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SodaGift is a reliable international gift-giving service that removes the traditional complexities of sending gifts abroad. No more navigating through perplexing postal codes, grappling with customs regulations, or enduring long delivery windows. This service simplifies the process and enriches the experience, ensuring that gifts convey the warmth and thoughtfulness they are meant to deliver.
What SodaGift Solves
Sending a gift across international borders is one of the most thoughtful ways to express care and maintain connections. It transcends the physical miles that separate friends, families, or colleagues. For those living abroad or separated from loved ones, these gifts bridge and reduce the emotional distance, making significant occasions feel shared and celebrated together.
However, the complexities of international logistics—from understanding various customs regulations to dealing with potential delays and additional costs—can turn what should be a simple act of kindness into a stressful and sometimes costly idea.
SodaGift believes gift-giving should be simple, regardless of location. With its SodaGift mobile app and website, anyone can send gifts to eight countries—the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, and the Philippines—and can choose a variety of gift packs and cards to send their loved ones on any occasion.
The SodaGift Edge
SodaGift streamlines the international gift-giving process. Using its app, gift-givers can easily browse, select, and send gifts to eight countries within minutes. Catering specifically to global consumers, SodaGift enables digital gift delivery. Whether via email, text message, or social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, or LINE, gifts are sent as links that the recipient can easily access.
For Sodacrew Global Inc.’s CEO, Jake Kim, this method eliminates the need for physical shipping addresses, bypassing the logistical complexities of international postage and customs delays. It also reduces shipping costs, making the use of SodaGift's digital gift cards more convenient and economical.
However, for those who still prefer traditional physical gifts, SodaGift also facilitates sending physical items through its local delivery options, even without knowing the recipient's address. Unlike conventional delivery services that require the sender to have the recipient’s address before sending, SodaGift takes this process differently.
[Business Insider] Meet SodaGift, the International Gift-Giving Service Without the Hassle | Markets Insider
Sodacrew’s co-founders Jake Kim (top) and Daniel Lee (source : Sodacrew)

After pivoting away from its previous focus on remittance, Sodacrew has now set its sights on disrupting the mobile gifting market.

Gifting is already only a few taps away thanks to modern smartphone technology. Anyone can send both digital coupons and even real products, such as flowers and a bottle of wine, directly to their loved ones.
Despite these advancements within the gifting industry, cross-border mobile gifting remains a relatively untapped field, with few companies having been able to successfully resolve the thorny logistical and supply chain challenges that it presents.
“When it comes to gifting across borders, not many companies come to mind. Not even online gift cards published by retail giants like Amazon have become user-friendly, especially when being gifted to those outside of the US,” said Daniel Lee, CEO of Sodacrew, the operator of mobile gifting service SodaGift, in a recent interview with The Miilk. “We hope to become the go-to platform for cross-border gifting.”
A Side Hustle
Before launching the startup in 2015, the three co-founders — CEO Lee, CTO Jake Kim, and CFO Richard Kim — frequently bounced ideas back and forth, in the hopes of striking gold. They considered in-eBook advertising, a meditation app, and an anonymous mobile chat app, and attempted to launch a service that connected consumers with trustworthy freelance insurance agents.
Initially, SodaGift was far from their primary business model, but rather served as a marketing tool for SodaTransfer, a digital wallet service that launched in a beta trial in 2017.
SodaTransfer brought in around 16,000 users, who found it to be a cheaper and more convenient way of transferring money overseas than established banks.
Initially, SodaGift was just an added perk for those making use of SodaTransfer’s money transfer services. Over time, however, SodaGift’s growth out-stripped the original remittance platform, with the comparative lack of financial regulations within the gifting industry allowing Sodacrew more operational leeway.
Meanwhile, SodaTransfer continued to struggle to navigate complex domestic financial regulations. South Korea’s foreign money transfer and exchange laws have earned the nation its reputation as a financial Pandora’s Box: a lucrative market that so many companies shy away from due to its heavy regulations and penalties. After hitting one too many regulatory brick walls, the company decided to pivot away from the international money transfer industry to mobile gifting.
“Although we do truly feel sorry for our customers, who are still very much in need of a cheap, reliable international money transfer service, we felt the pivot was necessary for us to give SodaGift the chance it deserved to sustain its fast growth through diverse business opportunities,” CTO Kim told The Miilk.
After months of deliberation, the co-founders decided to shut down SodaTransfer to commit themselves fully to the gifting sector.
[The Miilk] Sodacrew breaking down borders for gifting
There are many situations in our lives when we might want to express our gratitude to others. You might have friends from school or coworkers to whom you want to send a thank-you gift or birthday gift. But, what if they are in South Korea? How can you send them a gift? Well, the best way is to send a gift card using SodaGift!
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Sending Gifts to Korea Made Easy

The Challenge

If you are looking for ways to show your loved ones in Korea how much you care, you’ll soon find that it isn’t as easy as it sounds. Sending gifts from abroad to Korea can be very difficult.
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Sending even a small gift through mail can cost hundreds of dollars.
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Many international companies don’t deliver to Korea.
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Even if companies do deliver to Korea, you will need to enter a Korean Customs Clearance code which is impossible to get as a foreigner living abroad.
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Korean businesses normally don’t accept PayPal or international credit cards as forms of online payment
Send Gifts to Korea with SodaGift | KoreabyMe
[The Korea Herald] SodaCrew: SodaGift Expands Mobile Gifting to North America
Image courtesy of Sodacrew Global Inc.
Technology has transformed how people connect, making even the most distant interactions feel close and personal. This advancement has reshaped numerous industries and gift-giving is no exception. Gone are the days when sending a gift across borders was laden with logistical nightmares and hefty shipping fees. Companies like Sodacrew Global Inc., through its service, SodaGift, have turned these challenges into a seamless experience, making international gifting straightforward and effortless.
[Ritz Herald] Meet SodaGift, the International Gift-Giving Service Without the Hassle | The Ritz Herald
SOURCE SodaCrew Inc
[AP News] SodaGift launches app to make gifting easier
[PR Newswire] SodaGift launches app to make "gifting easier"