Gafurov Dilshodjon from Uzbekistan completes bachelor's, master's and PhD at YU Department of Business Administration
Preparing for start-up in Korea on 'online shopping mall integrating SNS' by utilizing experience as international student and major
Awarded at various start-up and invention contests, currently applied for patents
[December 21, 2016]
An international student made news by preparing for a start-up in Korea with an idea that integrates social network services (SNS) and online shopping malls.
He is Mr. Gafurov Dilshodjon (35, photo) from Uzbekistan. Mr. Dilshodjon transferred to the YU Department of Business Administration in 2005 and completed his bachelor's, master's and PhD programs at YU. After completing his PhD course, he is now currently working on his discourse and start-up.
Mr. Dilshodjon is currently developing the 'Social Network System for Products Sales Service' that combines the strengths of SNS and open markets. Though he has not completed the platform yet, his idea and the initial platform constructed has already been recognized for its potential. Dilshodjon's 'Social Network System for Products Sales Service' won the bronze at the '2016 Foreigner Invention and Start-up Contest' and the '2016 Seoul International Invention Exhibit' hosted by the Korea Invention Promotion Association, and has currently applied for a Korean patent.
Mr. Dilshodjon's idea utilized his experience as an international student in Korea and what he learned from his major. Mr. Dilshodjon said, "I majored in business information management and earned my master's degree with a discourse on online shopping. I am really interested in starting up online shopping malls as well." He added, "However, when I first came, I had difficulties with the language and it was hard to use online shopping malls and purchase used products. In particular, there were many things to prepare for in order to register as a business and start-up a business as an international student."
Currently, in order to register and sell products on open markets, which are online electronic commercial websites, one must first register as a business, and so small-scale transactions between individuals are not allowed in open markets. However, person-to-person transactions are frequently made through services other than open market such as Kakao Story and other SNS, and therefore, Dilshodjon paid attention to the fact that there are many people using SNS for small-scale sales.
Mr. Dilshodjon said, "Unlike existing open markets, I made it possible for individuals to make stores and sell products on the social network system. I am planning to improve accessibility of foreigners residing in Korea by including various language services and regional and national search conditions. For example, a Chinese person living in Daegu will be able to check items being sold by another Chinese living close by in Chinese language services." He added, "Initially, I am planning to have the services target foreigners living in Korea. Once there are more service users, I am planning that there will be many areas to additionally review such as overseas use and issues on business registration by sellers. I will concretize the platform that includes various statistics services and aim to open by next year."
