Gwanak-gu to Boost Local Economy with 60 Million KRW in Good Payments from January to February

Give the 10% Discount Benefit from Prepayment Participating Businesses Back to the Affected Industries

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) is actively participating in the Good Prepayment campaign to support small business owners affected by business restrictions due to social distancing.

Good Prepayment refers to making advance payments using ‘prepaid gift certificates’ at businesses suffering from COVID-19 related business losses to support small business owners facing financial difficulties.

Starting from January 2021, all departments will participate in the prepayment campaign for two months with a goal of spending a total of 60 million KRW to increase the usage rate of prepaid gift certificates and alleviate the financial difficulties of local small business owners.

Additionally, among Zero Pay affiliated stores, those that have pledged to provide services as prepayment participants offer an additional 10% discount when prepaying. However, government office departments and community service centers do not receive this additional discount and instead return the benefit to the small business owners.

This is to achieve the purpose of the prepaid gift certificates, which is to increase short-term sales for small business owners affected by government policies, while supporting small business owners in financial distress by not receiving additional discount benefits in the affected industries.

Furthermore, to promote the activation of prepaid gift certificates for affected small business owners, an event encouraging voluntary participation in prepayment by government employees is underway.

The district office offers COVID-19 hygiene kits to the first 30 employees who personally purchase prepaid gift certificates and use them at affected businesses, submitting their usage receipts.

Meanwhile, on the afternoon of the 14th, Mayor Park Jun-hee visited a prepayment participating business located in Nakseongdae-dong, purchased goods using prepaid gift certificates, and actively promoted the campaign, promising to make every effort to revitalize the local commercial district devastated by COVID-19.

Residents who wish to participate in the Good Prepayment campaign to support small business owners can purchase ‘prepaid gift certificates’ through Seoul Love Gift Certificate purchase apps (such as Beeple Zero Pay and 14 other apps) and make payments at participating prepayment businesses.

Participating prepayment businesses can be checked via the smartphone app ‘Z-MAP’ or the ‘Zero Pay Mobile Gift Certificate website’.

Mayor Park Jun-hee stated, “Due to the worsening consumer economy caused by COVID-19 and the resulting financial difficulties of small business owners, it is urgent to activate support measures to prevent further damage,” adding, “I hope the Good Prepayment movement, which helps revive the depressed local commercial districts and warms the frozen local economy, will continue to spread.”

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