How we grow your product in Korea.
You bring the goal. We find the few Korean creators whose audience becomes your users, run the whole campaign in Korean, and turn the best content into Meta ads that keep acquiring. Managed end to end.
01
Set the goal
Installs, signups, or trials. We build backwards from your metric.
02
Source the fit
The few creators whose audience becomes your users, not a big list.
03
Produce & publish
Briefs, direction, and upload, all handled in Korean.
04
Amplify as ads
Winning videos become Meta creative that keeps acquiring.
150+
Creators activated
1M+
Views generated
86%
Lower CPA
For a niche product, the right 8 creators beat a list of 10,000.
99% of a mass list will never move your numbers. Everything starts from your metric and works backwards to the few creators whose audience becomes your users.
The right 8 convert.
A 10,000-creator list. 99% never move your numbers.
Volume can work
Food · Beauty · Impulse goods
Low-consideration buys. With enough reach, someone purchases on impulse, and a big list genuinely moves numbers.
Quality wins
Apps · Subscriptions · Services · High-consideration
The decision takes trust. Volume helps, but the quality of each collaboration matters far more than raw numbers. This is where OpenLime lives.
Built specifically for the Korean market.
Korea runs on its own platforms, trends, and trust. Generalist agencies learn that on your budget. We already live it, and it's the only market we work in.
Korea-native, end to end
We source, negotiate, and direct entirely in Korean. Every creator relationship is handled by someone who lives the market, not a translated template.
Fit over followers
We score creators on whether their audience actually becomes your users, not on vanity reach. A tight fit converts; a big list rarely does.
Built for conversion
Every collaboration is designed around your metric: installs, signups, or paid trials. Awareness is a side effect, not the goal.
Content that keeps paying
The best videos become Meta ad creative, so one collaboration keeps acquiring users for months instead of spiking once.
Scored on fit, not follower count.
We look at audience overlap, real engagement (saves, link-clicks, “where do I get this?” comments), and niche match. That's what predicts conversions.
@ai_dori_
AI / web design · 118K followers
94
fit score
407K
avg views
6.2%
engagement
6K
link asks
Audience overlaps your target user · niche match · high purchase intent
Name the creators you want. We bring them in.
We don't sell access to a fixed list. On YouTube and Instagram, we can go after anyone with real influence in your niche in Korea. You point to the creators you want, or we surface the best-fit ones, and we take it from there.
Source & reach out
We find the right contact and open the conversation in Korean, the way it actually lands.
Negotiate & persuade
We make the case, handle the terms, and win the yes from creators you actually want.
Manage end to end
From brief to upload, every relationship and deadline is handled for you.
We won't promise every creator says yes. We out-work the odds.
Getting a top creator to back a brand they've never heard of is genuinely hard, and that is exactly the part we own. Our outreach and persuasion playbook is built to win the ones that matter, and to make the whole thing feel effortless on your side.
Reels, YouTube, or both.
Best for
Installs · signups · subscriptions
Reach and speed. Best for fast, high-volume acquisition.
Best for
Trust · considered purchases
Depth and credibility. Best when the decision needs convincing.
Need search too? We can add Naver SEO.
Naver is Korea's dominant search engine, and it works nothing like Google. If your funnel needs search visibility (blog, cafe, place, powerlink), we can layer in Naver SEO alongside the creator work. Just ask.
What the engagement looks like.
You bring the goal and approve the work. We run everything in between, in Korean, from first outreach to reporting.
Strategy call
We lock your goal, budget, and target user, then walk you through a shortlist of creators who'd move your numbers and the angle we'd run. No charge.
Sourcing & outreach
We build a wide, goal-matched creator list and run every DM, negotiation, and contract in Korean. You never touch the inbox.
Batch onboarding
Creators run in 3 to 4 week batches: content guidelines, video direction, and upload. You approve, we execute.
Meta-ads amplification
Top-performing content becomes UGC ad creative, so acquisition keeps compounding past the original post.
Report & scale
You see clicks, signups, and conversions per creator. We keep the winners and scale the framework.
What you get
- A vetted shortlist matched to your goal, not a database dump.
- Outreach fully handled: comms, negotiation, and onboarding in Korean.
- Video direction & production, from brief to upload.
- The best content packaged as UGC for your Meta ads.
- Performance tracking: clicks, signups, and conversions.
From $1,800/month for 3 creators · creator fees pass through directly.
One collab becomes a Meta-ads engine.
A single post is a spike. Turn the best creator videos into UGC ad creative and one collaboration keeps acquiring users for months.
Find the right creators
Produce the content
Run it as Meta ads
Acquire converting users
repeats & compounds
Brands we've grown in Korea.
