eBay Korea, First Full Annual Fee Refund Since Smile Club Launch

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] eBay Korea is holding a ‘100% Smile Club Annual Fee Cashback’ event linked with the Smile Card until November 12, in celebration of the year’s biggest shopping festival, ‘Big Smile Day.’

When customers issue the eBay Korea exclusive credit card (PLCC) ‘Smile Card’ and pay the first annual fee for the membership-based ‘Smile Club,’ the full amount of 30,000 KRW will be refunded to the payment account registered on the Smile Card. Smile Club basically offers a welcome gift of 35,000 Smile Cash immediately upon joining, and an additional 2,000 Smile Cash upon applying for one month of free use, allowing members to accumulate up to 37,000 KRW.

In other words, during this Big Smile Day period, the 100% annual fee cashback benefit is added, so new Smile Club members can receive up to 67,000 KRW in cashback. The annual fee cashback in cash will be paid in a lump sum on November 27.

eBay Korea will offer exclusive, dramatic discount coupons and various events for Smile Club members during the Big Smile Day pre-teaser period running until October 31 and the main event period from November 1 to 12. Additionally, from November 1 to 4, customers who spend over 500,000 KRW on Gmarket, Auction, or G9 using the Smile Card will receive an extra 30,000 KRW billing discount.

The Smile Card allows users to accumulate up to 2% of their spending as Smile Cash every time they use it at all online and offline affiliated stores without any performance or accumulation limits. The more it is used with eBay Korea’s representative services such as the membership-based ‘Smile Club,’ easy payment ‘Smile Pay,’ and next-day combined delivery ‘Smile Delivery,’ the greater the accumulation, resulting in high customer satisfaction.

Yoo Doo-ho, Head of Smile Marketing at eBay Korea, said, “This is the first time since the launch that Smile Club is holding an event to refund the entire annual fee,” and added, “We are offering special benefits linked with the Smile Card during the Big Smile Day festival period, so we hope for a lot of interest.”

Meanwhile, eBay Korea’s biggest shopping festival of the year, Big Smile Day, officially opens on November 1. Until October 31, the teaser period is underway with various events where customers can receive additional Big Smile Day discounts and Smile Cash.

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