<Anchor> This
is a friendly economic time. Today (the 5th) we will also be with reporter Han Ji-yeon. I heard that there are a lot of apps that run errands for you lately?
<Reporter>
Yes, when I searched the Play Store, there were more than 10. I was wondering what kind of app it was, and I installed it once, and it did something really special.
From delivery and grocery shopping to cleaning and housework. You can ask to bathe your cat, take your pet for a walk, as well as catch bugs and mice.
I looked at the difference between delivery apps and delivery apps, and delivery apps can only deliver in the area where I am. However, the errand app said that no matter the distance, if the price is right, they will deliver.
A close acquaintance ordered delivery from a Samgyetang restaurant in Jongno to Gangnam using an errand app, and it was said that the delivery cost alone cost close to 30,000 won. It's almost the same price as samgyetang.
As on the screen, the locations of helpers who will run errands are displayed around me on the app map like this. This is how users and helpers are matched.
But why are there so many errand apps, and above all, there are a lot of single-person households. Currently, one-third of all households in Korea are one-person households.
If you forget important documents and go to work, your family usually brings them, but for single-person households, you have to ask someone. In this case, you need an errand app.
In addition, it is said that the demand for errands is increasing due to the preference for 'non-face-to-face' due to Corona. The fact that there are so many
<Anchor>
apps means that there are a lot of users. (An errand agency app analyzed 300,000 errands received last year. Which one do you think came out the most?) Well, I think there must have been a lot of delivery.
<Reporter>
Yes, that's right. Also, because of the corona, the demand for non-face-to-face is increasing. Delivery and grocery shopping accounted for the most at 41%. Cleaning and housework were the next most common with 20%, and this company analyzed that the increase in single-person households was the cause.
I had to do what my mother, father, or my spouse did for me, but it is difficult, so I have a company do it. And this part was a little interesting, and 8% and 4% of people asked if it was really possible to ask for something like this, accompany or queuing, respectively.
And I think I need this, because there was a moth the size of a palm on the floor of a narrow hallway in the past, so I couldn't get through it for about 30 minutes and faced a moth. I wish I had known about this app back then. 'Catching insects' was also 2%, or 6,000 cases.
<Anchor>
You are commissioned in a variety of fields. However, it seems that there are people who have a certain job called 'exercise helper' that I am curious about here.
<Reporter>
You can think of it as a bit similar to riders who work at delivery companies, but when a call appears on the app while waiting, it is accepted.
There are many people who do chores from time to time, but one errand app said that the number of helpers exceeded 50,000 within six months of its release.
However, the difference from delivery apps is that the errand commission is a 'bid' method. The helper has to accept the amount suggested by the user, but no one wants to do the job for that amount. You can raise it up to 6,000 won, 7,000 won, or 10,000 won. The more diligent you are, the more money you will make. It is said that there are cases where they made up to 5 million won in a month.
A worker who is not affiliated with a specific company and wants to freely do what he wants for as long as he wants is called a 'gig worker' by using the word 'gig' to mean 'temporary work'. This market size is growing significantly every year.
What was about 280 trillion won before the corona virus has grown to over 100 trillion won by last year.
It is expected to exceed 500 trillion won next year.
A consulting firm estimates that by 2025, this market will add up to 2% of global GDP, or $2.7 trillion.