I'm looking for information on South Korea but can't post there yet

[Blubinx]

Hi,

I am coming from reddit where they pointed me to this forum. I am working on a study of the e-cigarette market in south korea (which apparently isn't doing so great) and was hoping to post in the SK forum.

I hope it's okay to post 5 random posts into one thread just to get the permission to post in the SK forum.

Cheers,
Blubinx

 

[The Ocelot]

Hi and welcome to the forum! Just post to a couple of other threads - say hello, share your experiences, that sort of thing - and you'll have 5 in no time. Just don't start 5 separate threads to try to get your count up.

 

[Blubinx]

So I was explaining, I'm just trying to get the authorisation to post in the SK forum.

I am looking for users opinion regarding the most common channel used by South Korean vapers to buy their e-cigarettes. With the weird regulation there, I am a bit confused as to whether most people buy their e-cigarettes via tobacconists/kiosks or through the franchise shops of brands such as Janty/Ovale and Ramiya?

 

[Blubinx]

Hi there,

Wow that was a fast reply. Def won't start five threads, might just reply here instead

 

[The Ocelot]

I have no clue, hopefully that info will be in the SK sub-forum. See you have 2 posts already! What are you currently using as your set-up?

 

[Blubinx]

I am also trying to get a sense of the size of the market in South Korea. Either in number of users or in value. I had a chat with someone from Ramiya which estimated the market was WON 5 billion. But that seems really low. I understand the apparently there was negative publicity in 2011 from the government and the taxation makes it unappealing but still...

 

[The Ocelot]

Sometimes you can find quite a bit of info just Googling around. There was a member a while ago trying to find a place to buy e-cigs in Viet Nam and I found a bunch of info on an Ex-Pat forum.

 

[Blubinx]

Hey, I guess there will be a lag between my reply and your post.

I am not actually an e-cigarette user, not even a smoker. However with the amount of research I have done I can say I am beginning to be fairly familiar with all the product types.

It's quite interesting, I live in the UK where cartomizer models which resemble conventional cigarettes are the most popular and the market is exploding which is completely different from South Korea apparently, where the regulation is similar to tobacco and vapers vastly prefer refillable models.

To link back to my previous post, the SK market of WON 5 billion ($4.5m) compares to a market in the UK which is roughly $95m! There are apparently 650,000 vapers here and this is increasing fast.

 

[The Ocelot]

Hey, I guess there will be a lag between my reply and your post.

I am not actually an e-cigarette user, not even a smoker. However with the amount of research I have done I can say I am beginning to be fairly familiar with all the product types.

It's quite interesting, I live in the UK where cartomizer models which resemble conventional cigarettes are the most popular and the market is exploding which is completely different from South Korea apparently, where the regulation is similar to tobacco and vapers vastly prefer refillable models.

To link back to my previous post, the SK market of WON 5 billion ($4.5m) compares to a market in the UK which is roughly $95m! There are apparently 650,000 vapers here and this is increasing fast.

There are a lot of vapers in the UK who have more advanced equipment than "cig-a-likes;" hopefully, they will be more visible soon. You have 5 posts now, so you can post in sub-forums. Cheers!