Tianji.com

Tianji.com (Chinese: 天际网) was China's largest professional social networking website, with over 17 million users as of September 2013.[1] Tianji stopped operations on December 27, 2015.[2]

History

Tianji was founded in 2005 by CEO Derek Ling. It joined Viadeo in 2008. In 2010-11, it started entering a period of explosive growth, attracting over 380,000 users per month.[3]

Purpose

Tianji was a professional social networking website, in a similar fashion to LinkedIn.[3] According to CEO Derek Ling, Tianji focused on a group of Chinese professionals who are younger than 40 but have also graduated from college, a demographic that adds value through its existing contacts and work experience. By 2013 the site was predicted to have 35 million users.[4]

Statistics

Tianjin claimed up to over 15 million users, according to its website. The website also claimed that there were over 37,000 executive searchers on the website, and that 90% of users report successful communication with managers and businesspeople.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Tianji - Company Detalis". CrunchBase. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "LinkedIn's biggest rival in China just suddenly and unexpectedly shut down". Tech in Asia. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 Custer, C. (November 3, 2011). "Tianji, China's Biggest Professional Social Network, is Growing Fast". Tech in Asia. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Chima, Chikodi (October 31, 2011). "Tianji kickstarts professional social networking in China". Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "超过1500万职场精英首选的商务社交平台". Retrieved 23 September 2013.

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