What Wishket does

Wishket (위시켓, 주식회사 위시켓 / Wishket Co., Ltd.) is a privately held South Korean stock corporation founded in 2012 and headquartered in Seoul (Gangnam-gu), operating Korea's largest two-sided IT project outsourcing marketplace. The platform connects 100,000+ client companies with a supply base of 140,000 IT experts, 22,350 IT freelancers, and 9,667+ development firms across eight project categories (IT services, business systems, web, AI, commerce, cloud, consulting, and maintenance), processing a cumulative project GMV of 9,667억 KRW (~$720M USD) and a self-disclosed 430 projects/month registration rate. The core product is a cloud-hosted marketplace with escrow-based payment protection, standardized contracts reviewed by two law firms, three-step dispute resolution culminating in Korean Commercial Arbitration Board arbitration, and a monthly partner grading system across BASIC/BOOST/PRO/PRIME tiers.

Wishket monetizes primarily through a transaction-based take rate: 25% on projects under 5,000,000 KRW, 20% on projects above 5,000,000 KRW (with PRIME/PRO partners paying a flat 20%), and 10% on fixed-term/onsite engagements. A second revenue stream is the BOOST partner membership subscription at 127,500–367,500 KRW/month. Adjacent products include Wishket Enterprise (custom-priced end-to-end IT outsourcing with RFP, bidding, and PMO management for large Korean corporates), Code Care (AI-based source-code diagnosis), AIDP-AX (corporate AI transformation), Rise ERP (subscription ERP delivered via a July 2025 partnership with Odoo S.A.), Solution Market (pre-packaged solutions), and an Integrated Billing service offering up to 25% discounts on AWS, Naver Cloud Platform, Alimtalk, and MS Office (revenue earned via partner rebates).

The company has raised approximately $7.9M USD across three funding rounds since 2015 (Series A in 2015, an additional round in 2018, and a 6 billion KRW / ~$4.2M USD Series B in October 2022 led by Murex Partners with Crit Ventures and Shinhan Capital), with the latest proceeds earmarked for international expansion into Vietnam and Japan. AI capabilities are embedded across the product surface (Similar Case Search AI, Code Care, BOOST AI Proposal Writer, AI partner matching, and the AIDP-AX service), trained on 10+ years of proprietary Korean-language project, pricing, and outcome data covering 103,000+ consultations. Wishket reports 97% user satisfaction over 10 years, a self-claimed #1 Similarweb ranking in Korea for IT project platforms (131,443 visitors in March 2024), and a customer book that spans marquee Korean enterprises (MUJI, Samsung, HD Hyundai, CJ, Lotte, BC Card, Cafe24, Megastudy, Joongang, Sandbox, Sungsimdang, Socar, LG CNS, KT DS, CJ ENM, Shinsegae I&C, GC Green Cross) across at least ten industries.

Name

Wishket

Legal name

㈜위시켓 (주식회사 위시켓 / Wishket Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://wishket.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Wishket (위시켓) is a South Korean two-sided IT project outsourcing marketplace connecting 100,000+ client companies with 140,000 IT partners and 22,350 freelancers, monetizing via project commissions (20–25% take rate), enterprise managed services, and AI-enabled add-ons (Code Care, AIDP-AX, Rise ERP).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Outsourcing Marketplace

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

ITSM Platform Implementation & Administration (ServiceNow/JSM/BMC/etc.) (BPAEAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Helpdesk & End-User Support Services (BPAEABAB), MLOps/LLMOps & Model Lifecycle Management Services (BPAEAHAH), Service Desk & ITSM Outsourcing (BPAEAMAF)

Keywords

• IT outsourcing marketplace
• Freelance platform
• Enterprise IT services
• Software development
• Project matching

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Marketplace Commission on Outsourcing Projects (외주 도급): Take rate of 25% on the project amount (under 5,000,000 KRW) or 20% (over 5,000,000 KRW), deducted from the partner's share. PRIME/PRO-tier partners pay a flat 20%. Example: on a 10M KRW project, client pays 11M KRW (incl. 10% VAT); corporate partner receives 8.8M KRW (after 20% commission and VAT); individual partner receives 7.736M KRW (after 3.3% withholding).
2. Marketplace Commission on Fixed-Term (기간제 상주) Projects: Take rate of 10% of project amount (excluding VAT) charged to the partner for fixed-term/onsite engagements. Example: on a 1M KRW fixed-term project, client pays 1.1M KRW, corporate partner receives 990K KRW, individual partner receives 870.3K KRW.
3. BOOST Partner Membership Subscription: Monthly membership for partners seeking accelerated access to higher tiers. Corporate plan: 367,500 KRW/month (25% discount displayed). Individual/sole-proprietor/team plan: 127,500 KRW/month (25% discount displayed). Annual billing offers 25% discount. Refund of remaining fees upon upgrade to PRIME/PRO tier.
4. Enterprise Managed Outsourcing Service (위시켓 엔터프라이즈): Full-cycle enterprise IT outsourcing: consulting, RFP issuance, bidding management, proposal review/presentation/evaluation, contract advisory, PMO management, and source-code quality assurance. Custom-priced for each enterprise engagement.
5. Code Care (안심 코드 케어) - Source Code Diagnosis: Paid AI-based source code audit service for delivered outsourced projects. Code quality, security vulnerability, and maintainability grading report. Marketed as a due-diligence service before paying balance to a vendor.
6. Integrated Billing / Cloud Cost Optimization (위시켓 통합빌링): Rebate-driven revenue on cloud and IT services (AWS, NCP, 알림톡, MS Office). Up to 25% discount for clients; revenue model based on partner rebates from global IT companies (BESPIN Global, Infobip) that provide technical support. Free 5-minute consultation; customer support at 02-6925-4866.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Wishket operates South Korea's largest two-sided IT outsourcing marketplace, connecting 100,000+ client companies with 22,350+ IT freelancers and 9,667+ development firms across categories such as AI, web, commerce, cloud, consulting, and maintenance. The platform facilitates project posting, partner matching, escrow-based contracts, milestone payments, and dispute resolution, with a self-claimed cumulative project GMV of ₩966.7 billion. Surrounding add-on services include Wishket Enterprise managed PMO, AI code diagnosis (Code Care), Integrated Billing for cloud cost optimization, AIDP-AX corporate AI transformation, Rise ERP (Odoo partnership), and a pre-packaged Solution Market.

