Bungae Jangter launches 'Bungae Festival' to rival Karrot's seasonal sale

Bungae Jangter announced it will hold its own shopping event, "Bungae Festival," on Friday, Hangul Day.

The move comes as Karrot prepares to launch its own discount event, "Karrot Festival," on Saturday, intensifying a seasonal sales competition among secondhand trading platforms.

Bungae Festival is a newly introduced seasonal event from Bungae Jangter, timed to coincide with the first day of the Hangul Day holiday. The event is designed to let users browse and purchase secondhand products suited to their tastes at discounted prices.

Starting at midnight Friday, users can claim "instant coupons" through a dedicated Bungae Festival page on the Bungae Jangter app. When paying via the platform's secure payment service, discounts are applied immediately at checkout. Coupon amounts, applicable categories and usage conditions will be revealed on the day of the event.

The event page will bring together products from the platform's major categories, including digital devices, fashion, jewelry, kidult goods and trading cards. A teaser page has already been made available so users can browse and save items ahead of the event.

Meanwhile, Bungae Jangter, which launched its service in 2011, marks its 15th anniversary this year. As of Thursday, the platform listed about 37 million products across 601 categories. Items available for trade range from digital devices such as smartphones, cameras and gaming consoles to fashion, luxury goods, watches and jewelry, figures and Lego sets, and trading cards.