Hanjin lowers the barrier to parcel shipping for small businesses; One-Click surpasses 50 million parcels in seven years

[Financial News] Hanjin’s logistics platform for small businesses, One-Click, has surpassed 100,000 cumulative subscriber businesses and 50 million parcels shipped in the seven years since its launch. The service is seen as having broadened access to logistics services for small businesses by lowering the barriers for smaller sellers who had difficulty contracting directly with major parcel carriers. In particular, with deliveries outside the Seoul metropolitan area accounting for more than half of the total, the platform is becoming a logistics backbone supporting online sales by regional small businesses.
 Hanjin said on the 6th that, as of last month, One-Click had 105,845 subscriber businesses and had shipped a cumulative 51.23 million parcels.
 One-Click is a logistics platform for small businesses that lets users send parcels starting with a single shipment, without signing a separate contract. When it launched in October 2019, the service targeted solo entrepreneurs and small online sellers who had difficulty securing individual contracts with major parcel carriers. Its user base has since grown, with subscriber businesses increasing from 19,000 in 2020 to more than 100,000 this year.
 One notable feature is the share of users outside the Seoul metropolitan area. Such businesses accounted for 52.1% of all subscribers, higher than the 47.9% in the capital region. They also accounted for 58.0% of shipping volume. That means their share of shipping volume was 5.9 percentage points higher than their share of subscriber businesses.
 This shows that One-Click is meeting logistics demand not only in the capital region but also among small businesses in other regions. Analysts say that as small sellers based in regional areas participate in online commerce, the importance of logistics services capable of handling small-volume deliveries is growing.
 By region, Yeongnam had the highest share of subscribers at 25.8%, followed by the Chungcheong, Gangwon State and Jeju regions (21.3%) and the Honam region (5.0%).
 By industry, home living, kitchen and interior-related businesses made up the largest share of subscribers, at 30.4%. They were followed by fashion, apparel and accessories (22.6%), food and fresh food (19.4%), and beauty and cosmetics (17.0%). By shipping volume, home living, kitchen and interior-related businesses (35.2%) and food and fresh food businesses (26.1%) accounted for large shares.
 Some businesses using One-Click have also expanded their shipping volumes. Agricultural produce distributor Ttagodamgo increased its monthly volume from about 1,000 parcels at the outset to 7,000. Office supply and stationery brand Office Munbanggu also saw its shipping volume rise by 154% from when it first began using One-Click.
 Hanjin is focusing on how logistics needs diversify as small businesses grow. Accordingly, it has expanded its business beyond the small-parcel contracts that were its focus when the service first launched, adding fulfillment and international delivery.
 It currently operates One-Click PRO for sellers whose volumes have grown, One-Click Global, a service supporting overseas sales, and One-Click Fulfillment, which handles product storage and dispatch. The services are linked to support small businesses’ logistics needs from the early stages of their operations through volume growth and expansion overseas.
 This is also significant because Hanjin is broadening its business beyond its traditional focus on parcel delivery to offer services covering small businesses’ logistics needs at each stage of growth.
 A Hanjin representative said, “We are expanding the scope of our support so that small businesses can access the logistics services they need from the early stages of their operations through to growth,” adding, “We plan to support small businesses in expanding their sales channels at home and abroad.”


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