Gmarket
 G 마켓 |
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|---|---|
| Mail order , online trade | |
| languages | Korean, English, Chinese |
| operator | eBay Korea |
| On-line | 1999 (currently active) |
| http://www.gmarket.co.kr/ | |
Gmarket is a South Korean online mail order company with a wide range of products. Gmarket was founded in 2000 by the trading company Interpark and taken over by the online marketplace provider eBay in 2009 .
history
The predecessor to Gmarket was founded in 1999 by Gu Yeong-bae ( 구영배 ) as part of the Interpark auction and ticket platform . In 2000 it became an independent website called Goodsdaq ( 구스닥 ). In 2003 the website was renamed Gmarket.
In 2006, Gmarket became the first South Korean online shop to be listed on NASDAQ . 2009 took over the American trading firm eBay Gmarket for about 1.2 billion US dollars . As a result, Gmarket was no longer listed in the NASDAQ.
The company sells its own font with Gmarket Sans .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ [김광일 의 릴레이 인터뷰 구영배 G 마켓 사장] ( ko ) September 30, 2007.
- ↑ JJ Colao: How An E-Commerce King Is Conquering Korea ( en ) September 2, 2013.
- ↑ 인터파크 구스닥, 'G 마켓' 으로 회사 이름 · 브랜드 변경 ( ko ) October 10, 2003.
- ↑ Korea's Gmarket Goes on the NASDAQ ( en ) June 30, 2006.
- ↑ Finn Mayer-Kuckuk: Ebay is buying online retailers in South Korea. In: Handelsblatt . May 16, 2009, accessed November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Ebay takes over Gmarket. In: Spiegel Online . April 16, 2009, accessed November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Gmarket Sans. In: Gmarket. Retrieved November 16, 2019 (Korean).