[New post] ByteDance is Launching an E-commerce App for Global Buyers

Michael Spencer posted: " ByteDance is one of the main companies Beijing will use to spread Chinese influence and especially help Chinese businesses grow internationally. With TikTok reaching the 1 Billion monthly active users milestone, it's a big step but ByteDance's real geniu" New post on The Last Futurist ByteDance is Launching an E-commerce App for Global Buyers by Michael Spencer ByteDance is one of the main companies Beijing will use to spread Chinese influence and especially help Chinese businesses grow internationally. With TikTok reaching the 1 Billion monthly active users milestone, it's a big step but ByteDance's real genius is in launching new apps. Not only is ByteDance the most innovative app maker, they understand app marketing at a scale so far superior to even BigTech companies in the West. The genius of the founder of ByteDance is not really fully appreciated, but it will be one day. TikTok owner ByteDance plans to launch in October an e-commerce app aimed at international online shoppers, Chinese media The Passage reported Thursday.  We've actually known about this for quite some time. But official news should come soon enough. Zhang Yiming built ByteDance Ltd. into the world's most valuable private company via a string of blockbuster apps like TikTok that challenged Facebook and other incumbents on their own turf. His latest target: Alibaba. With Alibaba under Government scrutiny this is also the perfect timing to do it. This will be the ByteDance Express for Chinese businesses to sell outside of China, if you will. The venture, if realized, will be Bytedance's attempt to take on Alibaba's B2C marketplace AliExpress, which also sells products made in China to people living outside the mainland and was founded in 2010. ByteDance has seen that its consumer app popularity is the perfect vehicle for E-commence in what is now termed social commerce. TikTok is already better at this than Instagram is, even having less of a head start. So China dominates social commerce and how video streaming is used to sell goods. Only now a decade or longer is the West adopting QR codes for restaurants menus for example. China has been using QR codes in payments and convenience for consumers for ages.  Like Alibaba's B2C platform Ali Express, the new app plans to sell Chinese-made products to global consumers. The move comes after Amazon blocked more than 50,000 Chinese retailers for alleged "suspicious behavior," such as soliciting fake reviews.  In the past month or so, Byte's team has intensively contacted many big sellers in East China, and invited the latter to participate in platform testing. The Chinese Government already has been working closely with ByteDance, since their HQ is in Beijing. They hold a board seat and 1% stake in the company. Since the beginning of this year, the news that ByteDance will launch an independent e-commerce App has never stopped. In April of this year, there was news that the Douyin e-commerce team was developing an independent e-commerce app. Next month in October, 2021 this news should finally be confirmed. This on top of the new music streaming app by ByteDance. With E-commerce ByteDance enters into direct competition with Alibaba and possibly even JD.com and makes Chinese platform technology ecosystem the most competitive in E-commerce by far in the world. Pinduoduo and others already keep things very interesting. The app is developed by the Shanghai Douyin e-commerce team and is benchmarked against head products such as Taobao or Tmall. In August, there was news that Douyin Mall was about to become independent. Earlier news said that Douyin e-commerce company's GMV in 2020 has exceeded 170 billion yuan. In addition, more than 300 billion transactions have been completed through live streaming rooms and short videos to e-commerce platforms such as Taobao and Jingdong. If TikTok is able to impact consumer decision making already, this app will clearly be a global success since China's influence in the future of commerce will depend upon it. ByteDance will literally be a vehicle of the Chinese State and its incredible business innovation sector. China knows a thing or two about E-commerce, logistics and how to offer convenience and services to consumers in new ways. Think about it, on December 9, 2020, Bytedance Global CEO Zhang Yiming mentioned in his internal goals recently that in 2021, he will focus on three new business directions for further exploration, including: cross-border e-commerce, To B (enterprise services) And LKP (office hardware package). Among them, Bytedance's cross-border e-commerce business is both import and