Jing Daily

What Jing Daily does

Jing Daily is a privately held B2B digital media publication covering the global business of luxury in China and Asia-Pacific, founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York. The company operates as a DBA of Herlar, LLC and serves three primary vertical segments: luxury brand executives, investment professionals tracking luxury sector performance, and marketing/strategy professionals operating in the Chinese and APAC markets. Its coverage spans nine declared sectors — Beauty, Fashion, Hard Luxury, Lifestyle, Macro, Meta, Retail, Technology, and Travel — delivered through a tiered content platform.

Core products include a freemium web publishing platform (jingdaily.com) backed by a Pro subscription offering exclusive features and data-driven market tracking, a daily Intel Dispatch newsletter, The Luxury Minute podcast featuring interviews with senior luxury executives, and a catalog of paid sector-specific research reports priced at $150-$500 each. The underlying technology is a Sanity.io-headless CMS with CDN distribution, supporting multimedia content (articles, podcasts, downloadable reports). Distribution is multi-channel across the company's owned website, email, podcast platforms, and WeChat for China-domestic readers.

The business model is a hybrid of annual subscription revenue (Pro tier), one-time research report licensing, and email-driven audience engagement, with revenue generated primarily from luxury brand and financial-sector buyers. Operational scale is small (11-50 employees), supported by named editorial contributors. The company also operates two wholly-owned adjacent media subsidiaries — Jing Daily Culture (culture/crypto) and China Film Insider — under the Herlar, LLC parent structure.

Name

Jing Daily

Legal name

Herlar, LLC

Website

https://jingdaily.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jing Daily is a B2B digital media platform providing news, analysis, and paid research on the global business of luxury in China and Asia-Pacific, serving luxury brand executives, investors, and industry professionals via a Pro subscription, reports, newsletter, and podcast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Market Intelligence & Business Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Newsletters & Email-Based News Publishers (B2B/B2C) (MPAJADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Strategy & Thematic Research (FSACAGAG)

Keywords

• Luxury market intelligence
• Consumer trend analysis
• Digital media publishing
• Market research reports
• Premium content subscriptions

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscriptions (Jing Daily Pro): Subscription-based revenue model offering exclusive features, data-driven market tracking, and unlimited access to premium content including reports and analysis.
2. Market Research Reports: Sale of standalone market research reports targeting specific verticals and regions. Reports include 'Chinese Gen Z: Value Driven Mega Spenders' at $150 (48 pages, December 2025), 'Haircare: China's Next Beauty Boom' at $150 (32 pages, September 2025), 'Driving Luxury Revenue in the Middle East: KSA and UAE' at $500 (70 pages, May 2025), and 'Luxury in motion: Autos, F1, and the brand opportunity' as free download.
3. Email Newsletter: Daily brief newsletter covering global business of luxury in Asia delivered via email sign-up, supporting both free and Pro subscription tiers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Jing Daily operates a B2B digital media and intelligence platform delivering daily news, sector-specific analysis, and market research on the global business of luxury in China and Asia-Pacific. Its offering combines free editorial content (articles, Intel Dispatch briefings, The Luxury Minute podcast) with a paid Jing Daily Pro subscription providing unlimited premium content access and data-driven market tracking, supplemented by standalone paid research reports ($150–$500 each) on topics such as Chinese Gen Z consumers, beauty market dynamics, and Middle East luxury opportunities.

Product overview

Jing Daily operates as a unified B2B media and intelligence platform focused on luxury markets in China and Asia-Pacific. The core product is the news platform (jingdaily.com) which delivers daily coverage across nine sectors: Beauty, Fashion, Hard Luxury, Lifestyle, Macro, Meta, Retail, Technology, and Travel. This is supported by the Pro subscription tier offering exclusive content and features, the Intel Dispatch daily newsletter delivering curated intelligence briefings, and a Reports section selling sector-specific paid research publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jing Daily News Platform
• Jing Daily Pro Subscription
• Intel Dispatch
• Market Research Reports
• The Luxury Minute Podcast
• Daily Brief Email Newsletter Daily email-delivered newsletter covering the global business of luxury in Asia, supporting both free signup and Pro subscription tiers as a top-of-funnel engagement channel.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Jing Culture & CryptominorOthersRelated media property under the Jing Daily umbrella, extending coverage to culture and cryptocurrency topics relevant to luxury and consumer markets.
• China Film InsiderminorOthersRelated media property covering film and entertainment industry in China, operating under the same parent company.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Business of Fashion: Subscription-based B2B media platform covering the global fashion and luxury industry, with paid reports, daily news, and a Jobs marketplace. Closely mirrors Jing Daily's B2B intelligence, Pro subscription, and paid research model, though BoF is global rather than China-focused.
• Vogue Business: B2B publication from Condé Nast delivering data-driven analysis on the fashion and luxury industry, including newsletters and trend reports. Overlaps directly with Jing Daily's audience of brand executives, investors, and industry professionals.
• WWD (Women's Wear Daily): Long-established trade publication covering fashion, beauty, and luxury with paid newsletters, special reports, and events. Comparable B2B information model and buyer base to Jing Daily in the luxury and fashion verticals.
• Luxury Daily: B2B trade publication covering luxury marketing, retail, and digital with a daily newsletter and research reports. Targets a similar luxury brand executive and marketer audience with comparable subscription and report monetization.
• Glossy: B2B media outlet covering fashion, beauty, and luxury through newsletters, research, and events. Comparable in audience (brand marketing and digital leaders) and subscription-led business model to Jing Daily's Pro tier.
• Sourcing Journal: B2B trade publication covering the fashion and apparel supply chain with paid research and newsletters. Comparable B2B intelligence, report product, and target buyer profile within the fashion/luxury ecosystem.
• Luxury Briefing: B2B trade publication providing daily news and analysis to luxury executives. Closely aligned with Jing Daily's editorial product and target audience of senior luxury industry decision-makers.

Broad incumbents

• The Information: Premium subscription-based B2B tech and business news outlet. Analogous monetization (high-priced annual Pro subscriptions, exclusive reporting, events) to Jing Daily's Pro tier, though serving tech rather than luxury.
• Morning Brew: B2B newsletter-led media company monetizing through free newsletters, premium subscriptions, and B2B marketing services. Shares the newsletter-to-paid subscription funnel and B2B sponsorship model Jing Daily uses via Daily Brief and Pro.

Emerging players

• Highsnobiety: Digital media brand covering luxury fashion, streetwear, and culture with editorial, newsletters, and commerce. Partial overlap with Jing Daily's lifestyle and cultural coverage, particularly for younger luxury consumers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jingdaily
• Facebookfacebook.com/jingdaily
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jing-daily

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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