[Edaily Reporter Lee So-Hyun ] Kakao(035720)is expanding the partner industries and benefits of its subscription service for small and medium-sized business owners, “Kakao Biz Membership.” Beyond advertising and marketing support, the company is broadening its scope of support to areas essential for actual business operations, such as food ingredient procurement, store cleaning, and private academy management.

Kakao announced on the 13th that it has added partnership benefits to KakaoBiz Membership, including the food ingredient open-market platform “Sikbom,” the cleaning service “Cheongyeon,” and the tuition payment and collection service “Gyeolje Seonsaeng.”

Kakao Biz Membership is a subscription service that provides benefits essential for business operations, ranging from advertising and marketing to store management and food ingredient procurement. For 14,900 won per month, members can receive benefits worth up to 500,000 won monthly, including advertising subsidies, discounts on marketing costs, subsidies for using partner services, and discount coupon packs.

With this update, new benefits for purchasing food ingredients have been added. Membership users can receive a discount coupon pack worth a total of 30,000 won per month, consisting of one 20,000-won voucher and one 10,000-won voucher redeemable at Sikbom. Kakao expects this to help reduce the burden of purchasing food ingredients and lower business operating costs.

Benefits for cleaning services necessary for business operations have also been introduced. When using Cheongyeon, members receive discount coupons worth a total of 16,000 won per month toward office cleaning costs, as well as a 15% discount coupon for “Plus Shop,” a cleaning supplies store.

Benefits for private academy operators have also been expanded. When opening a new location through “Payment Teacher,” operators receive a one-time bonus of 6,000 points. The academy management program “MacGuy7” offers up to 300,000 points in cashback to new members and awards 20,000 points monthly to existing members. “FlipEdu” provides discounts on services essential for academy operations, such as text message and AlimTalk fees, as well as learning management and shuttle bus management services.

Existing membership benefits will also remain in place. Kakao Biz membership users can receive a 30,000 won Kakao advertising subsidy, a 40,000 won discount coupon pack for Baemin Sanghoe, a 30,000 won subsidy for Albamon recruitment advertising, a 10,000 won credit toward OKPOS customer management message fees, a 30% discount on Revu trial group marketing, and a 50% discount on “Queen of Dinner” vouchers.

Benefits also include three months of free access to the POS Speed and OtterPOS delivery order programs, along with cost support.

Hwang Jun-yeon, Domain Leader at Kakao Business, stated, “Since the beta version was launched last December, we have continuously expanded the benefits necessary for business operations by reflecting user feedback and industry-specific demands.” He added, “Going forward, we will continue to expand various partnerships tailored to each industry so that more small and medium-sized business owners can operate their businesses stably.”