GFA Partners
We want to highlight those in the community who support Global From Asia in our GFA Partners program. To learn more or have your company join, enter our GFA Partners Portal here
Mercury USA Banking:
One of GFA’s top blog posts, “How to Open a USA Bank Account as a Non US Citizen” has shown us the need for online, remote banking for international ecommerce sellers. We are blessed to have Mercury join us as a GFA partner and helping those in then community get banking for their business.
Check out our full write-up on their service with a tutorial video here - or head on over to their service using our partner link to get a cash bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC.
Unipro Consulting Limited
Global From Asia started as an podcast that became an agency helping listeners to setup and operate their Hong Kong business. Over time, we met Unipro Consulting Limited and it has been a match made in heaven. Unipro understands the needs of online business owners and is helping “digital nomads” and ecommerce sellers run their Asia corporate services from their laptop.
Read about the various services on our corporate services section here
Shadstone Limited
The parent company of Global From Asia, Shadstone is a digital marketing agency that helps businesses grow their online presence. With a skilled team in content creation, website development, and internet marketing, they work with a wide range of ecommerce businesses to get the exposure and traffic they deserve.
Read more about Shadstone’s internet marketing on our Internet marketing page here
Cross-Border Business Resources
Below are various tools and resources we have come across from the shows and word of mouth. Please do you own due diligence, this is simply a list of companies and resources we have been told about over the years. If you have services you would like to recommend, please contact us
Company Setup | Amazon Tools | Merchant Accounts | Cross-Border Payments | Bitcoin | Banking | Travel | Website Hosting | VPN | Meetups | Logistics | Immigration | Serviced Offices | Translation | Associations | Credit Cards | Training | Reviews
Wrong page? Are you a GFA chapter organizer looking for meetup resources? Check resources.globalfromasia.com for those PDF & logo resources.
COMPANY SETUP
If you’re looking to register, Global From Asia is an equity parter in Unipro Consulting Limited. Here we can help you with your company setup inside of Hong Kong SAR and other parts of China and Asia.
Interested in USA company setup instead? Try IncFile.
Amazon Tools
Everyone needs tools for selling on Amazon, we have a few of the popular ones here
Merchant Account
Read our full Merchant Account comparison page for full details and outlines and information. We will continually update it.
- Worldpay – We have a podcast with someone who went through the application process here
- Stripe (finally in Hong Kong) – Easy to use, easy to integrate merchant account to accept credit cards from customers online. We begged them to come, you can listen to our podcast asking for Stripe to Consider Hong Kong
- Asiapay Also We have a podcast with them here
- Paypal has a Paypal Pro option in Hong Kong See our full guide on Paypal here
Cross Border Payment
If you sell on an international Amazon marketplace and have payment remitted to another - you should be using a third party solution! Why? Amazon’s FX rates are extremely high! Here’s a few to choose from:
Bitcoin
- Remitsy for payments into China
- bitfinex
- ANX
- Bitcoin ATM
Banking
Check out our blog post, Visiting 20 banks in 2 days Also check out our full service bank account opening package.
- HSBC Commercial Banking
- Standard Charter
- Hang Seng (62% owned by HSBC)
- Bank of East Asia
- DBS
- CitiBank HK
- Wing Luk
- ABN Amro HK abnamroprivatebanking.asia
Travel
Below are budget hotels for those looking to save cash on their travel in Hong Kong. We also wrote a couple blog posts detailing these and others:
- Try out GFA Travel Portal
- Hotels in Hong Kong
- Hotels in Shenzhen, China
- Airbnb
- Hong Kong Yes inn - hk hostel hostel
- King’s Hotel (Wan Chai), 309 Jaffe Road
- Ming court hotel, 137-147 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, +852 2135 8692
Website Hosting
We all need to get our own websites setup, for e-commerce or business in general. Here are a couple we have used and recommend:
- Bluehost
- Wp Engine
- Shopify e-commerce shopping cart
- BlogVault - protect your wordpress with 3rd party hosting
- Bigcommerce shopping cart
- Active Campaign for email marketing
VPN
Because you can’t live in China without one!
Meetups
- Codeaholics
- Web Wednesday
- HK Computer Society
- Startup Weekend Hong Kong
- Startup Grind
- HK Web Analytics
- HK Freelancers
- Startups HK
- Mobile Monday (offline)
- Open Data HK
- SME Creativity Centre
- Dim Sum Labs
3-day conference for online & Amazon sellers April 17-19, and Oct 17-19 each season. AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong · Topics related to China importing and online/Amazon selling are covered · Plenty of built-in networking opportunities · Co-located with trade shows so attendees can put their learning into practice immediately · 3,000+ booths of gifts, home products & mobile electronics You can benefit from Super Early Bird Prices if you register before Dec. 31 at www.globalsources.com/summit. You can get an extra US$50 off if you enter this promo code: M50ML.”