OpenLime's founder built the growth systems and led the creator marketing behind each of these. The same hands, the same playbook, now for you.
Iceland travel platform. Korea market entry, run end to end.
~5×
more cost-efficient than an agency-run campaign
100K+
Korean sessions
~80%↓
cost per visit
US kids EdTech. Korean creator growth built from zero.
~80%↓
cost per trial signup
Most
signups via creators
From 0
full engine built
US language-learning app. Solo Korea go-to-market.
0 → 12K+
users in 9 months
~½
cost per install
Millions
creator views
“Most tools hand you a giant list and wish you luck. We start from your goal, find the few creators who'll move it, then run the whole thing.”
Suyong Shin · Founder & CEO, OpenLime
Creators pay off when your product is ready to catch the users.
We turn creators into sign-ups. For that to be worth the spend, people need something to sign up for and you need a way to earn from them. Here's when Korea is worth doing now, and when it's a little early.
A strong fit when
- You have a live product people can sign up for or buy today, not a waitlist or an idea.
- You have a revenue model in place (subscriptions, in-app purchases, paid plans), so new users can turn into revenue.
- You have some traction at home and want Korean users next.
- It's something Koreans would genuinely want.
Probably too early if
- You're pre-product or still validating the idea.
- There's no way to monetize yet, so you can't tell if the users you acquire are worth it.
- You want one-off awareness with no funnel to capture and convert it.
Not sure which side you're on? Book a call anyway. If it's too early, we'll tell you straight and point you to what to fix first.
New here? Start with these.
OpenLime in one line
We find the few Korean creators whose audiences actually convert, run the whole campaign in Korean, and turn the best content into Meta ads. Built for global brands entering Korea.
What is Korean creator marketing?
User acquisition through creators on Korean Instagram, YouTube, and other platforms. You reach your target users through a voice they already trust instead of a cold ad. For B2C apps entering Korea it's often the cheapest, highest-intent channel, because a creator's audience is already pre-qualified.
Can you just send me your creator list?
You can absolutely name the creators you want, and we can approach anyone with real influence in your niche, not just a fixed roster. What we don't do is hand over a raw list for you to run yourself, because the name is never the hard part. The hard part is getting the right creators to say yes and running the collaboration well, in Korean, end to end. So we source, negotiate, persuade, and manage the whole thing, and you approve every creator before we start.
Why work with a Korea specialist instead of a global agency?
Korea runs on its own platforms, trends, and trust dynamics. Naver, KakaoTalk, and Korean Instagram and YouTube culture behave nothing like the Western market, and creator negotiation happens in Korean. OpenLime is built specifically for the Korean market, so you skip an expensive learning curve.
How do I find the right Korean creators for my app?
Follower count is the wrong filter. What matters is fit: does the creator's audience overlap with your actual users, and does their content drive action like saves, link-clicks, and "where do I get this?" comments. For a niche B2C product, 8 well-matched creators outperform a list of 10,000. OpenLime scores every creator on audience fit, engagement, and niche.
Instagram Reels or YouTube, which works better in Korea?
It depends on the goal. Long-form YouTube builds deep trust and suits considered purchases. Instagram Reels usually converts better for installs, signups, and subscriptions thanks to reach and speed. For most B2C apps we lean toward Reels, or Reels and YouTube together.
How much does creator marketing in Korea cost?
There are two separate costs: OpenLime's management fee and the creators' own fees. Our managed service starts at $1,800 per month for 3 creators. Creator fees are separate and depend on size and format (a micro-creator Reel can be a few hundred dollars, while larger YouTube integrations run higher). We source creators within the budget range you set, and you can either pay them directly or have us handle the remittance for a small additional fee.
How is this different from an influencer database?
Databases sell access to millions of creators and unlimited lists. But a huge list is useless if none convert for your product. OpenLime sells judgment and outcomes: the few creators who move your metric, the collab designed around your goal, and the whole campaign managed for you.
Can creator content be reused for Meta ads?
Yes, and this is where the ROI compounds. The best-performing creator videos become UGC ad creative for Meta, so one collaboration keeps acquiring users long after the original post.
Do I need to speak Korean or have a Korean company?
No. OpenLime handles Korean-language creator communication, negotiation, and content direction for you. You don't need a Korean entity to run creator campaigns.
How fast can we launch?
After a short strategy call to lock your goal and budget, we source and start outreach within days. Plan for around 5 weeks from kickoff to the first creators going live. That window is what it takes to do it right: creators need enough time to genuinely use your product, then we align the video concept and flow off the brief and run filming and editing. Time spent waiting on your side for approvals sits on top of this and isn't included.
Let's find your first Korean users.
Tell us about your product. If it's a fit, we'll walk you through the growth angle and the kind of creators who'd move your numbers, free of charge.
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