What is Chinese Douyin Life Services? What is the difference between DOU+ and Local Promotion?
11/10/2025
What is Douyin Life Services? It refers to turning local dining, entertainment, and leisure offerings into group-buy deals and vouchers that are sold on Douyin. How are they promoted? Through short videos, live streams, and store detail pages. So, what’s the difference between DOU+ and Local Push? ① Target Audience DOU+ serves all content creators, while Local Push is exclusively designed for local businesses. ② User Behavior Targeting DOU+ primarily targets users based on their interests. For example, if you’re in the food industry, DOU+ will recommend your content to users who enjoy watching food-related videos. In contrast, Local Push targets users who have previously purchased food vouchers or group deals. ③ Ad Type Local Push is a bidding-based advertising product, while DOU+ is not. ④ Advertising Strategy Local Push allows advertisers to customize audience demographics, products, creatives, bids, and more. DOU+, on the other hand, focuses more on content-based promotion. ⑤ Content Style Local Push supports hard-selling ads with a stronger commercial intent, while DOU+ is more aligned with organic, discovery-driven content such as user-generated reviews and check-ins. ⑥...