export. In 2021, TikTok, a subsidiary of ByteDance, has successively opened small shops in Indonesia and the UK, and conducted multiple live broadcasts to bring goods. China's E-commerce strategy to take on the world is going to get very sophisticated in the 2020s with major influence in South America, South East-Asia, Africa and Europe. Entering the end of May 2021, it is reported that Douyin E-commerce has made personnel adjustments. Douyin E-commerce has been divided into China and non-China regions for divisional management. Douyin is simply the TikTok of China. ByteDance knows how to scale a new business and its diversification is already very impressive spanning Ads, gaming and now E-commerce. ByteDance sold about $26 billion worth of make-up, clothing and other merchandise in 2020, achieving in its maiden year what Alibaba's Taobao took six years to accomplish. It's shooting for more than $185 billion by 2022. Douyin, TikTok's Chinese twin, is expected to contribute more than half of the firm's $40 billion domestic ad sales this year, driven in part by e-commerce. What if ByteDance could become the Shopify and Spotify of China all in a single year of new apps with the consumer brand appeal of TikTok to go viral and spread global influence of China's E-commerce products to boost its SMEs and manufacturing sector? JD.com, Alibaba and Pinduoduo are already Titans of the industry. Now ByteDance? It's hard to over-estimate what China could become here in the future of retail. ByteDance-owned short video app operator Douyin is moving to build up a vast ecosystem of merchants under its own e-commerce platform. Now with new global app endeavors it's ready for its next play of social commerce in how China sells to the world. American independent retailers shouldn't fear Amazon, they should fear China and ByteDance. But how little of this is understood in retail communities in 2021. You just wait. Michael Spencer | September 28, 2021 at 3:32 am | Tags: ByteDance Ali Express, ByteDance E-commerce, ByteDance to clone Ali Express, ByteDance vs. Alibaba, Future of Retail, How many MAUs does TikTok have globally?, Social Commerce ByteDance, TikTok E-Commerce, TikTok reaches 1 Billion Monthly Active Users, Who is Zhang Yiming? | Categories: Breaking News, Bytedance, China, ChinaTech, Retail, Social Media | URL: https://wp.me/pbsvqU-2VQ Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from The Last Futurist. 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[New post] FMWhatsApp APK Download For Android

Goodness posted: "FMWhatsApp APK Latest Version comes with a variety of interesting features, all of which are shared by us on this page. And, as you may be aware, these features are improving with each new release, so always consider using FMWhatsApp latest version APK. " New post on Livetechnoid.com FMWhatsApp APK Download For Android by Goodness FMWhatsApp APK Latest Version comes with a variety of interesting features, all of which are shared by us on this page. And, as you may be aware, these features are improving with each new release, so always consider using FMWhatsApp latest version APK. Moreover, they aren't offered through the official WhatsApp app, so you will find them interesting. The FM WhatsApp app lets you text, call, and transfer files to your contacts, but you can also personalize your conversation screen and your UI. With FM WhatsApp 2021, you can become anonymous, and see your friends deleted stories. Whatever the official WhatsApp lacks, FM WhatsApp has got it covered. Here in this post, we are going to tell you everything about the FMWhatsApp app for Android and will also tell you how to download FMWhatsApp APK 2021. The latest version of this app comes with many features you can't find in the official WhatsApp app, so you must try it once. Also, See: How to Track Phone Calls with No Suspicion Learn to Reset the Explore Page on Instagram How to Automate Tasks on iPhone Using Shortcuts FMWhatsApp For Android Features Customization Features - There are many customization options available in FMWhatsApp APK latest version. You can apply custom themes to change the user interface of your WhatsApp. Also, custom emojis can be used to enhance the quality of our conversations. We have the option of using a distinct and personalized user interface by changing the settings according to your needs. FMWhatsApp APK lets you create your own launcher icons if you're tired of the default ones so you can easily identify them if you are using it with other WhatsApp MODs. Custom background and status can be set for every contact in FMWhatsApp, making it possible to utilize a unique look for each one. Privacy Features - FMWhatsApp has a function