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Looking at Coupang Eats' recent fines, they were acting like total thugs

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Looking at the details, the commission charged to restaurants is 6.8% on Baemin, but it's 9.8% on Coupang. Because Coupang Eats' commission is higher, restaurants tend to set their menu prices higher on Coupang Eats compared to Baemin or other delivery apps to account for the fees.
In response, they used their system to restrict the app exposure of these restaurants and pressured them to list prices identical to other delivery apps.
Ultimately, they got hit with fines for these "Most Favored Nation" (MFN) clauses.
The real problem is that when you look at delivery apps like 'Ddangeoyo' which have commissions of only 1–3%, the food prices are the same as Coupang's high-commission platform. This led general consumers to complain, saying, "Why are the prices on Ddangeoyo the same as Baemin and Coupang even though their commissions are lower? Lowering commissions only lines the pockets of restaurant owners, so there's no point in using apps like Ddangeoyo." This caused people to stop using small/medium delivery apps like Ddangeoyo and just stick to Baemin and Coupang.
But looking at this fine situation, it seems Coupang Eats orchestrated the whole thing.
Instead of restaurants pressured by Coupang Eats simply lowering their prices to match other apps, they ended up raising menu prices across all other delivery apps to match Coupang Eats' high commission rates.
Baemin's commission was initially lower than Coupang's at 6.8%, but since Coupang was pulling this stunt with a high 9.8% commission, Baemin just raised theirs to match.
Anyway, it seems both of them deserved those fines.
Baemin and Coupang hit with 'record-breaking' 600 billion won in fines... Abuse of power including MFN demands Naver News Baemin 331.1 billion won · Coupang 30.8 billion won... Coupang's tying suspicion to be re-examined Even though Baemin's 'Store Delivery' is faster, they advertised 'In-house Delivery' is faster Woowahan Brothers Co., Ltd., which operates the two major delivery applications Baedal Minjok and Coupang Eats, and Coupang Co., Ltd. [regarding] registered merchants

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