By Jhoo Dong-chan

The U.S.-based multinational e-commerce service provider eBay will help promote Korean beauty products around the world.

Its local subsidiary eBay Korea announced Wednesday that it will carry out the "eBay K-beauty Box" project to help Korean cosmetic companies make sales online.

As a first step in the project, eBay will provide a free delivery service for the popular Mizon All-in-One Snail Set for the upcoming Mother's Day, May 8. The set contains Snail Repair Cream (120ml), Snail Repair Intensive Ampul (30ml) and Snail Repair Eye Cream (25ml).

A total of 1,000 sets are expected to be offered, and each set is sold at a 23 percent-discounted price of $30. Also, they set come with a gift box and Mother's Day card.

An eBay official said that the Mizon All-in-One Snail Set is especially popular among middle-aged women in the Americas as well as the Middle East.

"Korean cosmetic products have topped online export products in sales for two years in a row," said an official. "In March, their sales on eBay increased by 36 percent year-on-year. eBay Korea will continue promoting Korean cosmetic products in overseas markets through the eBay K-beauty Box project."