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Get ready for Lunar New Year

Tanqory's Lunar New Year guide gives you the dates, the markets that celebrate, a plan from six weeks out, and the store features that carry the season: gift sets, discounts, gift cards, AI written copy and emails, and prices in your buyers' currencies.

Lunar New Year 2027, Sat, Feb 6

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Counting to midnight UTC on Sat, Feb 6, 2027. The page moves to next year's dates the day after the season ends.

The dates

Eve, New Year, Lantern Festival

Lunar New Year moves each year with the lunisolar calendar. It is the biggest holiday in China, Vietnam (Tet) and Korea (Seollal), and is celebrated across Southeast Asia and by communities worldwide. Gift buying peaks in the weeks before, and many carriers and suppliers pause around it.

  • New Year's Eve

    Family reunion dinner. Gift and food orders must arrive before it.

  • In 114 days

    Lunar New Year

    Gifts, red envelopes, new clothes and home goods. Celebrated for up to fifteen days.

  • Lantern Festival

    The fifteenth day closes the celebration.

Dates in UTC from public holiday calendars.

The plan

Six weeks to Lunar New Year, week by week

Each step lands on a real date counted back from this year's Lunar New Year. The dot marks where today falls. Suppliers in many markets close for the holiday, so stock comes first.

  1. 6 weeks out

    Order stock before suppliers close

    Gift setsOrderedSupplier breakNoted
  2. 4 weeks out

    Build gift sets and let AI write the copy

    Gift set, tea and cupsLiveProduct copyWritten
  3. 2 weeks out

    Load discounts and gift cards

    Code LUNARReadyGift cardsOn sale
  4. 1 week out

    Show last order dates for delivery before the eve

    Last order dateShownPrices in SGD, MYR, HKDOn
  5. New Year

    Sell, answer buyers, plan restock

    Orders todayLiveAsk: what sold out?Answered
  6. Lantern Festival

    Close the season and handle returns

    ReturnsIn one listSeason reportReady

The store, products and figures in the plan are an example.

Built into every plan

What carries a store through the season

Everything below is part of your Tanqory plan, with a 0% transaction fee on every sale with the payment provider you connect.

Discounts

Codes and automatic offers, set on the products, collections and dates you choose. The AI assistant drafts them from one sentence and waits for your confirmation.

Learn more: Discounts

LUNARGift set 10% offApplies toGift setsRunsSat, Jan 23 to Sat, Feb 6

Gift cards

Sell digital gift cards in the amounts you set. They keep selling after the last shipping day and bring buyers back in January.

Learn more: Gift cards

Gift card$50Sent toBy email

Pre-orders

Sell what is still on its way, with a delivery date on the product. Sold-out variants stay on sale, and buyers get an email when stock returns.

Learn more: Pre-orders

Wool scarfPre-orderBack in stock emailOn

Local currencies

Markets let buyers in each region see prices in their own currency, with local payment methods through regional gateways.

Learn more: Local currencies

SingaporeSGDMalaysiaMYRHong KongHKD

Every channel, one stock count

Sell on Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Facebook and Instagram from one admin, with one stock count across every channel.

Learn more: Every channel, one stock count

Online storeLiveShopee, LazadaLiveTikTok ShopLive

AI native

Hand the season's busy work to AI

Gift sets, copy and greetings pile up before suppliers close. Tanqory's AI writes product copy and campaign emails, so the team spends the hours on stock and delivery.

  • Product copy, campaign emails and store policies are written by AI with no credits used

  • The assistant creates discounts and gift cards, and acts only after you confirm

  • AI generates and edits product images for the campaign

  • Ask in plain words how today is going and get the answer from your orders

See what the AI assistant does
Make 10% off all gift sets until New Year's Eve and write the email
Discount LUNAR draftedConfirmEmail to 3,100 subscribersDraftCopy on 9 gift setsWrittenConfirm and create
Email draftSubject: Gift sets for the new year, 10% offTea, cups and red envelopes, boxed and ready to give. Order by the date below for delivery before the reunion dinner.

Example request and store.

Last order date, exampleSingapore, localTue, Feb 2Malaysia, localMon, Feb 1Hong Kong, internationalFri, Jan 29United States, internationalWed, Jan 27

Example dates. Use your carrier's published cutoffs.

Shipping

Ship on time, and say when the last day is

Gifts must arrive before the reunion dinner, and many carriers and warehouses slow down around the holiday. Tanqory gets live rates and prints labels with DHL, FedEx, UPS and Easyship, and tracks every parcel with 17TRACK. Put your last order date in the announcement bar.

  • Live rates and labels from the carriers you connect

  • Tracking for every parcel, in the admin and for the buyer

  • Your last order date on the store, edited in the theme editor or by asking AI

See shipping in Tanqory

Questions merchants ask before Lunar New Year

When is Lunar New Year this year?

It moves each year with the lunisolar calendar, between late January and mid February. This page shows the next date and counts down to it.

Which markets celebrate Lunar New Year?

China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam (Tet), South Korea (Seollal), Indonesia and the Philippines, and communities in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK.

Do I need extra apps for Lunar New Year on Tanqory?

No. Discounts, gift cards, pre-orders, marketing email, markets with local currencies and sales channels are built into the plan.

Does AI writing for my campaign use AI credits?

No. Writing product copy, emails, policies and reports, and asking the assistant to act in the admin, use no credits. Credits apply to image generation, store launch, theme generation and automation.

Will Tanqory show my sales numbers to anyone?

No. Your orders and sales are yours. You see them in your admin and can export orders, customers, products and reports as CSV at any time.

Open your store before the new year

Describe what you sell and get a store ready to sell, with gift cards, discounts and local currencies built in. 3 days free before your first charge.