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createasaurus21
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 9:49 am Post subject: What is the Korean equivalent to eBay or Craigslist? |
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| What is the Korean equivalent to eBay or Craigslist? I'd like to buy/sell used items and hire a research assistant and Korean language tutor. I'm aware that there is an eBay Korea and a Craigslist Seoul, but both aren't very popular with Koreans. |
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Charlie Bourque
Joined: 27 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 10:34 am Post subject: |
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| GMarket? |
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thrylos
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| auction.co.kr |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Ebay isn't even Ebay anymore.
Ebay is basically Gmarket, since they own it and all.
Ebay is a clearing house for wholesalers, just like Gmarket is.
Craigslist on the other hand, well Koreans would likely use internet Cafes or something like that.
Their main second hand online shop is a Naver Cafe. hundreds of thousands of users. |
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KimchiNinja
Joined: 01 May 2012
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| I've been told Koreans don't buy used stuff, only new stuff. Thus those types of sites aren't popular. |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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| KimchiNinja wrote: |
| I've been told Koreans don't buy used stuff, only new stuff. Thus those types of sites aren't popular. |
Complete fabrication. tons of Koreans buy used stuff, and there are several popular places to buy it. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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Ave, L�cifer
Joined: 22 Feb 2010
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| KimchiNinja wrote: |
| I've been told Koreans don't buy used stuff, only new stuff. Thus those types of sites aren't popular. |
massively popular actually http://cafe.naver.com/joonggonara/
i've bought a few things from there, when i was living in busan and seoul |
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Kwon-Oumi
Joined: 17 May 2013
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| I think it's GMarket |
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sigmundsmith
Joined: 22 Nov 2007
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Both Gmarket and Auction.co.kr are now owned by eBay ... I know this for a fact. But both the respective websites are operated now by eBay.
The reason is that Koreans will turn away from eBay Korea as it is foreign owned. They will eventually launch an eBay Korea website (gradually) and do away with Gmarket and Auction sites ... once Koreans become more tolerant and accepting? |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| sigmundsmith wrote: |
Both Gmarket and Auction.co.kr are now owned by eBay ... I know this for a fact. But both the respective websites are operated now by eBay.
The reason is that Koreans will turn away from eBay Korea as it is foreign owned. They will eventually launch an eBay Korea website (gradually) and do away with Gmarket and Auction sites ... once Koreans become more tolerant and accepting? |
Everyone already knows auction and gmarket are owned by eBay. Yahoo had a small stake in gmarket when it came out. Koreans don't care if it's foreign owned site. Have you seen how popular foreign brands are in Korea? |
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