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So WeChat invited WomeninTechZA to try out its WeChat Wallet, and buy some awesome stuff with Stuff magazine (which is running a promo with WeChat and Incredible Connection in its latest issue).
It was all rather simple – sign up for WeChat (if you haven’t already), go to your profile, and enable the wallet. This requires you to add in some legal type stuff (like your ID no) and to link a bank card to the system.
Then you just get the latest issue of Stuff, have a browse through the Incredible Connection goodies on offer and scan in the QR code using WeChat Wallet – and voila.
I decided to get a Fitbit because I don’t need a smartphone, or headphones, or any of the other cool gadgets on offer. Once you’ve scanned the code you select the payment method (money in the wallet or bank card), fill in your details for Incredible Connection and your purchase is done. It took me all of 5 minutes, and now all I have to do 
is contain all the excited ’til my new toy arrives…
Oh yes, if you buy any of the goodies during the promo, you get cash back too. Nice! Try it out and let us know what you think by tweeting @womenintechza and @wechatza.
About The Author: Samantha
Samantha Perry is the owner and founder of SJ Perry PR, a small, independent agency that specialises in providing public relations and media relations services to small to medium-sized businesses. She recently served as the JHB Agency Lead for Irvine Partners, an integrated public relations and marketing agency. She has over 20 years' of experience writing for a range of media - print and online - mainly in the ICT sector including Computing SA (editor), ComputerWeek, and Brainstorm magazine (editor). In her capacity as a PR professional and consultant, she has and does work with a variety of companies including Google (South Africa & Nigeria), Salesforce, CLEVVA, Euphoria Telecom, Paymenow and Tiger Content (UK). She also has a Masters degree in ICT Policy & Regulation. She served on the IAB SA Marketing Council as the PR rep, has worked as an independent telecoms researcher for some of the analyst houses in that field and was regularly called upon to comment on telecoms issues in the press. Nowadays she can be found commenting on women in tech issues in the press and speaking at conferences on the subject and the issues women in the sector face.
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