that allows you to make a WhatsApp call to anybody, even if you don't have their contact information in your contacts list. When forwarding a message in WhatsApp, you will get a forward tag, however, with FMWhatsApp, we have the option to turn off the forward tag so that the message seems to have been written by us and is thus unique. Similar to other WhatsApp mods, you can deactivate the second and blue ticks from conversations and disable our status view. We can still view the status of our contacts after they've been deleted, thanks to the anti-delete message and status functionality. Also, if someone deletes a message, you can see it in the conversation. Media Features - Media sharing in FMWhatsApp is limited to 700MB files at a time, and there are few other options too. Using FMWhatsApp, we can send high-resolution photos and movies without losing quality. While the official WhatsApp can only send up to 10 pictures at a time, FMWhatsApp allows us to share up to 30 images simultaneously. This app comes with a built-in downloader function that allows you to download WhatsApp stories, profile pictures, and status updates of your contacts. You can also send other types of files like archived files, BAT, img, .iso, and a few more with FM WhatsApp which is not possible with the official WhatsApp app. FMWhatsApp Download | FM WhatsApp Latest Version APK We strongly encourage you to create a backup of all chats and media data before installing any WhatsApp mod on your smartphone. Because uninstalling an app wipes out all of its data, creating a backup is important. If you don't make a backup, all of your data will be permanently lost. Once you have created a backup of your official WhatsApp app, start following the steps mentioned below to install FM WhatsApp APK for Android. Download FMWhatsApp APK Download the FMWhatsApp APK file and save it in your device storage. Open Android Settings -> Security Settings. Enable the "Install Apps From Unknown Sources" option. Go back to the Downloads folder and click on the FM WhatsApp APK file. Tap on Install and wait for the installation to finish. Once it is done, open the app and register with your mobile number. Final Words The internet is filled with plenty of WhatsApp MOD APKs, many of them are genuine copies of the official app, while others are fake apps. Users are quickly turning to WhatsApp mods apps like FMWhatsApp due to a desire for more privacy and additional functionality. We hope you have found this post useful about the latest version FMWhatsApp APK. Also, See: How to Get N500 Referral Bonus with Abeg App How to Use Two WhatsApp Accounts on an Android Phone The Way To Get Instagram Followers and Likes Freely Using GetInsta However, if you want a bit more variation in the WhatsApp interface and features, you may use FMWhatsApp as a side alternative to WhatsApp. Though, privacy is always at stake with these WhatsApp MOD apps. We will keep this post updated with more information on the FM WhatsApp APK latest version, so keep visiting. Goodness | September 28, 2021 at 8:21 am | Tags: FMWhatsApp, WhatsApp | Categories: Tech How-To, Technology Tips | URL: https://wp.me/pap1bc-QnK Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Livetechnoid.com. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://livetechnoid.com/201360-fmwhatsapp-apk-download-for-android/

[New post] From Shantinath Patil: Schedule time with a virtual support advisor

A posted: " Let's think of you as a support agent. You get a call from a customer asking for an appointment for some questions he has on the case and wants to talk with the case owner. So what can do you What will you do in this "case?" Salesforce Scheduler can h" New post on UnofficialSF From Shantinath Patil: Schedule time with a virtual support advisor by A Let's think of you as a support agent. You get a call from a customer asking for an appointment for some questions he has on the case and wants to talk with the case owner. So what can do you What will you do in this "case?" Salesforce Scheduler can help you in this "case". Let's drill down on what all we need to accomplish this: Case owner as a Service Resource Case reference to Appointment A flow Quick action on Case to initiate the flow. A logical flow of the approach we will take in this use case will look like the following: Get Case Details Since this flow will run on the case, we need to get the details of it. First, we can set the "recordId" input parameter to get the current case, automatically giving us the case Id. Then, using this variable, we can query the case using the "Get Records" element in the flow. Note that we need AccountId to map it to the ParentRecordId of the Service Appointment. OwnerId