Meituan.com
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| Type of business | Private company |
|---|---|
| Founded | May 2010 |
| Headquarters | Beijing, P. R. China |
| No. of locations | 1000+ |
| Area served | China |
| Founder(s) | Wang Xing |
| Industry | Internet company |
| Services | voucher selling |
| Revenue | 6.42 Billion USD |
| Employees | 19,000 |
| Website | http://www.meituan.com/ |
| Alexa rank |
 1078 (March 2015)[1] |
| Launched | 29 March 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
Meituan.com (Chinese: 美团网; pinyin: Mĕituánwǎng) is a Chinese group buying website for locally found consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Xing Wang. The Meituan.com offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment. As of May 2014 the company has 5000 employees.[2]
Company
Meituan.com is a group-discount website which sells vouchers from merchants for deals, subject to a minimum number of buyers who demand a discount, from which Meituan generates commissions.[2] Meituan.com generates most of its revenue from mobile application services. The company has partnering agreements with over 400,000 Chinese local businesses. Meituan accounts for the largest market share by revenue, followed by Lashou, 55tuan and 58tuan [2][3]
History
Piloted in Shanghai and Beijing, the Metiuan had rapidly expanded to second-tier and third-tier cities, totalling 200 million users in 2015. The Meituan.com became a dominating company in China after a rapid consolidation of the deal-of-the-day companies. Earlier estimates show that there were 2000 voucher selling companies in the mid 2000s and due to intense competition in the industry only a few have emerged as dominant players.[4] In 2014 it accounted for 60% of the market share of deal-of-the-day group-buying websites in China. The company received initial funding of $12 million from Sequoia Capital. In May 2014, global growth equity firm General Atlantic led a $300 million series C funding round with two other investors.[5][6][7][8] On October 8, 2015, Meituan and Dianping, a Chinese group buying site, became one company.[9] On January 19, 2016, Meituan Dianping announced that it has raised more than $3.3 billion.[10]
Management and administration
The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Xing Wang.[11] Mr Wang is amongst founders of the Friendster, Xiaonei and Lashou.[4] Prior to starting Meituan.com, Mr. Wang has founded companies based on business models of the existing American internet companies, namely Facebook, Twitter and alike.[4]
References
- ↑ "Meituan.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
- 1 2 3 Chen, Lulu Yilun (2014-05-12). "Alibaba-Backed Buying Site Meituan Considering U.S. IPO". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ↑ Lim, Jason (2011-12-28). "Meituan to End 2011 as China's No.1 Group Buying Site". 'Tech Node'. Tech Node. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
- 1 2 3 Epstein, Gady (2011-04-11). "The Cloner". 'The Forbes'. The Forbes. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
- ↑ Liu, Yi, and Juliana Sutanto. "Buyers' purchasing time and herd behavior on deal-of-the-day group buying websites." Electronic Markets 22.2 (2012): 83-93
- ↑ ChinaRetailNews.com Editor (2015-01-07). "Meituan.com Chinese Group Buying Platform Reached CNY46 Billion For 2014". ChinaRetailNews.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ Shu, Catherine. "Meituan, China's Leading Group Deals Site, Raises $700M At $7B Valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ Xiang, Nina. "General Atlantic Leads $300M Series C For China's Meituan.Com". Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ "Meituan and Dianping, China's Top Group Deals Sites, Merge In Multi-Billion Dollar Deal". Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ "Chinese online group Meituan Dianping raises $3.3bn". Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ Su, Wiki (2015-01-15). "Meituan.com Receives $700M Series D Financing". China Money Network. Retrieved 2015-02-19.