Ordering Golden Child YES. Woollim Mall Merch from Kpoptown

Woollim Mall has been going strong, releasing new merchandise to go with their artists' promotions. It began with Everline and the Golden Air badge during Golden Child's "Pump It Up" era, then with Woollim Mall and the Shine Package during Drippin's "Shine" promotions following "Nostalgia". And with Golden Child's "Burn It" promotions which began on January 25th, 2021, Sungyoon first showed off the gray version of the YES. hoodie in his solo Vlive on January 27th, 2021 (will this color be on sale in the future...?), and then Jibeom showed off the white version of this hoodie on his birthday Vlive on February 3rd, 2021. Woollim Mall tweeted on February 9th at 10:36AM KST a post about YES. merchandise with preorders beginning the following day at 12PM KST. The tweet revealed 4 products, though an image of 20 photocards (2 per member) made it unclear if a product contained all 20 photocards or if it was by member.

Golden Child 5th Mini Album [YES.] Official MD:

• [YES.] Phonetab & Keyring Set / 18,000₩ / $15.25 USD
• [YES.] Acrylic Grip Holder / 15,000₩ / $12.71 USD
• [YES.] Badge Set / 19,000₩ / $16.09 USD
• [YES.] Hoodie / 65,000₩ / $55.06 USD

On February 10th at 12PM KST, all 4 items were posted on the Korean site, while only the Phonetab & Keyring Set was posted on the English site. And here we see that the Phonetab & Keyring Set is sold by member, not as a full set. Furthermore, the Badge Set is ready to be shipped starting on February 25th while the other items are ready on March 3rd. I checked the English site again on February 13th and all 4 items were listed.

A few hours after preorders opened, Kpoptown listed all 4 items, with the Phonetab & Keyring Set at $21.90 USD with your choice of which member, the Acrylic Grip Holder at $18.90 USD, Badge Set at $22.90 USD, and Hoodie at $66.90. The Badge Set has a release date of February 26th while the other items have a release date of March 4th.

I've ordered directly from Everline for Golden Child's Now Ontact Concert merchandise but was frustrated by the outrageous shipping fee, and I've ordered from Woollim Mall and used Paysable's delivery service for the shop's initial opening but was frustrated by the lack of communication and long wait. Recalling that I used Kpoptown for Golden Child's Golden Air badge during Pump It Up era, I decided to go with them again for a much more reasonable shipping fee and delivery time. Shortly after Kpoptown listed these items, I ordered the Phonetab & Keyring Set (Jaehyun and Jibeom), Badge Set, and Hoodie, and shipping via DHL was $27.00 USD.

Prior to Woollim Mall, Woollim artists' merchandise from Everline had a set order period, and after that time frame had passed, you can no longer order those goods on Everline. Now with Woollim Mall, all items remain up for sale until sold out unless otherwise stated (such as Drippin's A Better Tomorrow merch, Rocket Punch's Ring Ring merch, and Golden Child's Game Changer merch).

I checked both Woollim Mall and Kpoptown on February 17th, and the hoodie was sold out on both sites. My friend who ordered on Kpoptown a day or so after me was then refunded. This is scary to know, meaning that Kpoptown didn't secure their orders prior to Woollim Mall selling out of the hoodie. (But on the upside, it's a relief to hear that Kpoptown proactively gave a refund, whereas they never refunded me for short shipping my albums back in 2019...). I checked Woollim Mall again on March 3rd and the badge set was sold out, but the following day it was available again. On March 8th the badge set was sold out on Woollim Mall again, and on the 9th the badge set was gone from Kpoptown. On April 5th I checked the phonetabs on Woollim Mall just for fun, and noticed that both Y and Bomin are sold out. (However, all members are still available for the Golden Child Lanyard & Photocard Set). On April 6th I checked the phonetabs again on Woollim Mall and noticed that Jangjun had 21 left in stock, Jaehyun had 3, and Jibeom had 12 (I didn't check the other members). I then checked Kpoptown for both Y and Bomin, and both had 100 left in stock (probably meaning that Kpoptown hadn't updated their inventory). I checked Kpoptown again on April 7th and both Y and Bomin were sold out...this is probably a sign telling me it's okay if I don't collect every member...

I received a shipment notification from Kpoptown on March 9th, and my package arrived on March 11th.

I was really impressed by Kpoptown's packaging! They used a cardboard box, where the bottom and sides were lined with 1 layer of bubble wrap, with several layers of bubblewrap placed on top.

The hoodie filled up majority of the box, and the remaining 3 items were snugly wrapped around several layers of bubblewrap and filled up the rest of the space between the hoodie and side of the box.

Here are the hoodie and the remaining 3 items bundled up in its snug bubblewrap.

And here are the phonetab sets and badge set stacked on top of each other, with the sharp end of the pins sticking up.

I'll have an unboxing post about these 4 YES. items coming up!