1. A Journey to financial freedom with Rocket Growth as a one-person business

Ata time when I was looking for a breakthrough in my life, I discovered RocketGrowth and started online business on it.

Lee Jae-gun, the representative, chose Rocket Growth as a way to achieve economic freedom. "For six years, I worked really hard in the kitchen at restaurants. I was sick and tired of doing the same thing everyday, wondering how long I would have to live in this way. When I moved to a food franchise, I thought, ‘This is the first and last company I work for. If I leave this company, I'm going to find what I want and start my own business.’"  

While conceiving business ideas, he came across Rocket Growth on YouTube and thought,"Coupang is all the rage these days. It seems people like me can just sell products and there are a lot of people doing it on the side."

He was attracted to Rocket Growth because sellers only need to handle product sourcing and sales management as Coupang takes care of the rest from product sales, inventory management, delivery to CS work. “I hesitated to start a business because I was scared. But the success stories of Rocket Growth sellers I watched in YouTube videos showed me a blueprint for my future lifestyle and convinced me. Once I started, I wanted to focus on it. So I left my previous job and started my business full time with Rocket Growth.”

RocketGrowth is a land of opportunity for those who can analyze the business environment and approach it strategically.

Lee learned about online distribution business and Rocket Growth with the help of related videos, materials, community, and lectures.

"I think there are steps sellers need to take to grow on Rocket Growth. When I first started selling, I saw a big sales growth. But that’s when I realized that I needed to have a mid- to long-term strategy in terms of revenue.
Since then, I have actively analyzed market demand for strategic product sourcing. I also optimized our ad investments by analyzing keyword ad performance. It was also essential to understand various Coupang policies, as Coupang is a customer-and product-centric platform, rather than a seller-centric one."

He said the Rocket Growth service fees are reasonable.

"I thought the Rocket Growth fees were rather cheap. I figured I was getting a lot for paying a little more than the shipping fees. IfI were to hire employees for storage, packing, shipping, and customer handling,I'm sure the costs would be much higher than this. I thought that I was rather spending less to get more time."

Rocket Growth turned my life around when I hit KRW 70 million in monthly sales in 5months.

Lee listed his first product and sold only 1 or 2 units in March, 2024. In May 2024, when he started selling in earnest, he made over KRW 6 million insales. In the next five months, he saw more than 10x growth, reaching KRW 70million in monthly sales.

"I’ve earned money I never imagined and my life totally changed. I dreamed a free life that I don’t have to spend too much time working, and now my dream came true. I think it was the Coupang system that helped me achieve such high sales quickly on my own. I would like to thank Coupang from the bottom of my heart."  

Lee has been selling all his products only with Coupang Rocket Growth since he started his online business, and achieving business growth.

My future goal is to build my own brand in the Daily necessities category.

There are largely two ways that resellers can grow their business. They can increase the variety of products they offer, or enhance profitability by focusing on main products in a specific category. Lee chose the latter to grow his business. "While selling products from various categories, I realized that I have more insights into the interior and kitchenware categories than other sellers. I want to create a well-known brand in this category."

He is also interested in automation of the work process. "I started this business to achieve my dream lifestyle. I want to offer much more products by automating not only the tasks that I outsourced to Rocket Growth, but those I’m handling directly such as product planning and sales management, etc. Maybe not right away, but I think implementing such system is essential to achieve 100x growth.

Lee’s story of having achieved significant growth within 6 months after joining Coupang Rocket Growth, will inspire many sellers who start their business on Coupang as a side job and dream of financial freedom