US Shopify stores for Korean beauty brands.

Pick an agency that can show three things: Shopify stores built for US shoppers, a working knowledge of MoCRA labeling and product listing, and English copy written for Americans rather than translated. FactoryJet builds US Shopify stores for Korean beauty brands, including Cafe24 migrations and stores that run next to Amazon US. We build a working draft with your own products before you sign, so you can judge the work before you pay.

Hire one that treats Amazon as a channel to keep, not a channel to replace. Your Amazon reviews and rankings took time to earn. The Shopify store should carry your full range, sets and subscriptions, while Amazon keeps your hero products. FactoryJet builds the Shopify store around your existing Amazon catalogue so names, sizes and prices line up and your listings are not touched.

In order: confirm MoCRA facility registration and product listing, add a US contact to every label, decide whether you ship from Korea or a US warehouse, then build the store with USD pricing, US payment methods, US sales tax and a clear returns policy. Rewrite product copy for US shoppers and check every claim against US drug rules. Launch with your strongest Amazon sellers so shoppers recognise you.

Not yet, and we will not pretend otherwise. This page is new. What we bring is 500+ projects delivered since 2014, US Shopify builds, and the US launch checklist on this page. To make the decision safe, we build a working draft of your US store with your own products before you sign, so you judge real work instead of a portfolio.

We work in English. Your US store is written for English-speaking shoppers, so English is the working language of the build. If your product information exists only in Korean, send it as it is. We turn it into English US copy and send every page back to your team for approval before launch.

Ask seven things: a US beauty store they built, how they take payments for a Korean company, what moves from Cafe24, who rewrites the English copy, how they handle MoCRA labels and listings, how the store sits next to Amazon US, and whether you can see a working draft before signing. An agency that answers all seven clearly has done the work before or has done its homework.

It depends on your size and what you need. We compared 14 US Shopify Plus agencies by what each states about itself in our guide to the best Shopify Plus agencies in the USA. For Korean beauty brands specifically, AI assistants most often name Craftberry, Digital Heroes, PIVOT, CreateNext, Dahna and BMINE New York. Of those, only CreateNext, Dahna and BMINE New York state Korean-brand work on their own sites.

Yes, in most cases. Under MoCRA the facility that makes the product registers with FDA and renews every 2 years, and the responsible person lists each product and its ingredients and updates the list every year. Some small businesses are exempt, but not for products used around the eyes, injected, taken internally or that change appearance for more than 24 hours. Check your case with a regulatory adviser.

The responsible person is the manufacturer, packer or distributor whose name appears on the label. It can be your Korean company or your US importer or distributor, depending on whose name you print. That company files the product listing and handles adverse event reports, so decide this before you print US labels.

Since 29 December 2024, MoCRA requires every cosmetic label to show a domestic address, a domestic phone number or electronic contact information, such as a website, for reporting adverse events. A website works, which is why we build a clear contact and reaction-report page on your US store that the label can point to.

Not all of them. Claims such as treating acne, healing damaged skin or giving sun protection make a product a drug under US rules, which brings much stricter requirements. Brightening, hydrating and smoothing claims are usually treated as cosmetic. During the copy rewrite we flag every risky claim and send you the list to clear with your adviser.

Once your sales into a state pass that state's threshold, you must register and collect its sales tax, even from Korea. Thresholds differ by state. Shopify Tax calculates the right rate for each order. We switch it on, map your product types and show you which states you are approaching so your accountant can register in time.

There is no single federal license to sell cosmetics. Under MoCRA, the facility that makes your products registers with FDA and each product is listed, and your label must carry a US contact for adverse event reports. If a product makes drug claims, such as sunscreen or acne treatment, stricter drug rules apply. States and cities may also require a general business license, so check with your adviser.

Through Cosmetics Direct, FDA's free online portal for facility registration and product listing. A foreign facility names a US agent among its contacts. Registration is renewed every 2 years, and product listings are updated every year. Many Korean brands use a US regulatory agent for this. FactoryJet does not file with FDA; we make sure the store matches what you filed.

