Photo cards containing N's photos are being traded for a whopping 3 million won (approximately 300,000 yen). When you buy a physical album, the photo cards that come with it are limited in number.
Since it is a fixed sale, if there are few items on the market, they can be sold for a large amount. However, the case where the transaction amount reached 3 million won is surprising even in the K-pop fandom market.
The reason why JIMIN's photocards were able to sell for such a high price is because of the reverse direct purchase of goods between major second-hand trading platforms in Korea.
The seller was a K-POP idol living in Virginia, USA, on Bongejant's reverse direct purchasing service Global Mall.
It was reported that the photocards were sold to overseas fans, and the local buyer in the US received the item in 10 days through a purchasing agent.
In this day and age, K-POP goods have emerged as a promising export item. Secondhand goods are also emerging as a new export model.
The reverse direct purchasing market for goods is growing explosively as it has become easy to sell goods directly from Korea to overseas through online platforms.
According to the export industry on the 31st, limited edition star goods are a typical example of reverse direct purchases, supported by the popularity of K-POP.
(Overseas Direct Sales) item. According to the overseas direct sales data from Statistics Korea, the amount of reverse direct purchases in Korea is 1.972 trillion won (about 109 billion yen) as of 2023.
Reverse direct purchases of clothing, cosmetics, and music-related products are on the rise in Japan, the United States, and the ASEAN region, and in 2014, they surged 149% to 679.1 billion won (approximately 6.7 billion yen).
As the goods market expanded globally, domestic second-hand trading platforms quickly launched services to meet the demand for reverse direct purchases.
We noticed that K-POP related goods are often released in limited quantities, and there is a high demand for second-hand products in the resale market, even if it means paying a lot of money.
In foreign countries where the supply of goods is not smooth, goods are valued at a higher price than in Korea. The amount of payment per item is also considerable.
They don't hesitate to spend money. As the supply is so short compared to the local demand, transactions of several million won tend to be made easily. JIM, which recorded the highest transaction amount among merchandise items last year,
In addition to IN's photo cards, LOONA's photo cards are available for 2 million won (about 200,000 yen), and BTS' SUGA's calendar products are available for 1.5 million won (about 150,000 yen).
and was sold.
By chunchun 2025/03/31 23:59 KST
