I think most of you know the trouble: you see cool K-Pop merch online but you have no idea where and how to get your hands on any... Or maybe you're like me and are hesitant with ordering stuff online because I for one have read a few too many stories of people ordering stuff on the internet and getting something very different. And with K-Merch it's sadly the case, that you don't really find good stuff on Amazon. At least for me in Germany that's rather difficult... So I thought to myself, why not test a few things out and then tell people about it on my blog! OBEYTHEKOREAN is a page where you can get quality phone cases for pretty much any model that's out there. I found them on Instagram, where you'll always find pictures of cool new case designs. For about a year I was only looking at the pictures and thinking about how cool these cases look but I never ordered anything until a few weeks ago. So let me tell you about my experience and maybe you'll find a cool new source to get a super nice phone case from! They always update their Instagram daily and I think pretty much all pictures are featured off of other people's Instagrams who posted pictures of their ordered phone cases. (You see, the picture on the bottom left is mine.) They link to the original Instagram (yours) and usually thank you for ordering which is super sweet btw! By the way, if you have an Instagram about K-Pop with more than 2,000 followers you can promote them and get a "sponsorship"! (Sadly, my blog is still too unknown but that doesn't stop me from promoting haha.) So, now onto the good stuff. What can you find on their page? Below are a few designs you can order! No matter what band, old or new, you'll probably find some designs as obeythekorean has a pretty extensive offer. There are also the topics "General" and "Fanart" where you can find designs unrelated to K-Pop or ones that feature fanart. Visit their website to find out more about their offer! You can also get gift cards or custom order a case if you don't find one you like or if you want a specific picture on the case. The entire order is processed in US Dollars but you can change which currency the prices are displayed in. Sometimes it takes a few seconds for the prices to change. This makes it really easy and nice to shop on obeythekorean for anyone from any country. Once you found a design you like and you want to order, you'll get to this page: For a lot of designs, there are different versions. In this case it's either a specific member or the group design. You can look at every version in detail by clicking the pictures in the middle. Then onto choosing the right settings to order. 1. Choose Your Design Which version of the case do you want? (In my example I chose the group version of the design.) 2. Choose The Case Material There are several options to choose from. If you're like me and don't like hard plastic cases (because they always break...), they I'd advise to choose the silicone border casing - you can choose either black or white according to how you like it. For more info on the different materials, check out this page. 3. Choose The Phone Brand & Model Very important because as you should know, if you choose the wrong brand and model, the case won't fit. There are pretty much all options you can wish for and don't worry, the "Choose The Model" option appears as soon as you chose the brand. 4. Extras?! You can choose to add a glass screen protector to your order which I didn't because I've never used one and my phones were fine... As soon as you finished choosing everything according to your liking, you click on "Add To Cart". Now either continue shopping and adding cases to your cart or continue checkout. Then you'll get to your cart. Continue by clicking "Check Out" and fill in all the info. It's the usual stuff. Then you confirm your order and get a confirmation email. This one is from my actual order, that's why it shows a different case. It reads: "Thank you for placing your order with obeythekorean! If you would like to TRACK your order, please REPLY to this order confirmation email in 1.5 weeks (around 10 days). Do not reply/email ANY EARLIER! We custom make every case for each customer, hence the long production times :)!This email is to confirm your recent order. Date 05/10/2017 Shipping address [your address] Billing address [your address]
Subtotal : $25.00 USD Shipping : $4.00 USD Total : $29.00 USD" As you can see, I ordered my case on May 10. I waited for ten-ish days before replying to the e-mail to track my order. Then you get another e-mail containing a link to a website where you can track the packet. The cases are produced in China, that's why it says everything in Chinese on the bottom. That's not as important though, it's only the "Origin Country" anyways and the most important things are the dates anyways. For me it took around a week and a half to get the case once it was dispatched. All in all, my order took a little more than two weeks. Which is totally okay in my opinion. My experience So far, I've ordered one case but if I ever feel the need to get another one, I will gladly use obeythekorean again! I don't have any complaints of any kind. The only thing that's a little annoying is that you have to wait for such a long time. But even then, considering the fact that it is produced in China and then shipped to your home and you get the case within two weeks (plus a few days) that's still super fast! The huge variety of cases left me speechless at first and as I easily spent an hour and a half browsing through all the galaries, trying to decide on a phone case, I was left amazed. I'm totally satisfied with everything. The feature on Instagram is another plus, it's just super sweet and I was so happy when it happened! Also, it's kind of hard to get nice phone cases in a good quality. I now present you with a good page to get amazing cases and even K-Pop related! The only small downside is the price which is still reasonable. On amazon, you get good cases for 15€ which is basically the same as these cases. It also depends on which material you want it to be made of. And it's custom-made each time and you get to choose an incredible design as well? Very important is, though: You cannot return cases or get a refund once everything has been created and / or shipped! Understandably. Go order already, I know you want to ;) All pictures are screenshots of obeythekorean.net.
My experience is not a guarantee it's going to be the same for you. Further links to OBEYTHEKOREAN on social media: Twitter: @obeythekorean Facebook: OBEYTHEKOREAN Instagram: @obeythekorean
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After 9 months I'm finally back! My situation at home is a little messy at the moment though, so it might just be a little longer until I'm back to posting regularly again!
I spent the last months in Beijing, China and had such an amazing time. It was an experience and I'm so glad I went. It brought me a whole lot closer to everything K-Pop, also. I now have many Korean friends and when I went to a KTV (Karaoke) a few weeks ago, we sang so many Korean songs - I was in Heaven. I did get a little behind on everything though. I listened to all new releases but I couldn't watch my TV shows anymore and in terms of news, I was pretty much out. Now, for my announcements: I'm planning to recommend and review a few sites you can order K-Pop albums etc from. I'll do that with a detailed report of my experiences etc etc. BUT that might take a while. I also wanted to do a haul of the albums I got while I was in China (over 20 oops...) or the K-Pop related things I own in general, just because. And then I was thinking about recommending sites that have K-Pop related stuff such as merch etc in general because as I found out, looking for that on amazon is not such a good idea... That's about it I guess... We'll see where all of this leads. Now I was also thinking about doing a prize draw of some sort... Only when I hit 100 or 200 Likes on my Facebook page though, which you can find here. (It currently has 77 likes :o !) In October this year I will start university and study Korean and maybe Japanese. Couldn't be more excited! Also, I'm so happy to be back to posting on here again! I missed this. |
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