The era of delivery of the perfect meal or beverage has dawned. The accessibility to food for those who cannot cook well, and to the world’s unique foods that are hard to get ingredients for has been improved by delivery services, though sometimes it is hard to opt for delivery because of high delivery fees. Accordingly, one of the internet communities have started to organize customers to order food from the same restaurant and split the delivery fees. ‘Modamu’ is a newly invented co-order delivery service that graft co-orders into general delivery services that people usually use.
  Modamu is a co-order delivery app service invented by Modamu Corporation. In the development of  Modamu, Mo Hyung-geun (School of Electronical Engineering, 13) who graduated Chungbuk National University and two other members of the school developed this app. A professor Kim, who had participated in developing the app, commented “Talk-deal from Kakao Commerce, which is the service that gives extra discount to customers when more and more people gather to buy something influenced the structure of Modamu. Though we tried to find other ways to reduce the delivery fee and minimum order amount, the co-ordering system seems the most efficient of the options.”
  According a restaurant ownerbased in Ulsan, the delivery agency charges the restaurant 4,000 to 6,000 KRW delivery fee per order. While customers pay 1,000 to 3,000 KRW, the owner pays for the rest. In this kind of situation, Modamu can relieve the burden of fees that both customers and the owner have to pay by co-ordering. In addition, this method of ordering several different orders at once can make users order as much, or as little, as they want without the minimum order amount.
  A CBNU student J (School of Electronical Engineering, 21) who actually used the service recently said “I especially liked that I can order as much, or as little, as I want not having any pressure of a minimum order amount. I ordered coffee and food from two different places because I didn’t need to pay separate delivery fees. As you can clearly see, the pressure of ordering delivery is greatly reduced leading to more orders. They don’t have many pick-up places yet, but taking a light walk before eating is a small price to pay, and a sacrifice I am willing to make. I would use the service more often when they add more restaurants after it officially releases.”
  Now Modamu is collecting data and suggestions from users for a later official service launching by test launching on May 9th. While test launching, Modamu won’t charge commission fees from restaurants. They plan to start charging if restaurants and users dramatically increase after their official launch. However, at that stage, they will charge lower commission fees than other existing delivery services. Also, they only provide their service to CBNU customers and the immediate area around campus for now. They will gradually expand their service area, starting with other populated areas like apartment complexes, when starting an official service.
  Furthermore, Modamu indicated the challenges of establishing a new service, such as the difficulty of accruing customers that can order and pick up food at the same time and location. They also acknowledged the inconveniences for customers like having to walk out to collect the food. They added that they will work hard to find creative solutions for all these problems and suggestions from customers after the test launching.
  Modamu’s test launching will be over in mid-June and they are expecting to start their official service in September after improvements. It may be changed as the result of test launching and the recruitment of stores. This service will certainly benefit the stores, but more importantly, the CBNU students who use it. Therefore, it’s a great idea to recruit as many friends as possible to frequently use the ‘Modamu’ app.

By Ji Jae-lim
jlim0714@cbnu.ac.kr