Ordering the SOLAR album…

Since a lot of us are getting ready to order SOLAR and wondering how to go about doing this, I’m writing this post to explain the ordering process (since some of you are buying an album online for the first time), the pros and cons for each site and whether you’ll be able to help Taeyang in his album sales…

If you have any questions, post them here. This sites I am putting up are COMMON sites which are known to be reliable in their service and have been used  by fans before. I will also post up some potential ways people may be able to get the DELUXE album…
These are some places you can check out to see where you want to get your SOLAR album from~ As soon as prices and dates are released, I will update this post.

1) YG e-shop
Deluxe: YES
Normal: YES (July 9th)
Cost: Unknown
Counts towards Hanteo? YES

How to order: How to Register for YGe-shop for Foreigners
Follow instructions on the above site to obtain an account on YGeshop if you don’t have one already. On July 1st, YGe-shop will be selling the DELUXE album. I do not know the cost, however people say shipping is very expensive, BUT you will get your album since its coming from the source itself. Keep in mind, YG e-shop only ships to the following places:
TAIWAN
MALAYSIA
U.S.A
VIETNAM
SINGAPORE
AUSTRALIA
INDONESIA
JAPAN
CHINA (PEOPLE’S REP)
MACAO
CHINA (HONG KONG)
THAILAND
PHILIPPINES.

Whether YG makes the DELUXE on their website available to foreign customers is to be seen. So on July 1st, you can check out their site, see if they’re selling it and try to purchase it. The NORMAL version will definitely be available on YGe-shop.

2) DVDheaven ( http://dvdheaven.com/) ** Recomended **
DELUXE: Unknown
NORMAL: YES (July 9th)
COST: Unknown
Counts towards Hanteo? YES!

ATY has contacted HANTEO MUSIC through email and phone to MAKE SURE that any album sales purchased from dvdheaven will HELP TAEYANG on the music charts and they have confirmed YES. Therefore, I highly recommend purchasing from this store if you want to help Taeyang directly. The shop is known to be reliable and secure, however shipping is a bit more with this site (and sometimes the item itself is a bit higher priced) but if your purchase can count towards Korean charts, it’s all the more worthwhile to make international fans efforts counted.

Whether they will be selling the DELUXE is unknown. CHECK on July 1st to see if they have it, that is all I can recommend. They will be selling the NORMAL version but I am unsure whether any pre-orders will be available for it yet.

3) Yesasia (http://www.yesasia.com/us/en/home.html)
DELUXE: Unknown
NORMAL: YES (July 9th)
COST: Unknown
Counts towards Hanteo? NO

Yesasia is a pretty common website to purchase Korean albums from. They are reliable, they are fair in their pricing and their shipment prices aren’t too bad either. This is a great alternative if you can’t purchase from the above two, but remember, it will not count towards the Hanteo charts in Korea~

4) Itunes
DELUXE: Unknown
NORMAL: Unknown
COST: Unknown
Counts towards Hanteo? Unknown

We are not sure whether Itunes will be carrying SOLAR for purchase. Since TOPs song has been on it, there are speculations of Taeyang’s music being available to international fans. When we find out more on this, it will be updated.

5) Soompi sellers
DELUXE: Possibly
NORMAL: YES (July 9th)
COST: Depends on Seller
Counts towards Hanteo? Depends on Seller

Those of you familiar with Soompi may know that they have a section called “Selling/Trading”. I am going to include this for people who don’t know but there are often sellers on the forum that will sell or even purchase in bulk certain albums to sell. This is for those who may want to purchase BY CASH (Many Soompi sellers allow concealed cash as payment). I bought my HOT album from Soompi seller 2 years ago via Cash and it worked out fine.  While Soompi is a great place to find albums, remember to READ THE RULES. If it looks suspicious, do not buy it. You want to purchase from sellers who are WHITE LISTED (as opposed to Blacklisted). Why it depends on seller is where the seller is purchasing the albums from (Korea or some other place) and how much they want to sell it for.

Go here to make an account: http://www.soompi.com/
Once you do that, you can go to the “FORUMS” section and the thread “SELLING/TRADING” and see what people are selling, also check out the “SURVEY” thread~

6) Buying singles off Soribada
DELUXE: NO
NORMAL: NO
COST: $6 (US) for 40 songs
Counts towards Hanteo? YES

If you want to buy some singles to support Taeyang then this is a great option if you’re not wanting to get the whole album. Follow instructions here How to Download singles from Soribada.com and you can purchase a music card to buy your singles. Again, it’s reliable and will help Taeyang on the charts.

Okay, that’s it from our end of what we recommend when it comes to buying SOLAR. I am sure there may be smaller stores and sites selling them so it’s up to your discretion to purchase or not. We’ve showed you ways you can get the deluxe and how to help Taeyang on the charts with the purchase of your album; my personal recommendation is dvdheaven…let’s get Taeyang up on those charts!! Anything new will be updated here!

Leave any questions or comments here!

- Kay

And for your enjoyment – A guide on how to open the album released by YG