Guides for shop ownersYour shop website:
Your shop website:
common questions, one page each
From foreign customers to multilingual menus and costs. Written honestly, so you can use it all even if you never use Gyeol.
- Does a shop in Busan need a website for foreign customers?What a Busan shop in visitor-heavy areas like Haeundae, Gwangalli, Seomyeon or Jeonpo should put on its website, and how to choose the languages.
- How do you show a café menu in other languages on your website?Common mistakes when showing a café menu in English or Japanese, and how to fit it on one phone screen.
- What should be different about a website for Japanese customers?What Japanese customers check when choosing a shop — booking, payment, seating, even tone of voice.
- A shop website for Chinese and Taiwanese customers: Simplified or Traditional?Customers from mainland China and those from Taiwan or Hong Kong read different characters. Here’s which to do first.
- How can a hair or nail salon take bookings from foreign customers through its website?What foreign customers worry about when booking a hair or nail salon, and what to spell out on your website in advance.
- How do you list ingredients and allergens on a foreign-language restaurant menu?How to state briefly what foreign diners most want to know from a menu: the ingredients, the spice level and the kind of meat.
- Guesthouses and small stays: are booking sites alone enough, or do you need a multilingual website?Why your own website still helps when you’re on Airbnb and Booking.com, and what to put on it.
- How much does a small shop website cost per month?How the costs break down for DIY builders, agency builds and monthly managed services, all in one place. As of November 2026.
- For a multilingual website: Imweb, Cafe24, an agency, or Gyeol?Four ways to build a multilingual website for foreign customers, compared on cost, translation and how changes get made. Based on public information as of November 2026.
- You already have Naver Place and Instagram — do you need a website as well?If you only serve Korean customers, you may not need one. An honest look at when you do and when you don’t.
