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the payment interconnection between the two giants, alibaba and tencent, has ushered in new progress.

on september 4, taobao and tmall issued an announcement today, saying that in order to improve the consumer shopping experience, taobao plans to add wechat payment capabilities and adjust the platform rules after the end of this opinion collection. it is reported that this adjustment will cover all taobao and tmall merchants.

in response, taobao tmall said that taobao tmall has always adhered to the concept of open cooperation, actively explored mutual cooperation with various platforms, continuously improved consumers' shopping experience, and made consumers' shopping more convenient, enjoyable and efficient.

not long ago, a reporter from chao news found that the taobao special edition app has quietly added a wechat payment column in the payment method. after adding the desired products to the shopping cart in the taobao special edition app, "alipay payment" will appear first when checking out, but you only need to click "change" to see the newly added wechat payment and ask friends to help pay. after selecting wechat payment, you don't need to copy the link, just click it to jump to the payment operation.

many netizens welcomed the interaction between the two parties, saying that "shopping is more convenient now", while some others expected the process to be accelerated.

some netizens also remember that in 2021, taobao and douyin links could be opened in wechat group chat and point-to-point chat scenarios. the first time you click on a taobao link, you need to log in to your account, and then you can directly open the product page.

this is also the first time that wechat and taobao have achieved "interconnection" after being blocked from each other for 8 years. regarding this major interconnection event, some netizens said at the time that they "witnessed history."

in 2022, according to news revealed online, taobao is launching an internal test of the wechat payment function in a small range, and has added two payment modes related to "wechat pay" in the payment options, namely "wechat scan code payment" and "go to wechat to ask friends to help pay."

in recent years, alibaba and tencent have been deepening their "interconnection" in the payment field. as taobao and wechat's external links are gradually loosened, the outside world is also looking forward to the two sides going further.

source: chao news