Best Website Builders: recommendations for Korean business in 2024
82.7% of the South Korean population has long been 'living' online: shopping, ordering food, meeting people, having fun and learning. A modern website, and even more so an online store, is not just a shop window, but an important commercial and marketing tool. It's like this: a man is judged by his clothes, and a company by its website. If you're just thinking about a new website or adding a new promotional tool to your offline business, let's talk about affordable and uncomplicated website builders that don't require programming skills.
In the South Korean domestic market, not only local companies like I'm Web and Cafe 24, but also global companies like Wix and Shopify are competing builders. Each builder has its own characteristics and unique features. We recommend reading the article to understand what functionality your resource and business needs.
Cafe24 is a popular web hosting and online store creation platform in South Korea. The e-commerce platform provides various services, including hosting, domain names and tools: for creating online shops, inventory management and order tracking. The platform provides marketing and logistics support for drop-shipping merchants and is responsible for the storage, delivery and returns of ordered goods, regardless of the category or number of shipments. Halla Systems recommends Cafe24 to its partners and customers because of its user-friendly interface and easy integration with various applications and services.
About Shopify
Shopify, the global leader in online commerce, has recently entered the Korean market. Focusing on the domestic market to simplify payments in Korean won, the platform partnered with KG Inicis, a Korean payment service provider. Shopify is a full website builder with many customisation features. It is a versatile platform, whether you are starting an ecommerce business from scratch or expanding your online presence. Shopify supports integration with other website builders such as Wix or WordPress.
South Korean startup I'm Web launched its service in December 2016. I'm Web is a software for creating websites and online stores. The platform uses Korea's domestic payment system. It has many features and plugins optimised for e-commerce. Templates and widgets are Korean style. One thing to note is that I'mWeb is difficult to connect to external automation tools such as Zapier, which of course supports global tools.
Wix
Websites built with Wix are organic and visually pleasing. It is a well-known and popular builder. Its drag-and-drop tools and clean interface make it easy and accessible to use. Wix has over 900 templates grouped into 19 categories and over 70 sub-categories. Unfortunately, you won't be able to move your finished website to another platform or hosting, so you'll need to think about this beforehand. Wix will automatically create and deliver a mobile optimised version of the website.
SITE123
While Wix focuses on design and customisation, SITE123 can compete with Wix on speed and simplicity. All SITE123 layouts are adaptive. It's perfect for the average user, it doesn't require design skills or knowledge of programming languages. As a data analysis tool, SITE123 makes it easy to collect email addresses for further analysis and marketing purposes. Using SEO tools, SITE123 can easily edit meta titles and meta tags.
About WordPress
WordPress is one of the most popular open source content management systems (CMS), a tool for creating and managing websites and blogs. The user-friendly interface of WordPress allows you to create websites based on free and paid templates and themes. To create an online shop, connect the WooCommerce plugin and shopping cart functionality. WooCommerce allows you to manage orders, support products and subscriptions.
Web.com.
Web.com is an intuitive editor with extensive customisation options. The builder is easy to use and offers users colourful templates with hosting and domains. The platform supports selling on social media (Facebook and Instagram) and shopping sites (Amazon, Etsy and eBay). Web.com offers a combination of website solutions with hosting and domains as well as do-it-yourself options.
Squarespace
Squarespace is a builder with a trendy and minimalist design (interface available in Korean). Unusual and high quality templates create the feeling of an elegant "premium" website. The grid editor allows for many customisation options while maintaining a well-structured layout. The block editor, navigation and many aspects of the design are reminiscent of WordPress. Building a website with Squarespace is much easier than with Wix.
Hostinger Website Builder
Hostinger's builder is easy to use and allows you to create websites quickly by adding artificial intelligence (AI) tools to a grid-based layout editor. The platform combines AI tools for: message writing, company name generator, logo creation, business slogan generator.
Who builds the website?
Whether you order a website, try a website builder or look for something in between and consult specialists is up to you. Of course, the outsourcing option is not so bad, but it can be an onerous financial burden, especially in times of crisis or when starting a business. Online business is a constant motion that doesn't tolerate downtime. Launching new products, announcing promotions, publishing new content and fixing bugs can sometimes be a 24/7 operation. Halla Systems Co. can help you find a platform that provides a marketplace for your business and website.