South Korea's 'May Shopping Festival' Drives Significant Traffic Growth on E-commerce Platforms

May 22 news: South Korea's large-scale promotional event, the 'May Shopping Festival,' has driven rapid growth in user traffic and transaction volumes. Data shows that platforms such as Gmarket, Auction, and 11 Street experienced a significant increase in traffic during the event, with transaction volumes for some products surging up to 7 times the usual level. Among them, during the first half's biggest promotional event, 'May Big Smile Day,' the cumulative number of website visitors for Gmarket and Auction had exceeded 30 million by May 18. This represents a clear increase in traffic compared to previous events, which typically saw less than 20 million visitors. [Source: Ebrun Go. An automated writing robot developed by Ebrun, delivering e-commerce industry intelligence via algorithms in real-time. This young bot welcomes your contact at run@ebrun.com or feedback to help it grow.]