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| On the channel side, the continuous improvement in user acquisition efficiency provides an effective way to maintain the stable of the user base under the strategy of cost optimization and efficiency improvement |
| Profit margin improved despite the decline in revenue, primarily due to our team's solid ability to control costs and expenses |
| And that brand loyalty allowed Momo to be able to navigate safely through the three years of pandemic and emerge on the other side with solid fundamentals and remarkable resilience |
| We are pleased to report strong financial results for the third quarter and steady progress on various strategic priority across all business lines |
| This is the result of the joint efforts of several teams that delivered, among others, product-driven ARPPU growth and continuous improvement in channel ROI and staff allocation efficiency |
| Bottom line for the core could see a high single-digit year-over-year improvement |
| This improvement was driven by our effective cost optimization and efficiency improvement initiatives, which turned Tantan profitable compared to a year ago as well as supported the stable productivity of Momo cash cow business |
| With respect to operating expenses, for the reason that I just mentioned, we have a good opportunity to further cut the OpEx down with continuous efforts to improve cost efficiency |
| And the resulting ARPU growth has supported the continued improvement in channel ROI, enabling us to maintain a stable user scale and solid social fundamentals with a continuously decreasing marketing budget, which plays a positive role in improving Momo's overall profit |
| Total revenue for the third quarter 2023 came in better than our previous expectation at RMB3.04 billion, down 6% year-over-year and 3% quarter-over-quarter |
| Revenue in the third quarter continue to grow rapidly from a higher base |
| At the moment, we have mitigated some of the problems affected the profitability level of overseas business and is expected that it will deliver better sequential performance in both revenue and profit at the end of the year |
| Net income significantly outperformed our expectation mainly due to two factors: one -- number one, better than expected top line performance; and number two, our continuous cost control efforts resulted in better than expected profitability for both Momo and Tantan |
| The group's better than expected financial performance in Q3 was mainly due to the better than expected financial performance of the Momo app |
| Profit from the new endeavors is expected to grow much faster than revenue this year |
| In the overseas business, which is growing revenue and profit faster and has greater growth potential, we plan to replicating these apps, some gamified features that have proven to be beneficial to user experience and monetization in our domestic products and further drive revenue growth by increasing ARPU |
| Over those 12 years, Momo has built up a strong brand loyalty as the go-to place, if you want to be around people discover some new friends and have fun and meaningful interactions with people you do not already know |
| Looking into next year, I think Momo is going to continue to benefit from the stable and -- from that stable and loyal user base |
| The increase in real person authentication rates positively contribute to the improvement of the community ecosystem |
| The launch of interactive gamified features has not only improved the paying user experience of middle and long-tail cohort users, which plays a positive growth in stabilizing livestreaming user engagement, but has also created new revenue streams for long-tail broadcasters in a transitional showroom live streaming business |
| Net income continued to grow on a year-over-year basis despite lower revenue, thanks to our effective cost optimization and efficiency improvement initiatives, which enabled us to maintain the stability of Momo cash cow business turned Tantan profitable as well as support the development of new endeavors |
| The year-over-year growth accelerated to 51% and revenue was up 30% sequentially |
| Our team did a good job in controlling our expenses while driving users and revenue growth |
| The growth could slow down a little bit, but profit growth should be quite impressive as the operating leverage manifests itself |
| This shift in the product mix contribute positively to the improvement in VAS gross margin |
| So although we cannot pin down a revenue target now for next year, we are very optimistic that the profitability is going to continue to see improvement in 2024 |
| Over the past year, Tantan has made solid progress in reducing low-efficiency channel marketing spend to achieve breakeven |
| And unlike live streaming, the new products and services that we're going to build should contribute positively to the dating aspect of the application of the Tantan platform |
| However, the fact that Tantan has built a pretty sizable customer base for live streaming show business shows that its users, Tantan's users actually have sufficient spending power to support a much higher ARPU |
| That's why I remain very optimistic about Tantan's long-term potential in revenue and profit |
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| The pressure on revenue mainly came from a softer consumer sentiment |
| Total revenue from Tantan came in at RMB295 million, down 40% year-over-year and 8% sequentially, mainly due to our reduction in channel investments, combined with our anti-spam initiatives, resulting in a drop in our user base |
| Total revenue for the third quarter was RMB295 million, down 40% year-over-year and 8% sequentially |
| The ongoing anti-spam campaign started this spring, coupled with the seasonal impact of the new school year put notable pressure on content user base in September |
| VAS revenue from the Momo app totaled RMB1 billion, down 12% year-over-year and 6% quarter-over-quarter |
| Tantan's live broadcasting revenue amounted to RMB120.0 million, down 14% from Q3 last year and 17% from the previous quarter |
| So as we continue to downsize that service, I think top line could be pressured |
| The main reason for the decline in revenue were the consumption softly caused by the softer economy and product adjustments we made to maintain a healthy community ecosystem |
| Momo app live broadcasting revenue totaled RMB1.41 billion for the quarter, down 7% year-over-year and 2% quarter-over-quarter |
| Total revenue for live broadcasting business for the third quarter of 2023 was RMB1.53 billion, down 8% year-over-year and 4% quarter-over-quarter |
| In the third quarter, Momo's live streaming revenue was RMB1.41 billion, down 7% year-over-year and 2% sequentially |
| The sequential decrease in revenue was mainly due to significant impact of softer macroeconomy on the streaming -- live streaming business |
| In the third quarter, VAS revenue, excluding Tantan, totaled RMB1.3 billion, down 3% year-over-year and 2% sequentially |
| Additionally, the outbreak of spamming activities combined with a softer spending among live streaming users led to a decline in channel ROI |
| The decrease was mainly due to a soft consumer sentiment in the current macro environment |
| Tantan's value-added service revenue amounted to RMB168.4 million, down 16% from Q3 last year and 1% from the previous quarter |
| Although the community ecosystem currently has returned to normal, the decline in ARPPU due to a weak live streaming revenue has led to a temporary reduction in the overall channel ROI |
| Total revenue from the Tantan app from the Momo app and standalone new app was RMB2.74 billion, down 5% year-over-year and 3% sequentially |
| Revenue from value-added service for the third quarter of 2023 was RMB1.47 billion, down 5% from Q3 last year and 2% sequentially |
| Revenue from value-added service on an ex-Tantan basis was RMB1.30 billion in the third quarter of 2023, down 3% year-on-year and 2% sequentially |
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