Jinju City Official Launch Demonstration of Delivery App Held

2% Brokerage Fee, Mobile Jinju Sarang Gift Certificate Available for Online Payment
Convenient for Consumers and Beneficial with Fair Brokerage Fees for Small Business Owners

Jinju-type Delivery App Launch Demonstration [Image Source=Jinju City]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City in Gyeongnam announced on the 7th that it held a demonstration event on the morning of the 7th ahead of the launch of the ‘Jinju-type Delivery App’.

The demonstration event held in the City Hall Cultural Lecture Room was attended by representatives of franchise stores from the Jinju Branch of the Korea Foodservice Industry Association and the Jinju Small Business Association, and by representatives of consumers from the Jinju Volunteer Organizations Council, the Youth Policy Committee, and the Youth Network, who observed the delivery app demonstration.

The city’s Jinju-type delivery app operation project is a plan initiated in April last year to reduce the commission fees, which range from 6 to 12% when using general commercial delivery apps, to 2%, thereby easing the management burden on local small business owners.

After a public contest in November last year and signing a business agreement, ‘Baedal-ui Jinju’ and ‘Dingdong,’ which completed the construction of their own delivery apps and the integration of Jinju Love Gift Certificates as a payment method, will undergo a pilot operation from March 10 to 29 to fix errors and stabilize the system, and will be officially launched on the 8th.

Currently, delivery services are available at about 500 franchise stores on ‘Baedal-ui Jinju’ and about 400 on ‘Dingdong,’ and payments can be made directly through the app using the mobile Jinju Love Gift Certificates.

In particular, the mobile Jinju Love Gift Certificates can be purchased at a 10% discount, providing significant benefits to consumers.

The Jinju-type delivery app applies private sector technology and experience without incurring financial burdens such as app development costs or outsourcing to private agencies, unlike direct development and operation methods, thus possessing high competitiveness with professional management and operation. It offers a low commission fee of 2% to reduce excessive commission burdens on small business owners and help stabilize their management.

The city is responsible for administrative support and promotion to revitalize the delivery app, and to promote the linkage and use of the local currency Jinju Love Gift Certificates, it issued 10 billion KRW early in January and plans to continue issuing more in the future.

Mayor Jo Gyu-il said, “The Jinju-type delivery app reduces the burden on small business owners facing difficulties with reasonable commission fees and allows consumers to conveniently use non-face-to-face payments through the mobile Jinju Love Gift Certificates,” urging citizens to use the app, and added, “The city will do its best to overcome the COVID-19 crisis and restore the local economy.”

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