Mokpo National University Global Selling Center, 3rd Global Seller Meeting

A global seller roundtable is being held. (Photo by Mokpo National University)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The National Mokpo University Global Selling Center (Global Selling RCC) announced on the 14th that it held the 3rd Global Seller Meeting on the 13th.

Lee Seok-in, head of the Global Selling Center, Professor Choi Soo-jung of the Department of E-commerce, and 11 stakeholders including the 3rd term global sellers gathered to assess the product listing and sales status of global sellers and to establish plans for the second half of the year.

The Global Selling Center is nurturing the 3rd term global sellers through Jeollanam-do’s “2021 Youth Global Seller Development Support Project.”

This project has been implemented annually since June 2018 after Jeollanam-do, Mokpo University, and the Jeonnam Regional Post Office signed a business agreement for “Global Seller Job Creation” in November 2017. Mokpo University has so far helped 20 global sellers start businesses, achieving approximately $270,000 in exports and about 50 million KRW in sales.

This year, 10 prospective entrepreneurs were selected and received basic, applied, and practical global seller training from April to June.

The basic training covered understanding the current status and scale of global e-commerce, methods of using eBay?one of the marketplaces beyond professional practitioners’ understanding?and various marketing techniques.

During the applied and practical training held from the 22nd to the 30th of last month, participants learned how to utilize major overseas online platforms (Shopee, Amazon, Qoo10) and acquired startup-related tax and accounting knowledge as well as practical trade knowledge useful for actual entrepreneurship.

Center Director Lee Seok-in said, “As of the 30th of last month, 8 of the prospective entrepreneurs who received global seller training in the first half of this year have started businesses. In the second half, we will actively support actual exports through one-on-one consulting and mentoring, product sourcing consultations, video buyer meetings, and overseas shipping cost support for entrepreneurs.”

He added, “We hope that through this project, young global sellers will leap forward as online export experts who promote local products to the world.”

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