Featured partnership category
Korean learning.
Newcomers actively studying Korean and preparing for life in Seoul.
Sits beside
Suits Korean courses, tutoring platforms and language schools.
Settle Seoul · Partnerships
Reach people making Seoul their home.
Settle Seoul is an independent magazine for newcomers. We offer a small number of contextually relevant, clearly labelled partnerships — never ads that interrupt the advice.
Featured partnership categories.
Our three most-requested contexts. Each category is an opportunity subject to editorial approval — none is currently booked.
Featured partnership category
Housing & relocation.
Readers choosing neighbourhoods, viewing apartments and planning a move.
Sits beside
Suits Relocation services, licensed agents and moving companies.
Featured partnership category
Weekends & experiences.
Settled readers planning their free time across the city and mountains.
Sits beside
Suits Tours, classes, cultural venues and local experiences.
More contextual categories.
Five further contexts where a relevant, labelled partnership can sit beside the right guide.
Connectivity & arrival.
People in their first weeks, sorting phones, SIMs and arrival admin.
Suits SIM and eSIM providers, phone shops and arrival services.
Banking & money transfers.
Readers opening accounts and sending money home. Placement never influences our guidance.
Suits Banks, remittance services and fintech apps serving foreigners.
Food & coffee.
Readers exploring Seoul's café and food culture.
Suits Cafés, roasters, restaurants and food experiences.
Shopping & home.
New arrivals furnishing a home and learning where to shop.
Suits Homeware stores, furniture retailers and second-hand marketplaces.
Families & study.
Students and families looking for study space, schools and routines.
Suits Study spaces, education services and family-oriented venues.
Beyond the website.
Three further formats we discuss with partners. These are proposals agreed individually — not sold products, and nothing is retrofitted into existing editions.
Magazine display placements
Display placements in future editions of the designed Settle Seoul magazine, agreed individually. Already-produced PDFs are never edited to insert advertising.
Guide sponsorship
A clearly labelled sponsorship on an eligible standalone or downloadable guide. Sensitive topics — visas, health checks, official forms — are never eligible, and existing PDFs stay as published.
Welcome Box collaborations
A proposed collaboration in our newcomer Welcome Box, currently in pre-launch. A chance to reach people in their first days in Seoul, once the box ships.
Founding partner packages.
Starting points for a conversation. Proposals, prices and timing are agreed individually — we publish no rate card until we have real audience figures to base one on.
Digital Partner.
A relevant, clearly labelled placement on the website for an agreed period.
- One contextual placement beside an eligible feature
- Sponsored label, always
- Agreed start and end dates
Editorial & Download Partner.
A website placement plus a labelled presence in an eligible downloadable guide.
- Everything in Digital Partner
- Labelled placement in an eligible guide or future guidebook
- Topic fit reviewed by the editor
Newcomer Partner.
A broader partnership across site, guides and newcomer distribution.
- Combinations of the above
- Potential institutional distribution
- Welcome Box collaboration once it launches
At most one advertiser runs in any single placement at a time. A category may contain several placements, so category interest does not imply exclusivity.
Placement & editorial standards.
- Payment buys visibility, never conclusions. Advertisers cannot review, change or influence articles, reviews or rankings.
- Every placement is labelled "Sponsored" and kept visually separate from advice.
- No advertising on visa or immigration guidance, health checks, official forms, the directory, the job boards or Ask Seoul.
- Banking and money-transfer placements never influence our financial guidance; sensitive or regulatory topics may be declined entirely.
- We publish only services that genuinely fit newcomers, review every partner for legitimacy, and disclose any affiliate or sponsored content.
- Typical display is one contextual placement per eligible article and at most one homepage sponsor — relevance over volume.
- Website placements are separate from optional placements in future magazine editions or downloadable guides; already-published PDFs are never altered.
Enquire about a partnership.
Tell us what you do and where you think you'd fit. Your details go to sales@settleseoul.com and are not stored on this site.