- CEO
- Jae-Suk Lee
- Full Time Employees
- 982
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Data processing services
- Address
- Seoul South Korea
- IPO Date
- Feb 8, 2018
- Business
- Cafe24 Corp. is a South Korea-based technology company that provides a comprehensive, one-stop global e-commerce enablement platform and internet infrastructure solutions. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company specializes in cloud-based software, infrastructure, and business support services that allow individual entrepreneurs, small- and medium-sized enterprises, and large corporate brands to establish, operate, market, and scale online direct-to-consumer storefronts worldwide. The company operates across multiple core business areas, including E-Commerce Solutions, Internet Infrastructure and Hosting, and Digital Marketing.
The company offers a broad suite of integrated products and services, structured across key functional domains: e-commerce platform solutions, including automated online store building tools, multi-language storefront localization, mobile commerce optimization, and customizable shopping cart engines; digital marketing and advertising services, comprising search engine marketing, social media advertising, influencer commerce management, search engine optimization, and performance analytics; internet infrastructure and hosting services, including shared web hosting, dedicated server hosting, cloud infrastructure, virtual private servers, domain registration, SSL certificates, and enterprise direct-to-customer infrastructure; payment and operational management solutions, comprising payment gateway integrations, domestic and cross-border logistics and fulfillment connectivity, inventory synchronization, customer service systems, and Cafe24 PRO managed store operations; ecosystem platforms, including the Cafe24 App Store for third-party application integration, open developer application programming interfaces, the Cafe24 Developer Center, and the Cafe24 Design Center; and offline entrepreneurship infrastructure, consisting of Cafe24 Start-Up Center coworking facilities and specialized e-commerce training programs.
Cafe24 Corp. maintains global business operations and regional localization offices through subsidiaries located in Japan (Cafe24 Japan Inc.), Vietnam (Cafe24 Vietnam Co., Ltd.), China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the United States. In recent developments, the company strengthened its strategic partnership with Google LLC, securing an investment of approximately 25.9 billion South Korean won to accelerate the global expansion of content-driven commerce. Building upon this collaboration, Cafe24 launched the integrated YouTube Shopping Store solution, allowing merchants and creators to build dedicated stores and sell products directly within the YouTube platform with seamless in-app purchasing and real-time live commerce capabilities. In addition, Cafe24 has accelerated the integration of generative artificial intelligence across its platform suite, rolling out AI-driven website creation tools, automated product description generation, and intelligent advertising management, while expanding social commerce integrations with global digital platforms including Meta, TikTok, and Naver.