Author: Pan Shaoying Source: IT Times
Discounts, full reductions, giveaways, lucky draws...... At the beginning of May, the magic capital was sprinkled with not only the eyes full of spring, with the taste of early summer, but also the waves of surprise discounts, so that the citizens couldn't hold back the small universe in their hearts.
In late April, the 5th Shanghai Five-Year Shopping Festival was officially launched, and in the past May Day holiday, the "two festivals" were superimposed, and Shanghai's consumption vitality continued to rise. In the two-month Five-Year Shopping Festival, more than 1,000 special activities have appeared one after another, and consumers can find their own satisfaction points.
There are many activities and long duration, although there are more experiences and choices, but it is inevitable that you will be dazzled, you may wish to list a list, learn more about the various activities and product information of the 55 Shopping Festival, and be more targeted when choosing.
With the application: look at the film schedule first when shopping
With more than 1,000 activities, if you don't want to miss out on your favorites, you must have a schedule. How do I get such an "Event Book"? Recently, with the launch of the "Shanghai Consumption Promotion Activities Publicity Platform" applet, the information on the promotional activities of the May Five-Year Shopping Festival being held in Shanghai's major business districts, shopping malls and night shopping streets is under control. On the homepage of the application, click on the "55 Shopping Festival Activities" icon to enter the special area, on which there are multiple menu bars such as event theme, event calendar, nearby activities, activity collection, and first WALK, which are convenient for understanding various information.
Enter the "Theme Activities" page, which lists the theme content of Shanghai's seasonal activities, in addition to the May Five-Year Shopping Festival, there are also Shanghai Summer International Consumption Season, Spring Festival Consumption Season, and daily promotional activities. Taking the 55 Shopping Festival as an example, you can see the details of activities such as the South American Coffee Festival, the Shanghai Silk Road Cloud E-commerce Festival, and the Miyou Pop-up Mob. For example, the Mancamel Bell Market, hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, will last from May 7 to May 12 in Hongqiao Tiandi, mainly displaying the special commodities of more than 10 Silk Road countries and regions such as Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Russia, as well as the Belt and Road Initiative.
Click the "Filter" icon in the upper right corner of the interface to filter the region, nearby business districts, benchmark IP, featured themes, activity content and other categories according to your personal needs, covering 15 benchmark event IPs, one district one theme, X featured themes and other theme activity content. In the "15 Benchmark Event IPs", there are 15 themes such as Shanghai Nightlife Festival, Shanghai Art Season, and Shanghai Green Consumption Season. For example, if you want to know what the content of the Shanghai Nightlife Festival is, such as "Walking Hengfu and Swinging the Road Together", "Night Food Rooftop", "Seoul Night Market ×Yeouido Spring Festival" and other activities are displayed in front of you, click on a specific event, not only to see the content of the event, but also to find out the surrounding hotels, attractions, food and other information.
The "Event Calendar" shows the activities of a certain day by specific time, which is convenient for those who want to go out and "surf" but have not yet found their direction. May is the culmination of the May Five-Year Shopping Festival, and the calendar shows that throughout May, hundreds of events are held every day in Shanghai. The reporter of "IT Times" chose "May 11", and the calendar showed that there were 152 activities on that day, including a sports carnival in Shanghai Global Harbor, the first exhibition of the Powerpuff Girls and other activities; In Chongming Wanda Plaza, there are automobile consumption festivals, promotional fee release activities, etc.
If you don't want to go too far, click "Nearby Events" to quickly locate and navigate to the nearby events that are being held to learn about the content, location, start and end times, and organizers of the event, so as to meet the needs of nearby shopping and sightseeing.
Not only can you check offline activities, but also online activities, and you can also find out the activity information of e-commerce platforms such as Benlai.com and Oriental Shopping.
Travel with the application: get some benefits before you travel
Whether it's going to an event near your home or going to a farther place, you can't do without transportation. This time, the 55 Shopping Festival not only has traditional "participants" such as business districts and e-commerce to launch a variety of discount activities around leisure shopping, catering and entertainment, but the transportation industry is not to be outdone and has launched a lot of money-saving benefits.
