Top 10 Websites to Buy Korean Food and Snacks

With the rise of K-pop and Korean culture, snacks from Korea are quickly becoming a favorite of many people around the world. Whether it’s Orion Chocopies, Chocolate Mushrooms, Pepero, or Spicy Korean Noodles, these snacks are becoming popular everywhere.

Yet though many of us have a sweet spot for these niche treats, it is pretty challenging to obtain them. There are not a lot of sites that sell Korean snacks, to begin with. If you are lucky enough to find websites that sell and ship internationally, you might find them to be too costly to make it viable, or they might not even deliver in your region.

Because of these issues, today we discuss some of the best Korean websites to buy foods and snacks. These online stores are based in Korea, shipping products to multiple locations out of the country. Let’s find out about these platforms and what they offer.

1.Koreadepart

Starting us off, we have Koreadepart. This website specializes in Korean fashion, food and snacks, and skincare, and they offer two shipping options: registered airmail or EMS expedited shipping. Both of these are trackable and reliable.

The cost of these shipments can vary according to the weight of your order, with EMS being the more expensive alternative. Although airmail is cheaper, you would only be limited to 2 kilograms or 4.4 pounds.

Meanwhile, considering their extensive product range, their items usually consist of a large selection of snacks, skincare, and makeup products. You’d rarely find products out of stock. So, if you are only browsing, you should expect to spend a lot of time searching for products.

The best part is that all of these products would be cheaper than anything you’d find on Memembox, Amazon, eBay, etc. For example, you can find a single pack of Samyang Noodles available for only $1.98 on Koreadepart, whereas competing sites like Amazon sell them for $2.90.

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2.K-Food Store

Next up, we have Korean Food Store. This is a global online market for Korean food and snacks, including grain food, noodles, ramen, chocolate, candy, dried seafood, seasoning, beverages, condiments, and sauces.

They offer multiple payment options including debit or credit card, and you can even utilize PayPal if you need to. The best part is that the website always vouches for the best and most affordable prices. In fact, if you manage to find the same product for cheaper at another place, you can report it on the product page. Korean Food would then review this report and attempt to match the pricing.

Shipping isn’t really a problem either. In most cases, you can receive your order within two weeks with an option to track your order in between.

Q. Having trouble placing orders on K-Food Store?
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3.11Street

11Street is a subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Telecom, and it has recently started working with the retail giant Amazon. With that being said, it’s still a growing business and currently only owns about 6% of the South Korean e-commerce market share.

The website is unique because it’s considered Amazon’s first successful attempt at entering the South Korean market. In fact, the Korean government always had a tendency to ward off foreign companies that could potentially take over local businesses.

As a result, 11Street is the only exception that has begun expanding its selection of overseas goods using the Amazon marketplace. This has helped them in identifying items that need to be stockpiled. This benefits consumers by allowing them to order from their favorite international brand without issues of high customs fees and shipping costs.

Lucky for us, 11Street also has an English-language website that accepts all payment options, making it possible for foreigners to purchase a wide range of Korean food and snacks. However, the search function isn’t easy to use. For instance, if you’re searching for a specific snack, like Cheonggukjang, you’d get everything from noodles to Pepero.

Q. Having trouble placing orders on 11Street?
A. Request our "We Buy & Ship" service to have our own on-site personal shopper buy the item(s) for you on your behalf.

4.Lotte On

Lotte On specializes in K-fashion, K-makeup, and K-health care products, with K-food and snacks as an afterthought.

All of the prices are in South Korean won. There’s no English option, so it can be challenging to navigate. Yet, if you’re still looking to reap the benefits of Lotte On’s vast selection, it might be worth outsourcing to a third-party shipping provider, such as Delivered Korea.

Q. Having trouble placing orders on Lotte On?
A. Request our "We Buy & Ship" service to have our own on-site personal shopper buy the item(s) for you on your behalf.

Q. Found international shipping through Lotte On too expensive?
A. Request our "You Buy, We Ship" service to have Delivered Korea ship your products to your doorstep at an affordable price.

5.Korean Food Market

Based in Seoul, the Korean Food Market is probably the most homely website design you’d find on this list. They have numerous Korean snacks, such as ramen, kimchi, and diet food. They even have weekly sales, encouraging a price range of only products that are less than $50.