is needed to get the related Service Resource. If we want to tag the current CaseId, we can create a new lookup on Service Appointment. A custom field is needed since Service Appointment can only support Account, Lead, and Opportunity except for Case! To ensure that value is populated in that lookup, we can override the JSON we pass in the final Save Action defined in the flow. For more details, you can refer to the blog here: https://unofficialsf.com/build-your-own-appointment-review-screen/. For now, we can skip it. Get Service Resource If we want to set the case owner as of the person who will work on this case, we need to make sure that he is a service resource. For more details, please check this help doc: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.ls_create_resources.htm&type=5. To fetch the service resource, we can add the "Get Records" element like below. In this, we are fetching Service Resource based on Case OwnerId. Leverage filterByResourceIds Scheduler flow allows you to filter the resources based on the list of Ids you pass to it. You can read more details here: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.ls_enable_service_resource_filtering.htm&type=5. We can leverage this functionality for our use case. Since we want our case owner to be the Service Resource, we can add the Service Resource Id from the previous step to filterByResourceIds. Additionally, we can make anonymous booking as true and resource booking as false. This will make sure that we skip the OOB triage screen and resource selection screen. The advantage we get from this is if the case owner is not a Service Resource, existing logic will fetch any available resource anonymously. You will not have to worry about resource selection. End to end experience will be very seamless for the agent who is booking that appointment. Once all the nodes and assignment is done, you can test the flow using the "Debug" option and activate it once it's working as expected. Setup After this step, it's up to you how you want to distribute the flow. For this blog, we are using Case Action to create a new appointment. Since the "recordId" flow variable is set for "Available for input" in the flow, this action will automatically set it to the current record on the detail page. You can add this action to the case layout. The end-to-end flow should work something like this: We have added all the metadata to this git repo for your reference. Please feel free to deploy it to your Sandboxes and try it out! Link: https://github.com/snathpatil/case-appointment-booking A | September 27, 2021 at 11:18 pm | Tags: Case, customisation, Lightning Scheduler, Salesforce Scheduler, Scheduler | Categories: Scheduler | URL: https://wp.me/pasQ6m-6BM Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from UnofficialSF. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://unofficialsf.com/from-shantinath-patil-schedule-time-with-a-virtual-support-advisor/

[New post] New World Crafting Guide

Michael Spencer posted: " So with New World launching tomorrow (technically today in six hours) I wanted to say a few words about this MMO by Amazon. I think Amazon will develop it into the World of Warcraft of the 2020s, since it's already reached considerable hype. What you exp" New post on The Last Futurist New World Crafting Guide by Michael Spencer So with New World launching tomorrow (technically today in six hours) I wanted to say a few words about this MMO by Amazon. I think Amazon will develop it into the World of Warcraft of the 2020s, since it's already reached considerable hype. What you experience today is just the bare bones of what it will become in the spirit of MMOs optimized into very layered online experiences. Still the audio, the crafting, some of the concepts that makes combat a bit more fun with duel weapons does have a good foundation. As I experience New World, it's really the crafting I think that interests me the most. When you arrive at Aeternum, you will immediately have this feeling that you can interact with a lot of the items you come across in the expansive world. Therefore things like gathering, crafting and refining your skills of the land feel more immersive than many other MMOs and similar games. You can purchase the game on Steam here. Reviews in Beta were pretty positive and the player base is what's most exciting, that fresh feeling that there will be very populated servers where you can enjoy your time with your friends. The quests, mobs and PvE experiences though might be a bit lacking in variety, so the crafting thus becomes a bit more enjoyable. Think about the possibilities and what craft you might like to specialize in that could be useful to