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
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Wrong page? Are you a GFA chapter organizer looking for meetup resources? Check resources.globalfromasia.com for those PDF & logo resources.
COMPANY SETUP
Interested in USA company setup instead? Try IncFile.
Merchant Account
- 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
Banking
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
Cross-Border Logistics & Shipping
- 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
- 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)
Credit Card
Training
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.
HSBC Sprint Account: Innovating Today’s Digital Banking Solutions
April 22, 2019 / Last updated on July 3, 2020
ShipItDone 3PL Warehouse: Amazon FBA & E-Commerce Beyond
March 16, 2021 / Last updated on March 29, 2021
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
VyprVPN: Provides Internet Freedom and Privacy for Everyone
July 14, 2018 / Last updated on November 3, 2018