Don’t Go Topless: The NiHao App Helps You Stay Online 24/7

NiHao | Dec 17, 2015 11:00 am | Add a comment | 2632 reads | Sponsored by NiHao App

Are you sending a ton of selfies to your crush overseas? Do you have a boss that keeps you on-call 24/7? Or, do you just need navigation all the time? If your answer is yes, better make sure your phone always stays topped up!

The good news is now you can easily top up your phone through UnionPay or Wechat payment with the NiHao app, and stay online anytime, anywhere.

Foreigners in China often have to to ask friends, coworkers, or even strangers, to charge up their phones with their bank or Alipay accounts through their own phones or at a store. While you can sometimes count on others to help you, there will invariably be those times when you receive those dreaded messages in Chinese saying you don't have anymore credit, leaving you unable to decipher the message, much less be able to recharge.

Being cut off far from home is definitely a situation you want to avoid. Fortunately there is Nihao, a free English-language app you can download from iTunes and Android that provides a convenient, safe and fast solution to recharge your mobile phone with your debit card, as well as top up Wechat payments – which means you’ll no longer have to hassle your Chinese-speaking friends to help you every time you run out of credit.

How to Recharge Your Phone

The recharge process is easy and can be done in just a few minutes.

In the main menu of the App, go to “Profile” at down right corner where you’ll find all your information, such as profile picture, followers, notifications, settings and services.

When you click on the recharge icon you will be redirected to the first step of recharge, where you can add the phone number and amount of credit you want to recharge (RMB 300 - RMB 100 - RMB 50 are the options).

Press confirm and choose the payment method: UnionPay or WeChat pay.

- With WeChat pay you will be redirected to the WeChat account to confirm the payment through it.

- With Unionpay you just need to add the bank account number that appears on your card and confirm. Then, all the process is performed through UnionPay which guarantees safety all along the process. In the next step you just need to press on the SMS code to receive a code number to your inbox messages from your bank account and confirm again to finish the recharge. It’s just that simple and that fast!

UnionPay is the only domestic bank card organization in the People's Republic of China. Founded on March 26, 2002, China UnionPay is an association for China's banking card industry, operating under the approval of the People's Bank of China (PBOC, the Central Bank of China). It is also the only interbank network in China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau), linking the ATMs of all banks throughout mainland China and widely accepted by the ATMs in Hong Kong and Macau. It is also an EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale) network.

NiHao is a free app that connects expatriates and travellers in China to services and information in their city – it aims to make life easier for expats and travellers in China.

On NiHao, users can find information on everything from restaurants, bars and nightlife to events, culture and shopping. Users are also be able to directly connect with local services such as cleaners, language schools and medical centers, all with the ability to pay seamlessly from within the app.

In addition, NiHao acts as a central portal for news and social communication, while offering a number of other features such as instant translation, mobile phone top-up, forums, guides and more. Through the English-only app, the Hangzhou-based company aims to provide a platform where every user can meet, interact with and help others in the community. A platform for expats, by expats.

This post is sponsored by the Nihao App – A place to meet, find, share and follow.
Get your free download at appnihao.com, or scan the QR code below. Email fr@appnihao.com for more information.