SK Planet
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet
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| Founded | October 1, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
Key people | SungWon Suh (CEO) |
| Products | |
Number of employees | 2,283 |
| Parent | SK Telecom |
| Website | www |
 | This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (July 2018) |
SK Planet Co., Ltd. (Hangul: SK 플래닛 or 에스케이 플래닛), a subsidiary of SK Telecom, was established in 2011. It is an internet platform development company located in Pangyo, South Korea’s Silicon Valley, with operations in eight countries. SK Planet was spun off from SK Telecom to focus on online services and has since evolved to concentrate on three core business areas: e-Commerce, Online-to-Offline services, and digital marketing.
Products and Business Services
[edit]Since its inception, SK Planet has owned, operated, and developed a variety of digital products and services, including those related to business, entertainment, financial technology, social media platforms, mobile messaging, location-based services, mobile commerce, and marketing.
E-Commerce
SK Planet owns and operates 11st.co.kr – an e-Commerce shopping website in South Korea. Here, online buyers can purchase goods and services from sellers through its online marketplace platform. As of 2016, 11st.co.kr became South Korea’s most visited e-Commerce site and is number one in mobile commerce, with the highest number of monthly unique visitors among mobile shopping apps in Korea. SK Planet then expanded 11st.co.kr into new international markets, with its first global venture being N11.com in Turkey in 2013. Subsequent expansions included Elevenia in Indonesia in 2014, 11street Malaysia in 2015, and 11street Thailand in 2017.
Online-to-Offline Services
OK Cashbag is South Korea’s most widely used integrated loyalty program, allowing customers to earn points across various retailers and redeem those points for goods, services, and discounts at over 60,000 merchants. It boasts 38 million subscribers on its marketing platform.
Syrup is a singular brand of multiple consumer mobile apps in South Korea specializing in online-to-offline services, including:
- Gifticon: Launched in 2006 as Korea’s first mobile voucher service, enabling users to purchase digital vouchers and send them as gifts, which can then be redeemed at the point of sale.
- Syrup Wallet: A mobile wallet service using BLE and geo-fencing technology to provide users with membership promotions and discounts from over 400 brands, and also serves as a digital wallet for membership cards.
- Syrup Table: A mobile app focusing on food and beverage establishments, providing crowd-sourced reviews about local restaurants, nearby promotions and discounts, as well as pre-ordering services.
- Syrup Style: A curated fashion app where users can browse through apparel, shoes, bags, and accessories, purchase them directly, and then have them delivered or picked up at the offline store.
- Syrup Pay: A web-based payment solution where users register their payment preferences, such as credit card, bank transfer, or mobile carrier billing, to pay for their purchases and then enter a passcode to complete transactions.
Digital Marketing and Advertising
[edit]International Markets
[edit]United States
[edit]SK Planet Inc. is the operational entity located in San Francisco, California.[1] In 2014, SK Planet acquired Shopkick Inc. for $200 million, a mobile shopping companion that informs and rewards customers with points for walking into participating stores which can be redeemed for discounts.[2]
China
[edit]SK Planet launched an e-Commerce website offering products from Korea, as well as their O2O service Syrup Style in China.[3]
Japan
[edit]SK Planet owns and operates Cotoco under SK Planet Japan, a mobile gifting application where users can purchase and send gift vouchers from participating vendors and retailers.[4]
Turkey
[edit]SK Planet deployed its first e-Commerce venture, n11.com, in Turkey in 2013 through a joint-venture with Doğuş Group under Doğuş Planet. It has since grown to become the top e-Commerce marketplace in Turkey within three years of operations beating out its rivals Gittigidiyor and Hepsiburada.[5]
Indonesia
[edit]SK Planet established elevenia, an e-Commerce marketplace in Indonesia through a joint-venture with XL-Axiata in 2014.[6] Elevenia is owned and operated under XL Planet, and is the first e-Commerce venture in South East Asia for SK Planet. Both joint-venture partners have recently placed a Series-B investment of $50 million USD, to further support the growing e-Commerce venture.[7]
Malaysia
[edit]11street Malaysia is an e-Commerce marketplace owned and operated by Celcom Planet, which was launched in 2015 as a joint-venture between Celcom Axiata and SK Planet.[8] Leveraging the growing Hallyu Korean wave reception in South East Asia, rising Korean actor Lee Min-Ho became a brand ambassador for 11street Malaysia during its launch campaign.[9]
Thailand
[edit]SK Planet launched its fifth e-Commerce venture in Thailand as a wholly owned subsidiary, known as 11street Thailand.[10] The official launch included a large marketing campaign, with the Korean Actor Song Joong-Ki and rising Thai actress Mew Nittha as brand ambassadors.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Lessin, Jessia E. (2013-06-26). "South Korea's SK Planet to Invest Up to $1 billion in U.S." The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Macmillan, Greg Bensinger Douglas (2014-09-27). "SK Telecom Agrees to Acquire Shopkick". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Kim, Young-won (2016-01-25). "SK Planet steps up efforts to support SMEs". The Korea Herald.
- ^ "SK planet is beginning mobile gift certificate service in Japan". 2014-06-08.
- ^ Jhoo, Dong-chan (2016-03-28). "SK Planet leads in Turkey's e-commerce market". The Korea Times.
- ^ Lukman, Enricko (2014-03-04). "Telcos join forces to launch Indonesia's newest e-commerce marketplace". Techinasia.
- ^ Maulani, Anisa Menur A. (2016-02-01). "Indonesia's Elevenia scores US$50M from XL Axiata, SK Planet".
- ^ Kugan (2015-02-17). "Celcom Planet to invest RM35 million to promote online marketplace 11street".
- ^ Lee, Kah Leng (2015-05-05). "South Korean online marketplace 11street is now live".
- ^ "11street Thailand launched by SK Planet". 2017-02-17.
- ^ Kang, Soon Chen (2014-03-07). "Song Joong-ki can speak Thai, as this 11street ad shows".