MEITUAN DIANPING’S
PATH TOWARDS
PROFITABILITY
A CASE STUDY
HANS TUNG, Managing Partner of GGV Capital
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A SNAPSHOT OF MEITUAN DIANPING
C H I N A ’ S “ S U P E R A P P ” I N C O N T E X T
Source:
http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf;https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/29703/meituan-q2-
2019/
China’s 3rd most
valuable tech
company
replaced
Baidu as the third
biggest tech company
in China
$56 Bn
In market cap
equals Uber
as of Q2, 2019
$3.17 Bn
In revenue
12X Yelp
for of Q2, 2019
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A SNAPSHOT OF MEITUAN DIANPING
Source:
http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf; https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/29703/meituan-q2-2019/
422.6
million
annual transacting
users
7.50 dollars
average revenue
per user per quarter
25.5 times
average no. of
transactions per
annual transacting
users
TOP 5 in app transaction
category
Food Delivery Hotel bookingRestaurants EntertainmentBeauty Services
5.9 million
active merchants,
16.2% yoy growth
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Yelp Meituan Dianping
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Train/Airplane
tickets
Restaurants
Review
Hotel booking
Food Delivery
Bike Sharing
Ride Hailing
Movie and show
tickets
Comparable to Yelp
Comparable to Fandango
Comparable to Uber
Comparable to Lime*.
Meituan offers peddle bikes only as of Aug.
2019.
Comparable to GrubHub
Comparable to booking.com
Comparable to Kayak
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Movie and show tickets
Added in Meituan
Meituan started to
provide software
services to merchants
Yelp went public on
NYSE in Mar.2, 2012
Meituan was
launched in 2010
as a Groupon
business
Yelp bought Eat24 Yelp sold Eat24 to GrubHub
2012 2014 2016 2018
Food delivery and hotel
reservation was added
into Meituan in 2013
Uber launched Uber Eats
20152013
Meituan and Dianping merged
2017
Ride hailing added
to Meituan
MEITUAN’S EVOLUTION OVERTIME
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SEGMENT BREAKDOWN FOR REVENUE AND
PROFIT
Revenue Profit
Source:
http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf
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Source:
http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf
https://www.yelp-ir.com/news-releases/news-release-details/2019/Yelp-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2018-Financial-Results/default.aspx
REVENUE BY TYPE
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Source:
http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf
https://www.yelp-ir.com/news-releases/news-release-details/2019/Yelp-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2018-Financial-Results/default.aspx
16.2%
BEGINNING OF VIRTUOUS CIRCLE
Food Delivery
3% yoy growth rate in
advertising revenue
27%
In-store, hotel and travel
50% yoy growth in the no.
of active marketing
merchants
yoy growth in advertising revenue
yoy increase in no. of active merchants
2019 Q2
Advertising Revenue
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MEITUAN OFFERS MERCHANTS MORE
CHANNELS TO REACH CONSUMERS
Merchant
Consumer
Groupon and
discounts
Advertising and
reviews
Pay for users’
rides
Becomes informed
Merchant
Advertising
Consumer
Before
After
$
$
$
$
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SUPER APP APPROACH IMPROVES USER
RETENTION
Source: Trustdata Report on China’s Food Delivery Business
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SUPER APP APPROACH IMPROVES USER
STICKINESS
Source: Trustdata Report on China’s Food Delivery Business
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FOOD DELIVERY REVENUE SIZE
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Meituan Dianping Uber Grubhub Yelp
Total Revenue Revenue from Food Delivery (including advertising)
Billions (USD)
Source: Financial statements from the companies' website
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STEADY RISE IN MARKET SHARE
Source: Trustdata Report on China’s Food Delivery Business
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RISING SUPER APPS IN EMERGING MARKETS
1st Decacorn
in SEA
On demand
Delivery Unicorn
in LATAM
On Demand
Delivery Unicorn in
India
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SCMP: https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2157177/how-grabs-ceo-steered-it-garage-malaysia-southeast-asias-most-valuable-
tech
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For more on Meituan-Dianping, listen to our
interview with Tao Zhang, founder of Dianping,
on the 996 podcast
PODCAST
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PODCAST APP

