SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The most searched keyword on the South Korea’s popular online secondhand marketplace was bicycle last year, the app operator said Wednesday. Last year’s most searched keyword was bicycle with about 27.22 million cases and it kept the position as the most searched keyword for seven straight quarters, according to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A presidential candidate of the minor opposition party made a surprising appearance on Danggeun Market, a popular online secondhand marketplace. Ahn Cheol-soo, chief and the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, uploaded a post titled ‘Ahn Cheol-soo on sale’ after being authorized for transaction activity in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Danggeun Market Inc., the company behind South Korea’s popular online secondhand marketplace, said Wednesday it raised 179 billion won (US$153 million) in additional funding that puts its valuation at roughly 3 trillion won. The Seoul-based startup said it secured new funds from new investors DST Global, Aspex Management and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Lying on a couch after work, Lee Sun-young, a 41-year-old office worker, often browses a list of goods uploaded on an online secondhand marketplace app as she seeks to find a good deal. Since Lee successfully sold a shoulder massager, mugs and other miscellaneous goods last year through the [...]