Leju Announces Expanded Partnerships with Tencent, Weibo and Focus Media

BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Leju Holdings Limited ("Leju" or the "Company") (NYSE: LEJU), a leading online-to-offline ("O2O") real estate services provider in China, today announced its 2017 advertising product strategy in cooperation with Tencent Holdings Limited ("Tencent"), a leading provider of internet value-added services in China, Weibo Corporation ("Weibo"), a leading social media in China and Focus Media Holding ("Focus Media"), China's leading multi-platform digital media company. Under the partnership arrangements, Leju will launch a series of new cross-platform marketing products for the real estate and home furnishing industries, combining real estate purchase and social network user data to improve customer targeting, user experience and marketing effectiveness. These new products include advertising based on news feed, location, search results, social network and live video streaming across PC and mobile platforms and can cater to advertisers' various needs at different stages of marketing. Leju's proprietary advertising database, Leju Cloud Eye, will serve as the foundation for the new products and will combine data from Tencent and Weibo to create target customer profiles and provide customized marketing solutions for advertisers. Moreover, Leju will leverage Focus Media's national advertising network including flat-panel digital displays placed in high-traffic areas of residential and office buildings to enhance advertising effectiveness and coverage.

"I am very excited about the partnerships with Tencent, Weibo and Focus Media," said Mr. Geoffrey He, Leju's chief executive officer. "Product innovation and expanding partnerships have always been a key part of our growth strategy. Our in-depth collaboration with these partners will enable us to provide our clients with customized marketing solutions with greater precision and better validity. This marks a new milestone in our mobile advertising strategy."

About Leju

Leju Holdings Limited ("Leju") (NYSE: LEJU) is a leading online-to-offline, or O2O, real estate services provider in China, offering real estate e-commerce, online advertising and online listing services. Leju's integrated online platform comprises various mobile applications along with local websites covering more than 370 cities, enhanced by complementary offline services to facilitate residential property transactions. In addition to the Company's own websites, Leju operates the real estate and home furnishing websites of SINA Corporation, and maintains a strategic partnership with Tencent Holdings Limited. For more information about Leju, please visit http://ir.leju.com.

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For investor and media inquiries please contact:

Ms. Annie Huang
Leju Holdings Limited
Phone: +86 (10) 5895-1062
E-mail: [email protected]

Philip Lisio
Foote Group
Phone: +86 (10) 8429-9544
E-mail: [email protected] 

SOURCE Leju Holdings Limited

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