Meituan case study final

  • 1.
    MEITUAN DIANPING’S PATH TOWARDS PROFITABILITY ACASE STUDY HANS TUNG, Managing Partner of GGV Capital
  • 2.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc A SNAPSHOT OF MEITUAN DIANPING C H I N A ’ S “ S U P E R A P P ” I N C O N T E X T Source: http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf;https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/29703/meituan-q2- 2019/ China’s 3rd most valuable tech company replaced Baidu as the third biggest tech company in China $56 Bn In market cap equals Uber as of Q2, 2019 $3.17 Bn In revenue 12X Yelp for of Q2, 2019
  • 3.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc A SNAPSHOT OF MEITUAN DIANPING Source: http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf; https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/29703/meituan-q2-2019/ 422.6 million annual transacting users 7.50 dollars average revenue per user per quarter 25.5 times average no. of transactions per annual transacting users TOP 5 in app transaction category Food Delivery Hotel bookingRestaurants EntertainmentBeauty Services 5.9 million active merchants, 16.2% yoy growth
  • 4.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc Yelp Meituan Dianping
  • 5.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc Train/Airplane tickets Restaurants Review Hotel booking Food Delivery Bike Sharing Ride Hailing Movie and show tickets Comparable to Yelp Comparable to Fandango Comparable to Uber Comparable to Lime*. Meituan offers peddle bikes only as of Aug. 2019. Comparable to GrubHub Comparable to booking.com Comparable to Kayak
  • 6.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc Movie and show tickets Added in Meituan Meituan started to provide software services to merchants Yelp went public on NYSE in Mar.2, 2012 Meituan was launched in 2010 as a Groupon business Yelp bought Eat24 Yelp sold Eat24 to GrubHub 2012 2014 2016 2018 Food delivery and hotel reservation was added into Meituan in 2013 Uber launched Uber Eats 20152013 Meituan and Dianping merged 2017 Ride hailing added to Meituan MEITUAN’S EVOLUTION OVERTIME
  • 7.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc SEGMENT BREAKDOWN FOR REVENUE AND PROFIT Revenue Profit Source: http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf
  • 8.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc Source: http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf https://www.yelp-ir.com/news-releases/news-release-details/2019/Yelp-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2018-Financial-Results/default.aspx REVENUE BY TYPE
  • 9.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc Source: http://meituan.todayir.com/attachment/2019082317480126273592448_en.pdf https://www.yelp-ir.com/news-releases/news-release-details/2019/Yelp-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2018-Financial-Results/default.aspx 16.2% BEGINNING OF VIRTUOUS CIRCLE Food Delivery 3% yoy growth rate in advertising revenue 27% In-store, hotel and travel 50% yoy growth in the no. of active marketing merchants yoy growth in advertising revenue yoy increase in no. of active merchants 2019 Q2 Advertising Revenue
  • 10.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc MEITUAN OFFERS MERCHANTS MORE CHANNELS TO REACH CONSUMERS Merchant Consumer Groupon and discounts Advertising and reviews Pay for users’ rides Becomes informed Merchant Advertising Consumer Before After $ $ $ $
  • 11.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc SUPER APP APPROACH IMPROVES USER RETENTION Source: Trustdata Report on China’s Food Delivery Business
  • 12.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc SUPER APP APPROACH IMPROVES USER STICKINESS Source: Trustdata Report on China’s Food Delivery Business
  • 13.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc FOOD DELIVERY REVENUE SIZE 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 Meituan Dianping Uber Grubhub Yelp Total Revenue Revenue from Food Delivery (including advertising) Billions (USD) Source: Financial statements from the companies' website
  • 14.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc STEADY RISE IN MARKET SHARE Source: Trustdata Report on China’s Food Delivery Business
  • 15.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc RISING SUPER APPS IN EMERGING MARKETS 1st Decacorn in SEA On demand Delivery Unicorn in LATAM On Demand Delivery Unicorn in India
  • 16.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc SCMP: https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2157177/how-grabs-ceo-steered-it-garage-malaysia-southeast-asias-most-valuable- tech
  • 17.
    For more ontech in China: www.996.ggvc.com | www.hans.vc For more on Meituan-Dianping, listen to our interview with Tao Zhang, founder of Dianping, on the 996 podcast PODCAST SEARCH “996” IN ANY PODCAST APP

Editor's Notes

  • #11 Uber make money from consuers drivers Meituan make money from merchants, they put money into Bai, no n Merchants can advertise in Meituan not Baidu Taobao meituan suck away from Baidu search ads, Look at the landscape is evolving, tencent will invest in company that competes with ali, pdd is taobao, jd is tmall, meituan will fight against eleme, ofo, hellobike, Didi, force didi to be closer to ali ALL Wanna go after thigns that China offline retail doesnm’t do well Offerup: crack the merchant biz, when merchants pay for things, unfair advantage, start convo to think about merchants, How meituan and merchants work together
  • #18 Make color scheme nicer, 3 takeaways from 10 year comparison