business (#1 WAP portal in China)
• And a lot more!

Order

Price for the full report: US$5,000 (PDF, 284 pages)
We have an early bird promotion for the first 20 copies with 25% discount.
Contact us at info@plus8star.com!

Some of the clients of the 2008 edition

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