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
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.
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
Bitcoin
- Remitsy for payments into China
- bitfinex
- ANX
- Bitcoin ATM
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
Banking
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
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
Website Hosting
- 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
Meetups
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
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.
Immigration
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)
Credit Card
Global From Asia provides our own training for corporate and business operations.