Product overview

Wishket (위시켓) operates a platform-plus-modules architecture with its flagship Wishket IT project outsourcing marketplace at the core. The main Wishket platform connects 100,000+ client companies with 22,350+ IT freelancers and 9,667+ development firms across project categories including AI, web, commerce, cloud, consulting, and maintenance, with ₩966.7 billion in cumulative project value. Surrounding this core, Wishket has built a portfolio of sub-brands and add-on services: 요즘IT (YozmIT) is a Korean IT media/magazine outlet; AIDP - AX is a corporate AI transformation (AX) service; Rise ERP delivers subscription-based ERP, notably Odoo ERP following a July 2025 partnership with Odoo S.A.; 안심 코드 케어 (Code Care) is an AI-powered source code quality diagnosis service; 통합빌링 서비스 (Integrated Billing Service) consolidates billing and offers up to 25% discounts on AWS, Naver Cloud Platform (NCP), Alimtalk, and MS Office; 솔루션 마켓 (Solution Market) is a pre-packaged solution marketplace; 위시켓 엔터프라이즈 (Wishket Enterprise) provides end-to-end enterprise IT outsourcing with PMO management; the BOOST program is a paid partner membership that helps partners reach PRIME/PRO status; and 위시켓 스토어 (Wishket Store) is the company's online store. The platform also features AI capabilities including Similar Case Search AI (유사사례 검색 AI) for project estimation and partner matching, integrated directly on the main Wishket website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 요즘IT (YozmIT): IT industry magazine / media publication for developers and IT professionals, presented as a separate service in Wishket's "서비스 전체보기" footer.
• AIDP - AX
• Rise ERP

Products and services

• Wishket (위시켓) IT Outsourcing Marketplace Two-sided IT project outsourcing marketplace connecting 100,000+ Korean client companies with 22,350+ IT freelancers and 9,667+ development firms across project categories (IT services, business systems, web, AI, commerce, cloud, consulting, maintenance), with self-reported ₩966.7 billion in cumulative project value. Free client registration, free project posting, escrow-based safe contracts, and tiered dispute resolution.
• Wishket Enterprise (위시켓 엔터프라이즈) Premium enterprise IT outsourcing service providing end-to-end project management for large Korean corporates (MUJI, Samsung, HD Hyundai, CJ, Lotte, BC Card, Cafe24, Megastudy, Joongang, Sandbox, Sungsimdang, Socar): development company selection, RFP/bidding process, contract management, PMO oversight, and source code quality assurance. 700+ enterprise IT projects delivered; 700+ IT categories.
• Code Care (안심 코드 케어) AI-powered source code quality diagnosis service for delivered outsourced projects. Analyzes code quality, security vulnerabilities, and maintainability; produces a code grade report based on learnings from 100,000+ projects and 2.8M+ analyzed code lines covering 3,600+ issue types. Marketed as a pre-balance-payment due-diligence tool with 1-2 day turnaround.
• Integrated Billing Service (통합빌링 서비스) Consolidated cloud and IT billing service offering up to 25% discounts on AWS, Naver Cloud Platform (NCP), Alimtalk, and MS Office. Revenue model is rebate-based via global IT partners BESPIN Global and Infobip that provide technical support. Includes free 5-minute phone consultation. 123,172 companies use this service.
• AIDP - AX (Corporate AI Transformation) Corporate AI transformation (AX) service for SMBs and enterprises, including AI chatbot training, AI consulting, AX education programs, and AI adoption data reports. Operated from ax.ai-delivery.work as a separate Wishket sister brand. Featured in customer case with TPA KOREA (shifted from 200 calls/day to AI chatbot) and Jeonnam manufacturing AX field training (40 companies, 82 participants, 96.9% satisfaction).
• Rise ERP (Subscription ERP Delivery) Subscription-based ERP delivery service for South Korean SMEs, operationalized through the July 2025 partnership with Belgium-based Odoo S.A. to deliver Odoo ERP solutions. Operates from rise.ai-delivery.work. Wishket provides local market access, implementation partner network, and project management for Odoo ERP rollouts.
• YozmIT (요즘IT) - Korean IT Media Magazine Korean IT industry media and magazine service providing industry news, interviews, and insights for the IT community, positioned as a content channel supporting the Wishket brand and partner ecosystem.
• Solution Market (솔루션 마켓) Pre-packaged solution marketplace offering ready-made solutions across categories including brokerage platforms, IT services, internal business systems, AI/ML, commerce/shopping malls, web development, marketing, recruitment, and dating/medical/care verticals. Includes 1:1 partner consultation and direct purchase/apply.
• BOOST Partner Membership (BOOST 파트너 멤버십) Paid partner membership program offering benefits such as private project access, bidding price statistics, BOOST badge exposure, 1:1 consulting, portfolio consultation and exposure boost, and AI-generated proposal content to help partners reach PRIME/PRO status. Priced at ₩367,500/month for corporations and ₩127,500/month for individuals/teams, with 25% off annual billing.
• Wishket Store (위시켓 스토어) Wishket's own online storefront (store.wishket.com) for purchasing pre-built solutions, packages, and add-on services, complementing the Solution Market with additional offerings and product listings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dispute rate under 3% on Wishket vs. ~47% market average
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability8 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship international channel partnership, strategic global it partner and core ecosystem product.