Cross-Border Logistics & Shipping
Logistics from Hong Kong has been a tricky one, with the real estate levels so high, most ship from mainland China directly. Below I have some various services I have been told about and hope to build up this list and interview them on the show!
- 1ShipDirect.com - ask for Samson or sam@1shipdirect.com
- In2Log Ask for Kornilia
- InXpress (Listen to the Logistics podcast interview here), Ask for Nick Bartlett
- (with free ebook for GFA readers), ask for Chris Moore
- After Ship Ask for Andrew Chen
- Easy Ship
- Oriental Logistics (Listen to the cross-border logistics interview here) Ask for Danny Sung
- http://www.anchanto.com/
- International freight aggregator based in Hong Kong: www.freightos.com/
- www.agilitylogistics.com +852 2211 8659
- www.ups.com Mobile: 852-9865 5045 l
- www.dhl.com Office: +852 3507-5027
Immigration
Looking for a simple China visa to visit trade shows? We can help with that at our China visa page. Want to permanently relocate to Hong Kong? Check out our Hong Kong Immigration process guide.
- Stephen Barnes (On our Podcast here) is the go-to guy in Hong Kong for immigration, and has 3 levels of service below, from full service to DIY.http://www.hongkongvisacentre.com/ http://www.hongkongvisageeza.com/ http://www.hongkongvisahandbook.com/
- Also Bridges can you help out: Bridges Executive Centre
- Sam Chan was on our podcast , another good choice.
Serviced Office
- Bridges Executive Centre
- Jumpstart Offices Hong Kong
- Regus
- Compass
- HK Commons (Sheung Wan & (Lai Chi Kok)
- Cocoon (Tin Hau)
- Fill in the Blank (Wan Chai)
- The Hive (Wan Chai)
- Retro Creative OR Retrospot.hk (Quarry Bay)
- The Crafties (Sheung Wan)
- Innovation Lab .hk (Kennedy Town)
- Wynd (Central)
- Office8hk com (Central)
- Cyberport Smart Space (Cyberport)
- Paperclip (Sheung Wan)
- Platform (Sai Ying Pun)
- The Loft (Diamond Hill)
- Cowork CHM (Lai Chi Kok)
- Good Lab (Prince Edward and Cheung Sha Wan)
- 8080 Space(Kwun Tong)
- Eaton Club (Central)
Translation
- Tips to Maximize Your China Trip
- Overview of Interpretation in Hong Kong, Cantonese, Mandarin, & English w/ Loretta Tam – GFA44
Associations
Credit Card
Accounting Software
Training
Global From Asia provides our own training for corporate and business operations.
Reviews
Browse a growing library of how-to guides and reviews of various products and services in the cross-border e-commerce and international business niche.
Take The 90-Day FBA Challenge
June 18, 2020 / Last updated on July 24, 2021
Market Feedback in an Instant with PickFu
February 18, 2020 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
Alpha Rock Capital
August 4, 2019 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
Mercury – USA Banking Stack for Ecommerce*
November 23, 2020 / Last updated on March 31, 2022
Reap Global – How Business Owners Can Reap Its Benefits
July 5, 2019 / Last updated on May 17, 2021
HSBC Sprint Account: Innovating Today’s Digital Banking Solutions
April 22, 2019 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
Zoom China
October 11, 2019 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
Didi Taxi
October 9, 2019 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
Digital Filipino
August 12, 2019 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
Superton Technology: Logistics Solution From China to the World
June 15, 2021
ShipItDone 3PL Warehouse: Amazon FBA & E-Commerce Beyond
March 16, 2021 / Last updated on March 29, 2021
Mercury – USA Banking Stack for Ecommerce*
November 23, 2020 / Last updated on March 31, 2022
Expat Money Summit
November 3, 2022
Elite Innovators Mastermind
August 24, 2021
Global Sources Webinar – Omni-Channel E-commerce
July 25, 2020 / Last updated on July 24, 2021
YunExpress Thailand
July 25, 2023
Casia Cross Better Logistics
November 3, 2022 / Last updated on December 1, 2022
DocShipper: Your Import/Export Assistant for Sourcing, Logistics, and 3PL
April 13, 2022 / Last updated on April 19, 2022
Thailand Ecommerce Luxury Store NatBay: Meet The Founders
November 27, 2019 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
Neat HK’s Expansion into Southeast Asia Launch Event in Bangkok
November 26, 2019 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
Business Networking Extravaganza!
September 25, 2019 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
Surfshark: Take Control Over your Internet Freedom
July 19, 2018 / Last updated on November 3, 2018
VyprVPN: Provides Internet Freedom and Privacy for Everyone
July 14, 2018 / Last updated on November 3, 2018
IPVanish VPN: Be With Freedom in Browsing the Web
July 10, 2018 / Last updated on November 3, 2018