- Date Published: March 12, 2022
- Date Updated: March 12, 2022
Hallyu wave, the Korean pop culture, is expected to grow into $15B and more in the years to come. From Oscar-winning films like Parasite to K-pop groups like BTS and Blackpink to K-Beauty like Sulwhasoo, Laneige, to K-Drama adaptations here in the Philippines like My Love From Another Star to K-Food like our never-ending love for Samgyupsal Restaurants, and eventually anything K-related?
This is exactly why Korea has been successful in exercising its soft power on a worldwide scale. The combined effect from K-dramas, K-pop, K-beauty, K-food, has contributed immensely to the Korean economy, which has even stretched to its Tourism as well! This just proves how powerful Korea is in the cultural scene.
Furthermore, the raving communities around Korean culture, in general, have influenced much on how brands choose their brand ambassadors and even their offerings and product collections. For instance, SMART Telecommunications, Lazada, Penshoppe among others, used Korean celebrities like Son Ye Jin, from Crash Landing on You, BTS for SMART Telecommunications, and Lisa Black Pink for Penshoppe, and Lee Min Ho, Hyun Bin for Lazada.
So, because of these, more and more people are capitalizing on the Korean wave as new business opportunities arise along with this growing Hallyu wave. Don’t miss out on this good business opportunity, start importing Korean goods from Korea to the Philippines with EZ Sourcing Group! Shop from these Top 5 Korean Shopping Sites and start selling in the Philippines!
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Coupang
Coupang has been dubbed as the “Amazon of South Korea”, where it places customer service and lightspeed delivery as its priority like Amazon. It owns its logistics arm called Rocket Delivery, where anything you ordered at midnight will be delivered as soon as tomorrow morning, taking less than 12 hours! How fast!
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Pros: Huge discount items, a wide variety of products
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Cons: Need to have local Korean Phone Number, Korean Cards
2. Gmarket
Gmarket is popular with ex-pats because it has an English version - Gmarket Global, wherein you can easily browse it like you’re shopping from regular US sites, plus it also accepts foreign cards, in short, it accepts Philippine debit cards and debit cards! Super good news isn’t it?
Also, kindly note that you must be on the global site to be able to use your Philippine card. If you are on the Korean site, you won’t be able to use foreign cards.
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Pros: Possible to find rare items, Easy to navigate, Has English version, Accepts Philippine cards
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Cons: The Gmarket Korea has more options as compared to Gmarket Global (so it’s best still to browse in Gmarket Korea to get rare finds!)
3. 11st Street
11st Street is Amazon’s gateway to Korea. It has been rumored that Amazon plans to acquire around 20% of 11st Street. 11st Street and Amazon are also working on collaborating to launch a service wherein Amazon products can directly be purchased from 11st Street.
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Pros: Has English version which makes it easy to navigate, easy sign-up process
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Cons: Doesn’t accept Philippine credit cards
4. Naver
Naver is Korea’s Google. It has also expanded its business into e-commerce, where it has become an online shopping site, making it a go-to place for Koreans whenever they want to search for specific products since its search engine function is usually more accurate than other shopping sites.
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Pros: Has English version which makes it easy to navigate, easy sign-up process, Easy Sign Up Process (can register via Facebook)
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Cons: Need Korea sim card to purchase from the site
5. Interpark global
Interpark is most popular with its ticketing services for concerts, flights and travel activities. The website is categorized well. It has Interpark Book, Interpark Music, Interpark Movie, etc. Interpark is also very popular among ex-pats like Gmarket because the site can be translated to English, Chinese, etc. very user-friendly for non-Korean speaking countries.
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Pros: Has English version which makes it easy to navigate, easy sign-up process, Accepts Philippine cards
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Cons: The site focuses on tickets, merchandise, product selections is not as diverse as the aforementioned shopping sites
In conclusion, some websites are easier to navigate and buy from than others. Nevertheless, big opportunities lie in these Korean shopping websites! Score deals from these websites and get your K-pop merchandise at a fraction of the cost! Import your Korean cargos to the Philippines easily, with us! Contact us here, if you have any shipping-related questions.
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