Starting with her one-bedroom apartment, selling globally with Amazon, she eventually created a multi-million dollar global business. Elena initially began selling on Amazon in the US and gradually expanded Bling Jewelry's Amazon business to marketplaces including Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and China. Elena said, “We have achieved 160% growth in the Japanese market since the beginning of the year, and are currently growing at a 70% rate in European countries and regions. Abbottt, Premiere Creative’s creative director.


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Once I saw the success and growth of my college roommate's business, I started selling products on Amazon. He did some market research to understand customer needs. He discovered that Korean beauty products had great business opportunities, and quickly began purchasing Beauty Balm. Since it first started selling on Amazon, Misemet has now sold 2,000 products from over 60 brands on Amazon. HyunJae also mentioned that one of their most successful products is a high quality product — although not famous in Korea — that has been a huge success on Amazon, and sales in the US marketplace have surpassed sales in Korea. “There's huge (customer) demand here,” HyunJae explained. “Even lesser-known products can be sold on Amazon. Abbottt, Premiere Creative’s creative director.


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