• Odoo S.A. (Belgium)flagship international channel partnershipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 July 2025In July 2025, Belgium-based Odoo S.A. partnered with Korean IT project platform Wishket Co. Ltd. to deliver subscription-based ERP services to South Korea's small and medium-sized enterprises. Odoo provides the SaaS ERP product; Wishket provides local market access, implementation partner network, and project management through its 100,000+ client base. Odoo's flagship Odoo 17 (released November 2023) includes AI-driven automation, improved UI, and industry-specific modules.
• BESPIN Global (베스핀글로벌)strategic global it partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGlobal IT specialized company that provides technical support benefits to Wishket Integrated Billing customers. Supports cloud cost optimization and consolidated billing services. BESPIN Global's expertise underpins the up-to-25% discount and unified IT billing proposition.
• Infobip (인포빕)strategic global it partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGlobal IT specialized company that provides technical support benefits to Wishket Integrated Billing customers. Works alongside BESPIN Global to power cloud cost optimization and consolidated billing (AWS, NCP, 알림톡, MS Office).
• Wishket AIDP-AX (in-house AI/AX service)core ecosystem productOthersAI transformation service (ax.ai-delivery.work) is operated by Wishket and listed as a sister service in the global navigation. Provides AI chatbot/AX education and field training (e.g., Jeonnam manufacturing AX program with 96.9% satisfaction). Featured in a 2026 customer case with TPA KOREA.
• Rise ERP (in-house ERP service)Others
• Yozm IT (요즘IT)Others

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kmong (크몽): Korea's largest freelance services marketplace covering IT, design, marketing, and content; directly competes with Wishket for the same Korean SMB and freelancer supply/demand on a near-identical two-sided marketplace model.
• Upwork: Global freelance marketplace connecting clients with developers, designers, and IT professionals; the international gold-standard analog to Wishket's model with similar escrow, dispute, and tiered partner dynamics.
• Fiverr: Global freelance services marketplace with a project/package-based listing model; directly comparable to Wishket in marketplace mechanics, AI-assisted matching, and SMB target customer.
• Toptal: Premium vetted freelance marketplace focused on top-tier software developers and IT talent; comparable to Wishket in the curated, quality-graded partner model (BASIC/BOOST/PRO/PRIME) and enterprise matching motion.
• Freelancer.com: Global freelance marketplace covering software development, IT, and project outsourcing; comparable to Wishket in marketplace dynamics, contest/project mechanics, and SMB client base.
• Soomgo (숨고): Korean local services marketplace (originally for household/professional services, expanding into IT/business); direct domestic peer to Wishket applying the same two-sided marketplace model with escrow to Korean SMBs.

Emerging players

• Crowdworx / Korean freelance platforms: Korean crowd-sourcing/freelance platforms targeting IT and design outsourcing; partial overlap with Wishket in supply-side partner acquisition and SMB client demand, though typically with narrower category focus.
• Wanted (원티드): Korean tech talent marketplace focused on developer recruitment and job matching; overlaps with Wishket in connecting Korean companies with IT talent but skews toward full-time/permanent placement rather than project outsourcing.

Broad incumbents

• Naver (Works / Cloud): Korean internet/tech incumbent offering Naver Cloud Platform (one of Wishket's Integrated Billing partners) and broader SMB digital services; a potential broad incumbent threat or distribution partner rather than a direct marketplace competitor.
• Kakao / Kakao Enterprise: Korean tech incumbent with SMB cloud, messaging, and workflow services; broadly overlaps with Wishket's SMB IT enablement value proposition as a diversified incumbent rather than a direct marketplace rival.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wishket
• Xx.com/wishket
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wishket

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors9 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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