Country guide

South Korea proxies

South Korea is one of the few markets where Google has a real rival. Naver runs its own search, shopping and blogs, and Korean stores are built for Korean visitors first.

Start with $5 All locations

What South Korea costs

ISPfrom $1.50/IP/mo

Datacenterfrom $1.50/IP/mo

Residentialpool only

Minimum top-up$5

Which line

Buying for South Korea

Mo’s pick for South Korea

Start on ISP.

Korean marketplaces, Coupang especially, tend to be quick to challenge hosting ranges, and Naver is protective of its search results. A Korean address on a home broadband range often gets further than a hosting range on sites that only check the ASN. Keep the pace low either way; the address type does not excuse a flood.

ISP and datacenter cost the same per IP right now, so the choice comes down to whether the site cares what kind of address you are on.

ISP

Pick South Korea at checkout

Choose South Korea when you order and the IP stays there for the whole term.

Under 5 IPs$3.20/IP/mo

500 IPs and up$1.50/IP/mo

ISP pricing About ISP

Datacenter

Pick South Korea at checkout

Choose South Korea when you order and the IP stays there for the whole term.

Under 5 IPs$3.20/IP/mo

500 IPs and up$1.50/IP/mo

Datacenter pricing About Datacenter

Residential

No country selection

The pool includes IPs in South Korea, but you cannot ask for them: each request exits wherever the next IP is. Buy it when the country does not matter.

Under 2 GB$5.50/GB

1,000 GB and up$1.75/GB

Residential pricing About Residential

Nearby, also sold by country on ISP and datacenter: Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong.

Why South Korea

What people check from here

If you are tracking rankings or prices in Korea, Google results are only half the picture: Naver's results, blog posts and shopping listings are where a large share of Korean buyers look. Local prices are in won, delivery promises are built around Korean addresses, and plenty of Korean services ask for identity verification at sign-up that no IP address can supply.

Naver results for Korean keywords, next to Google
Coupang and Gmarket prices in KRW
Naver Shopping price comparisons for one product
Whether a Korea-only page loads, and in which language

The market

Currency: South Korean won (KRW)
Languages: Korean
Search engines: Naver, Google, Bing
Big marketplaces: Coupang, Naver Shopping, Gmarket, 11st

Sites are named to say where checks from South Korea usually go. We are not affiliated with any of them, and their terms apply to what you do there.

South Korea questions

Can a Korean IP get me through Korean sign-up checks?

No. Many Korean services verify identity at sign-up with a Korean mobile number or similar, and an IP address has nothing to do with that. A Korean IP gets you the public pages as a visitor in Korea sees them; accounts are between you and the service.

Do I need to check Naver as well as Google?

For Korean keywords, yes. Naver mixes its own blogs, cafés and shopping listings into its results, so rankings there rarely match Google's. Check both from a Korean IP and compare like with like.

Ordering, stock and metering work the same in every country: see the locations page.

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The community layer

Stuck on a South Korea target? Ask the channel.

Say which site you are checking from South Korea and what it is doing to you. Someone has usually hit the same wall and will tell you which line gets past it before you spend anything.

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