Monthly Archive: August 2020

Korean companies using Shopify

There are already many (big and small) Korean companies on Shopify, for example Amore Pacific, MBX (Memebox), Line Friends and T1. MBX is a unicorn startup that graduated from Y Combinator. But which stores have the most (estimated) revenue and (estimated) traffic? And what are some other featured Shopify stores, who is their owner, what …

Hotel marketing tips for trendy “hocance”!

What is “hocance” or 호캉스? ​Hocance is the portmantaeu of “hotel” and “vacance”. Meaning, spending your vacation only in a (domestic) hotel. Due to the worldwide lockdowns / quarantaines and the long rainy season, hocance became a trend! Related blog post: Korean outbound tourism statistics and most popular destinations (pre lockdowns / quarantaines) Before 2015, …

Korean payment gateways that can be linked with Shopify

In a previous blog post we said that from the beginning of this year, it became possible to pay yourself in Korean Won by linking one of the Korean payment gateways (PGs) KG Inicis to Shopify. The contents of this blog post are: What is a payment gateway (PG)? How to choose which payment gateway …

쇼피파이(Shopify)에 연동 능한 국내 결제 대행사 (Payment Gateway) & 수수료

쇼피파이(Shopify)에 연동 가능한 국내 결제 대행사 (Payment Gateway) ​ & 수수료​ 앞선 블로그 글에서 올해 초부터 쇼피파이에 국내 결제 시스템의 연동과 함께 원화결제가 가능해졌다는 반가운 소식을 전해드렸습니다. ​ 관련 포스팅: 쇼피파이(SHOPIFY) 한국 웹사이트, 한국어 고객 센터, 주문 이행 서비스 ​​​ 쇼피파이(Shopify)에 연동 가능한 국내 결제 대행사&수수료 결제 시스템이란? © morningbrew, 출처 Unsplash ​ 먼저, 결제 …

Why protecting your online privacy is important

Google and Facebook can be very helpful – could you live without either platform? Also, advertising on both can be very effective. But, like anything, they can be used for good or bad. There is a saying by Tom O’Reilly: If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product So why should you …