a bigger team or your group of friends. Arcanists craft potions, tinctures, and magical weapons. Armorers craft apparel. Cooks craft meals and drinks. Engineers craft ranged weapons and ammunition. Furnishers craft furniture, chests, and trophies for houses. Jewelcrafters craft trinkets. Weaponsmiths craft melee weapons. There are currently 7 crafting skills in New World: Armoring Arcana Cooking Engineering Furnishing Jewelcrafting Weaponsmithing Let's think also about where to find things you might need: Are you ready for a game where gathering and crafting might be more fun than power-leveling and fighting look-alike mobs in the first few weeks of the game? This is likely it. I hope these lists helps someone out there. Gathering - General How to Get Aged Wood - https://youtu.be/1ieKu6SNLOE How to Track Resources - https://youtu.be/52pqbdI0WzI How to Get Fish Oil - https://youtu.be/-X6KtFzDBfM How to Get Fibers - https://youtu.be/JFE0jT6MWa4 How to Get Iron Ore - https://youtu.be/d4fF4HGUHwo How to Get Saltpeter - https://youtu.be/LBmKr3Ji7pw How to Get Water - https://youtu.be/x_TJfjAt7_k How to Get Feathers - https://youtu.be/pB8Ci3A6rco How to Get Briar Branches "Quest Related" - https://youtu.be/pFY-8MtlUB0 Crafting - Dye How to Get Magenta Pigment - https://youtu.be/83ieioo8ts8 How to Get Turquoise Pigment - https://youtu.be/soY5ElQJ-8M How to Get Orange Pigment - https://youtu.be/Dsz2C0dHeW8 How to Get Green Pigment - https://youtu.be/41uJI79rvVcCrafting - General How to Get Minor Rune of Holding - https://youtu.be/yEE3A24bf6Q How to Get Linen - https://youtu.be/KGxjTtwguzM How to Make Gunpowder - https://youtu.be/HpQrJNgsnPA How to Get Charcoal - https://youtu.be/z6cN5XLZJek How to Make Bullets - https://youtu.be/1qfqiALRzBcCrafting - Cooking How to Get Sugar - https://youtu.be/VUK46y4cPu8 How to Get Salt - https://youtu.be/ZR1lh5rU11o How to Get Firm Fish Filet - https://youtu.be/WwVELPxWlfY How to Get Carrot - https://youtu.be/-0_14oySMNI How to Get Broccoli - https://youtu.be/G5K1Ts7uTHc How to Get Blueberry - https://youtu.be/N9RiQsSuEVE How to Get Corn - https://youtu.be/9nglP5YJDj4 How to Get Strawberry - https://youtu.be/T8XZUEaPWY4 How to Get Cabbage - https://youtu.be/9_XAF1jB4Dc How to Get Potato - https://youtu.be/NL4u55HHc2A How to Get Squash - https://youtu.be/-CtTzOIrBLs How to Get Saffron - https://youtu.be/MpqSz0m3ntg How to Get Nutmeg - https://youtu.be/bV6MIGfenQg How to Get Dill - https://youtu.be/STcO1v1EngA How to Get Cinnamon - https://youtu.be/h6UtIPtAsZY How to Get Wheat - https://youtu.be/OOx3XEdKnvE How to Get String Bean - https://youtu.be/urtWiPpdEfU How to Get Onion - https://youtu.be/JSQG7_MjJco How to Get Cauliflower - https://youtu.be/ALCoNdP8Vfc How to Get Melon - https://youtu.be/BzyGa4hkSJk How to Get Mint - https://youtu.be/Li44vpyfREA How to Get Thyme - https://youtu.be/vX5BJ4N0cps How to Get Ginger - https://youtu.be/CZm0ay79wp4 How to Get Sage - https://youtu.be/7SAd4blwHv8 How to Get Garlic - https://youtu.be/0UceNMFItJs How to Get Basil - https://youtu.be/zNaXGgkKu8o Fishing Opening 10 Fishing Treasure Chest - https://youtu.be/Db4lWvqWZDA Where to Find Tadpoles - https://youtu.be/LQErbkRUzJs How to Get Nightcrawler Bait - https://youtu.be/dGSZl47mC_o How to Get Woodlouse Bait - https://youtu.be/jMG14RF2lSI Faction Quests Sealed Document Locations at Scratchrock Burrow - https://youtu.be/4h7Jh5TMvBE Coin Purse Location at Harplass Homestead - https://youtu.be/KPsanONZ960 Town Board Quests Where to Find Sheep Location - https://youtu.be/q36ZMQ26HTk Where to Find Lynx Location - https://youtu.be/9u_5eDBCmN0 Where to Find Bison Location - https://youtu.be/U5BM_xjF8IA Where to Find Elk Location - https://youtu.be/--uCIiK0zWg Special Resources How to Get Fish Guts - https://youtu.be/_FEpfKRNgio Stations So there's crafting and refining, on top of gathering. Crafting Arcane Repository Forge Kitchen Outfitting Station Workshop Refining Loom Smelter Stonecutting Table Tannery Woodshop Typically you'll want to specialize in a craft that complements your choice of duel-weapon class. By speciazling you can progress faster and make more of a profit with the in-game economy. Michael Spencer | September 28, 2021 at 3:09 am | Tags: Crafting in New World, Crafting Tips New World, How many Crafts are there in New World?, Is New World the next World of Warcraft?, New World, New World Crafting Guide, New World Crafting Introduction, New World crafting review, New World Launch | Categories: New World, Video Games | URL: https://wp.me/pbsvqU-2VM Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from The Last Futurist. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://lastfuturist.com/new-world-crafting-guide/