So here is the thread for the Indian exols to help understand and albums from Instagram pages
Ps -certain things are not accurate, I just understood them when I had to ask 10+ ig stores to get that one specific version of the album cause my fav store was not taking order then

First
GOM - GROUP ORDER MANAGER
the one manages everything for the customer from the seller (kinda middle man between you and Korean seller )
GO - group order ( taking order in bulk for various ppl to avoid paying high shipping charges )

There are 2 type of go that are held
1. Non profit (like the gom doesn't take any profit from the orders
Their only commission is service fee (some don't charge this )
2. Profit one (where goms get some profit)

There are 3 types of GOMs on ig

1. The one who basically runs a stores and has fixed prices of the album including shipping (some doesn't have )

2. the one who hold group orders from the various sites eg : ktown4u( to avoid paying high international shipping charges )

3. They are not really GOMs they mostly sell their on hand items but sometimes they hold GO when they want to buy something for themselves but want to avoid high international shipping

Most of the ig stores don't provide a version

Sometimes shops put the album prices including international shipping but some don't
The goms takes 1st payment
•For the album
•PayPal/k address charges
•International shipping
The price that be listed on the ig pages (under the album post ) be a total of these

Now charges for international shipping varies based on the type of shipping method use
Type
1. Fedex - fastest and most expensive shipping
2. DHl - quite fast
3. EMS- slowest was once cheaper than DHL
4. UPS - little similar to EMS
5. SEA SHIPPING - slowest

Once the merches reached India
U need to pay for customs and Domestic shipping (shipping from the of store to you )
And custom may vary (it's not in the hands of the goms ,so the charges of custom can be low or high or no customs at all

Donot buy only one album from the sites like (ktown4u , interasia , synarra )
Because the album is of 900-1500 but the shipping be above 3k
So if you want to buy from these sites join some group order
Caz if you buy one album or 10 album also you need to pay 3k only

But if you join the group the shipping charges get divided among all the ppl who had ordered along with you in that same batch of albums

Be careful when u r ordering since there are many store who sell overpriced and don't go after accounts with huge amount of followers

Make sure to check the highlight with customers reviews of the store to avoid scammers
Check the prices (don't be a fool like me who bought one album at 2500 (it was Ems shipping ) and then now bought it again ( a different version ) from a different store at 1700)

All the Exo albums
As I have seen at the stores who sell at reasonable price are max 2200 (including international shipping excluding customs)
Few albums (3-4 of them) it can be little more than this (max 2400)

Fyi - the ig stores don't have cod but still you can trust them

These are few shops I prefer (as their prices are reasonable & they provide DHL shipping )
( my fav shop , mostly any exo merches order ) https://instagram.com/ot9_shop?igshid=7p5fuvlpaqca

All GRP https://instagram.com/springlove_kpop?igshid=10htewbwtxiv

of all the grps
https://instagram.com/kpop_zone_india?igshid=1wiuc02oljwkd

Only EXO (I haven't bought anything from them cause their prices are high but they again provide Fedex shipping )
https://instagram.com/seoul2india?igshid=1l3dc74yxih7s

There are many resellers too who sell their pre-owned albums , pcs , dolls etc
(The prices are generally less compared to sealed ones but again in the contents they are selling )
If
only photobook and cd - prices be from 600-1000 (depending upon the original price )

Photobook , cd and postcard - 900-1200

Only pc (photocards ) - 400-600(depends on the member u r buying so at times it can be less )

Postcard - 150-200

Posters - 250- 300

Stickers - 150-200

If I missed out something I will add later

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