For example, Shanghai's "Travel-as-a-Service" (MaaS) platform launched the "Five-Year Shopping Festival, Draw 155 Yuan Travel Monthly Card" activity with Shenxing, which is expected to distribute more than 200,000 travel benefits. In the "Popular Activities" on the homepage of Suishenxing, the lucky draw of the 55 Shopping Festival has been listed, and users can participate in the lottery to obtain points and redeem public travel coupons by completing the task. The tasks range from easy to difficult, the simplest is to sign in every day to get a lottery chance, and secondly, you can also get a lottery chance by completing a public transportation order with the application every day. In addition, inviting friends to help, browsing the Doudou Mall, etc. are all ways to get lucky draw opportunities. Among the prizes, there are Doudou and travel cards of different denominations, and the highest reward is a monthly travel card, including 31 5 yuan discount coupons, as well as weekly cards and 5% off coupons.
If you can't draw a travel coupon, the drawn doudou can be exchanged for a travel coupon in the doudou mall, the lowest is 80 doudou for 1 yuan public transportation travel coupon, and the highest is 350 doudou for 5 1 yuan public transportation travel coupons. The coupons obtained support the use of Shanghai subway, buses, ferries and other means of transportation, of course, using the Shanghai QR code.
For Shanghai citizens, travel should not only have discounts, but also have comprehensive travel information, so as to be the best of both worlds. Suishenxing recently launched the "55 Shopping Festival Information Service Zone", which can query event information and travel services around the business district. The special area shows the preferential activities of many famous business districts in Shanghai, such as Xujiahui, Wujiaochang, Huaihai Road, Nanjing East Road, etc. Taking Xujiahui business district as an example, click "Xujiahui", the event information in the business district is clear at a glance, and Greenland Colorful City is holding a 7th anniversary celebration and launching seven surprises for promotion; The theme activity of "Summer Love in Xuhui" landed in the Xujiahui business district, and citizens can stamp and check in.
After learning about the event, how do you get to the business district? The "55 Shopping Festival Information Service Zone" provides business district travel information query services. In the "Real-time Public Transport Information of the Shopping Festival Business District", you can check the route and location information of subway stations and bus stations near the business district, as well as the arrival time of the nearest bus.
The activities of the 55 Shopping Festival are all over Shanghai, how to go the most convenient? Click "Interline Planning", enter the destination in the search bar, and the system will intelligently recommend travel routes and plans. In short, on the application line, preferential information and travel information are available.
Tips: Change your car, change your home appliances, and you can also change your room
"Trade-in" is a hot word in Shanghai, home appliances are traded-in, cars are traded-in. Not long ago, Shanghai issued the "2024 Shanghai Old Car "Trade-in" Subsidy Implementation Rules, whether it is a fuel vehicle or a new energy vehicle, as long as it meets the requirements, you can get a subsidy of 2,800 yuan or 10,000 yuan. If eligible, how do I apply for the subsidy? Through the WeChat public account of "Chexinmeng", you can enter the application channel. The application process mainly includes the steps of filling in the relevant information, confirming the identity, uploading the new car invoice and the old car recycling certificate. After the application is completed, you can check the progress of the application in the "Query Channel".
In addition to appliances and cars, houses can also be traded-in. In this 55 shopping festival, the trade-in activity of commercial housing in Shanghai began, mainly for residents who plan to sell second-hand houses and buy new ones. According to media reports, more than 20 real estate companies, nearly 10 real estate brokerage institutions, and more than 30 projects in the first batch of Shanghai participated in the "trade-in" initiative.
The old house that has lived for decades may not be able to become a "house exchange voucher". However, as a large amount of real estate, the transaction procedures of the house are more complicated, and there must be enough information before the exchange. At present, there are 7 real estate projects launched on Alipay's "Happy Home for New Purchase" mini program. Among them, there are 4 properties in Jiading, and the other 3 are located in Pudong, Fengxian and Songjiang. These properties have announced the specific plans to participate in the "trade-in" activity, which can be seen by clicking on the "special benefits for new purchases" below the name of the real estate. The new houses participating in the event include small houses that meet the needs of young people, as well as superimposed villas that meet the needs of improved home ownership; The average price of housing is between 36,000 yuan/square meter and 56,500 yuan/square meter.