Q. Having trouble placing orders on Korean Food Market?
A. Request our "We Buy & Ship" service to have our own on-site personal shopper buy the item(s) for you on your behalf.

Q. Found international shipping through Korean Food Market too expensive?
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6.Global Gmarket

Gmarket is probably the most sizeable shopping website in South Korea. They come with a global version of the website with international shipping.

Yet, despite the platform’s large size, it’s worth noting that it can be complicated to use. It has a massive selection of almost everything but no easy way to find what you’re looking for. Usually, you’d have to rephrase searches multiple times before getting your desired results.

That said, it is recommended that you order from one seller at a time to keep shipping costs low. This is because sellers specialize in buying everything from one retailer for cheaper shipping fees. Alternatively, you can also always use Delivered Korea to save on shipping expenses. If you find it difficult to navigate Gmarket or order from them directly, Delivered Korea even offers the “We Buy and Ship” option where we will place the order and ship the parcel to your destination.

Q. Having trouble placing orders on Gmarket?
A. Request our "We Buy & Ship" service to have our own on-site personal shopper buy the item(s) for you on your behalf.

Q. Found international shipping through Gmarket too expensive?
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7.Coupang

Coupang is another large-scale Korean shopping website. Like Gmarket or 11Street, it has practically everything you can imagine, and of course, includes Korean food and snacks. So, there’s no way one can give an accurate estimate of the platform’s huge price range. Not to mention, the site doesn’t have an English version, however, you can use Google translate for better navigation.

Q. Having trouble placing orders on Coupang?
A. Request our "We Buy & Ship" service to have our own on-site personal shopper buy the item(s) for you on your behalf.

Q. Found international shipping through Coupang too expensive?
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8.Naver Shopping

Naver Shopping is another Korean website immensely successful at catering to the growing online shopping demand. You can find everything from electronics to Korean food and snacks here. The website also makes it really easy to compare and navigate through prices.

It’s accompanied by multiple easy payment options, known as Naver Pay. Since the selection is so vast, you can expect food and snacks of all price ranges.

Q. Having trouble placing orders on Naver Shopping?
A. Request our "We Buy & Ship" service to have our own on-site personal shopper buy the item(s) for you on your behalf.

Q. Found international shipping through Naver Shopping too expensive?
A. Request our "You Buy, We Ship" service to have Delivered Korea ship your products to your doorstep at an affordable price.

9.Daebak

Though its price range is quite steep (expect to pay at least $20 per purchase), Daebak is a Korean shopping website with a vast selection of Korean snacks. In fact, you can even benefit from its monthly snack box subscription, SnackFever, for only $40. You can even opt for quarterly, semi-annual, and annual plans for better savings.

As stated earlier, Daebak just isn’t cheap sometimes. They have a fixed shipping rate of $100 with $149 for specific regions. Although, it might be a great option if you’re looking for more than just snacks.\

Q. Having trouble placing orders on Daebak?
A. Request our "We Buy & Ship" service to have our own on-site personal shopper buy the item(s) for you on your behalf.

Q. Found international shipping through Daebak too expensive?
A. Request our "You Buy, We Ship" service to have Delivered Korea ship your products to your doorstep at an affordable price.

10. Global Interpark

Last but not the least, Global Interpark is also an ideal Korean shopping website for delicious Korean food and snacks.

It started off as an auction company and slowly became an online shopping mall. Besides food and snacks, you can even buy tickets for musicals and converts, K-pop merchandise, and CDs. They’re also great at shipping internationally to 230 different countries.

Q. Having trouble placing orders on Interpark?
A. Request our "We Buy & Ship" service to have our own on-site personal shopper buy the item(s) for you on your behalf.

Q. Found international shipping through Interpark too expensive?
A. Request our "You Buy, We Ship" service to have Delivered Korea ship your products to your doorstep at an affordable price.

The Bottom Line

Korean food and snacks will always be a much-loved delicacy for many of us. Although with the cost of shipping internationally and the inconvenience of websites being only in Korean, it can be hard to get the items at an affordable price range.

So, if you’re looking for a cheaper option for shipping items from Korea internationally, why look any further? With Delivered Korea, you can buy any product from an online store based in Korea, and we’d ship it to you at your doorstep. And if you come across a website in Korean that you cannot navigate through, you can just refer us to it, and we’ll buy and ship the product for you.