Dongdaemun-gu Love Gift Certificates Issued Worth 5 Billion Won

On the 25th, consumers purchase at a 7% discounted price... 10% additional discount when paying for delivery food with gift certificates on the delivery app 'Zero Delivery Union'

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Yoo Deok-yeol) will issue Dongdaemun-gu Love Gift Certificates worth 5 billion KRW on the 25th in celebration of Chuseok.

Three types of gift certificates with face values of 10,000 KRW, 50,000 KRW, and 100,000 KRW will be issued in mobile form, and consumers can purchase the gift certificates at a 7% discount. Discounted gift certificates can be purchased up to 700,000 KRW per person per month (actual payment amount of 651,000 KRW when purchasing 700,000 KRW worth of gift certificates).

The gift certificates can be used at about 11,000 Zero Pay affiliated stores within Dongdaemun-gu, including supermarkets, small and medium-sized marts, beauty salons, kindergartens, and academies. However, large marts and department stores are excluded.

Purchasing and using the gift certificates is possible through Zero Pay mobile applications (such as Kukon Check Pay, Moneytree, B-Ple Zero Pay, etc.). After downloading the application on a smartphone, users must complete identity verification and link (register) a payment account for purchasing the gift certificates.

Unused gift certificates can be refunded within 7 days of purchase, and refunds will be made for the amount actually paid after applying the discount rate. If more than 80% of the gift certificate’s face value has been used, the remaining balance can be refunded.

Additionally, on 14 delivery apps under the ‘Zero Delivery Union,’ payment can be made directly with Dongdaemun-gu Love Gift Certificates without scanning QR codes or barcodes. Until October 14, when ordering delivery through the ‘Zero Delivery Union,’ consumers can receive an additional 10% discount (subject to early termination when funds are exhausted) on top of the gift certificate discount.

Meanwhile, the ‘Zero Delivery Union’ refers to 14 delivery apps that have agreements with Seoul City, providing affordable delivery brokerage services (brokerage fees below 2%) to small business owners. Small business owners can apply for affiliation through the ‘Zero Delivery’ website (zeropaydelivery.or.kr).

Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “I express my respect and gratitude to the residents and small business owners for adhering to social distancing in daily life and workplaces. I hope that the additional issuance of Dongdaemun-gu Love Gift Certificates will provide economic help to both consumers and small business owners. We will expand new affiliated stores and strengthen management of existing ones to ensure no inconvenience in using the gift certificates.”

Meanwhile, Dongdaemun-gu issued gift certificates worth 10 billion KRW this year (excluding the issuance on September 25), all of which have been sold, and as of mid-September, 7.5 billion KRW worth of gift certificates have been used.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.