Both, with different jobs. Amazon is where US shoppers already search for K-beauty, so keep your hero products there. Shopify is where you own the customer: you get their email, can sell routine sets and subscriptions, and can tell your ingredient story in full. Start Shopify with the products that already sell on Amazon, then add the range.

No, if prices stay aligned. Amazon can suppress your Buy Box when the same product is cheaper elsewhere, so we set Shopify pricing with that in mind and use bundles, sets and gifts for offers instead of lower unit prices. Your Amazon listings, reviews and rankings are not changed by the build.

You can do either. Since 29 August 2025 small parcels from Korea owe US duty, so shipping from Korea means showing duties at checkout and longer delivery times. A US third-party warehouse means faster, domestic-style delivery and simpler returns, but you hold stock in the US. We build the store and checkout for the model you pick.

The US suspended the de minimis duty exemption for parcels from every country on 29 August 2025, so small orders shipped from Korea now owe duty and fees. US law ends the exemption permanently on 1 July 2027. Gifts and personal items still have their own small allowances, but store orders do not qualify.

Yes. Shopify handles bundles, sample kits and subscriptions through apps we set up and test. A 5-step routine set or a monthly refill is one of the best reasons to run your own store, because it raises order value and brings shoppers back without paying a marketplace fee on each repeat order.

No. Shopify's list of supported countries, checked in October 2026, does not include South Korea, and Shopify Payments is offered to businesses located in a supported country. Korean brands usually either sell through a US company, which can use Shopify Payments and Shop Pay, or connect a third-party payment provider that accepts Korean businesses. We help you choose before design starts.

Yes. We move products, variants, collections, customers, order history and images from Cafe24 to Shopify, redirect old URLs one by one, and rewrite the Korean product copy in English for US shoppers. A migration like this usually takes 5 to 8 weeks. Customers set a new password on first login because passwords cannot be moved between platforms.

Yes. Many brands keep Cafe24 for Korean shoppers and open Shopify for the US. We set up the US store as a separate store with its own domain or subdomain, so your Korean store keeps running. We can also sync product data between the two so a new launch appears in both.

It can, through Shopify Markets, which shows different prices, languages and currencies by country. A separate US store is often simpler, because US labels, claims, shipping and tax differ enough that one shared store gets messy. We help you choose on the first call.

No. Translation keeps Korean sentence order and Korean selling points. US shoppers want to know what the product does for their skin type, how to use it in a routine, what is in it, and what other buyers said. We rewrite each page for that, keep your brand voice, and send it to your team for approval.

A new custom Shopify store takes 3 to 5 weeks. A move from Cafe24 or another platform takes 5 to 8 weeks. Your own work can set the pace: FDA filings, label changes and US warehouse contracts often take longer than the store, so start them in parallel.

One fixed price per phase, agreed in writing before work starts. The price depends on catalogue size, whether we migrate from Cafe24, how much copy needs rewriting, and which apps you need for subscriptions, reviews and loyalty. Nothing is billed by the hour, and there is no monthly minimum after launch.

Yes. We build a working draft of your US store with your own products before you sign. You see real product pages, a real checkout and the English copy approach, then decide. If you do not go ahead, you owe nothing.

As a market range, CartCoders, a Shopify agency, puts a fully custom Shopify store at 8,000 to 35,000 US dollars in its 2026 cost guide. A Korean brand launch adds work that a plain build does not: a Cafe24 migration, English copy rewriting, and payment and duty setup. FactoryJet does not publish a rate card; we quote one fixed price per phase in writing.

For selling to US shoppers, yes in most cases. Shopify handles US sales tax through Shopify Tax, multiple markets through Shopify Markets, and subscriptions and bundles through apps, and most US agencies and freelancers know it well. The one gap for a Korean company is Shopify Payments, which is not offered in South Korea, so plan the payment setup first.